Wasted buck on Mount Idaho Grade near Grangeville

A whitetail buck was shot and left to waste along Mount Idaho Grade east of Grangeville. The deer was shot between the evening hours of Sunday and 9 a.m. Monday.   

The shooter(s) made no attempt to recover the deer. Only the head was taken. Evidence at the scene indicates that the shooter shot from the road and did not attempt to retrieve the animal. Fish and Game has investigated multiple big game animals shot and wasted by poachers in the Clearwater Region.