Two Arrested On Charges Of Poaching Bighorn Sheep

Two men were arrested Sunday east of Biggs Junction and charged with poaching two bighorn sheep.  According to the Oregon State Police, troopers received a report of a subject was gutting a big game animal alongside Interstate 84 near milepost 119  OSP Patrol and Fish and Wildlife Troopers responded and located a vehicle in the area occupied by a man later identified as 32-year-old Justin Samora of Layton, Utah.  Troopers then discovered two severed bighorn sheep heads, and a second man identified as 37-year-old Cody Plagmann of Albany, was found hiding along railroad tracks two miles to the east of the scene.  The OSP says an investigation found the pair had worked together to shoot and remove the heads of the bighorn sheep.  Both bighorn sheep were recovered but were not able to be salvaged.  Plagmann was arrested and lodged at Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility in The Dalles on charges of taking and possession of bighorn sheep, wasting of a game animal, and hunting on another’s cultivated or enclosed land.  Samora was arrested for aiding in a game violation and also lodged at NORCOR.  Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has information is asked to call The Dalles Area Command at 541-296-9646.

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