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GLENWOOD SPRINGS — A New York man has been fined $12,090 after being accused of illegally shooting a trophy bull elk near Glenwood Springs.
Division of Wildlife officials say 35-year-old Thomas W. Post of Massena, N.Y., killed the bull elk on a private ranch on Sept. 27.
Post was fined $2,090 for hunting without a proper license and unlawful possession of wildlife, both misdemeanors. He was also fined $10,000 under the state’s so-called Samson Law, which increases penalties because of the trophy nature of the animal.
An administrative hearing will determine whether Post loses his hunting privileges. A message left Saturday at a number listed for Post was not immediately returned.
Rifle hunting season begins next Saturday.
