(Miles City) Two Montana men pled guilty to charges related to the illegal harvest of a brow-tined bull elk in southeast Montana.
On November 26, 2024, game wardens received an anonymous tip that a bull elk had been taken illegally in Hunting District 704.
Region 7 Game Warden Sgt. Casey Prell and Game Warden Oliver Gulig identified two suspects, collected evidence, and determined neither suspect possessed the required permit for legal harvest of brow-tined bull elk in HD 704.
22-year-old Archie Swift, of Miles City, and 47-year-old Jack Lufborough, of Miles City, both pled guilty to crimes related to illegal harvesting. Both men were fined and lost their hunting privileges for two years.
