(Des Moines, IA) -- Four eastern Iowans have been convicted of dozens of wildlife violations and facing thousands of dollars in fines after a year-long investigation. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says Jason Webster of Buchanan County and Jeremiah Pillard of Linn County were accused of illegally taking wild turkey, deer, and other game.
The D-N-R says the Webster and Pillard's poaching activity took place between October 2019 and January 2020. Iowa officials are working with fish and game officials from the western U.S. to determine the origin and method of take of an elk found in Pillard’s freezer.
Also pleading guilty in the case were Kelly Sherrets McCardle of rural Quasqueton, to illegally providing her deer tags to other hunters to use, and Shelia Kisner of Quasqueton, to hunting without a valid hunting license, habitat fee and deer tag. Kisner was warned for harassment a public officer