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Idaho Fish and Game commissioner charged with poaching bull elk

by Nicole Blanchard / Idaho Statesman
| March 27, 2026 12:30 PM

An Idaho Department of Fish and Game commissioner has been charged with multiple game violations after alleged involvement in illegally killing two bull elk in the region he represents, according to court records. 

Upper Snake Region Commissioner Brody Harshbarger was charged with seven misdemeanor violations: three counts of unlawful taking of game animals, one count of hunting without an appropriate tag, one count of hunting from a motorized vehicle, one count of shooting across a public highway and one count of trespassing on private property to hunt.

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