A $15,000 reward is offered for info on the deliberate poaching of a bull elk in Missouri on Nov. 25, 2025.

A $15,000 reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the poaching of a bull elk in Missouri’s Peck Ranch Conservation Area on November 25, 2025. The elk was shot and left dead, with injuries including a shattered shoulder and damaged heart, and evidence points to a deliberate act, not a mistaken hunt. Tire tracks and timestamps showing the elk alive late that day and dead the next morning support this. The Missouri Department of Conservation and Operation Game Thief urge the public to report tips anonymously via a toll-free hotline.