North Dakota Man Fined $74,000 For Poaching Trophy Mule Deer Buck

surveillance at the site caught Cody Davis four months later when he returned to retrieve the severed head

NEW MEXICO — An Arnegard, North Dakota man is ordered to pay $74,000 in restitution for poaching a trophy mule deer buck in northwestern New Mexico.

Game and Fish says Cody Davis killed the animal out of season and didn’t have a license.

The investigation started in 2015 when game officers found a large headless buck.

They put up surveillance at the site and caught Davis four months later when he returned to retrieve the severed head that was stashed nearby.