The Maine Warden Service is offering a reward up to $4,000 for information about two deer that were illegally shot at night on Mount Desert Island.
The first deer was killed late on the night of Oct. 5 or early in the morning of Oct. 6 in the town of Mount Desert, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife said in a statement Tuesday night. The buck was left to rot and was discovered by a local resident.
The second deer, also a buck, was shot during the early morning hours of Nov. 6 in the town of Tremont, which also is on MDI. The head was cut from that animal and the remainder was left to rot, the department said.
Hunting is prohibited on the island that is home to Acadia National Park and night hunting for deer is illegal across the state.
Anyone with information regarding either of these incidents is asked to call 1-800-253-7887. If that information leads to an arrest and conviction, the informant could received up to $4,000.
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