VICTOR, Colo.-
The former president a school that bills itself as the “premier outdoor guide school” has pleaded guilty to illegal possession of wildlife and hunting without a license.
Gary R. Jordan, 58, former president of the Colorado Outdoor Adventure Guide School, will pay $12,729 in fines, donate $2,000 to a Colorado Division of Wildlife anti-poaching program and could lose his hunting and fishing privileges, officials said.
He pleaded guilty Monday to charges stemming from a Sept. 17, 2006, poaching incident. DOW officials said he shot a six-point elk southwest of Cripple Creek and had his students help carry it out. Officials also said he used an employee’s hunting license when he had the meat processed.
“We would think he would be aware of the laws,” DOW spokesman Michael Seraphin said Friday. “He’s the head of a guide school. He should be aware of what the rules and regulations are. That’s what he’s teaching other people.”
Reached by phone Friday, Jordan said he was “very ashamed and remorseful,” and that he resigned in January as president of the school he founded, and no longer plays any role at the school.
The school trains about 175 students a year.
