Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife is seeking the public’s help to identify those responsible for illegally killing a cow elk that was left to waste in a remote area of Lincoln County.
Fish and Wildlife troopers responded Nov. 28 to a report of a dead cow elk in the Alsea Unit within the Siuslaw National Forest. The animal was discovered near the end of U.S. Forest Service Road 3462, off the main USFS 58 Boundary Road near Waldport.
The entire cow elk had been shot and abandoned. Troopers also found intestinal remains of a bull elk nearby, suggesting someone shot and removed a bull elk from the same location around the same time.
Investigators determined the elk were most likely shot between Nov. 22 and Nov. 24.
Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact Oregon State Police Dispatch at 1-800-452-7888, call *OSP (*677) from a mobile phone, or email TIP@osp.oregon.gov. The case number is SP25-482212.