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3 Northern Michigan men arraigned in 2019 Pigeon River Country elk poaching case Men scheduled for jury status conference on Feb. 11 Tags:  Three northern Michigan men arraigned in 2019 Pigeon River Country elk poaching case (DNR) OSTEGO COUNTY, Mich. – Three Northern Michigan men have been arraigned in a 2019 Pigeon River Country elk poaching case. Officials said the three men are responsible for what Department of Natural Resources conservation officers call a “historic elk poaching case...

Michigan DNR Conservation officers are calling a case of Elk poaching historic.

Michigan Men Charged in 2019 Historic Elk Poaching Case Three men that are all related were finally charged in the 2019 elk poaching case that officials consider "historic". That year was the worst year for elk poaching in Michigan and these three men were a big part of that. According to MLive, Christian White, 29, of Gaylord, and Harry White, 70, and Ronald White, 56, both of West Branch, pleaded not guilty to a total of eight wildlife crimes after admitting to poaching three cow elk in Pig...

Three relatives charged with poaching elk in northern Michigan state forest By Jack Nissen VANDERBILT, Mich. - Three family members have been charged with several wildlife crimes in connection to an elk poaching case from 2019. A total of eight charges were brought forward after the relatives admitted to killing three elk in Pigeon River Country State Forest in northern Michigan.  One man from Gaylord and two from West Branch pleaded not guilty to the charges. If found guilty, theyll face mand...

Three charged in Otsego County elk poaching case Three people in northern Michigan were charged Monday after state conservation officers spent more than a year investigating what a case supervisor called "one of the worst elk poaching incidents."  All three are related and were arraigned in the Otsego County 87A District Court, the department said in a statement. Christian White, 29, of Gaylord, and Harry White, 70, and Ronald White, 56, both of West Branch, pleaded not guilty to eight wildl...