Five men were found guilty of several poaching charges in New Hampshire after an investigation revealed one of the largest poaching rings in the state’s recent history, officials said.
Wildlife officers with the state Fish and Game Department received a tip about illegal hunting operations in the town of Gilmanton in Dec. 2022, according to an Oct. 24 news release.
Conservation officers and Gilmanton police officers searched one of the 33-year-old suspect’s cellphones and found “evidence of illegal hunting activity” that implicated the hunter and several other people involved in the poaching ring, officials said in the release…