Operation Game Thief, working with the Maine Warden Service, is offering up to a $4,000 reward regarding two deer that were illegally shot at night on Mount Desert Island.

The first deer was killed on the night of October 5th , or the early morning hours of October 6th when a large buck was shot and killed at night in the town of Mount Desert which is located on Mount Desert Island. The deer was shot and left to rot and discovered on the morning October 6th when a concerned citizen noticed it dead in a small field and called the Warden Service.

The second deer, another large buck, was shot during the early morning hours of November 6th in the town of Tremont which is also located on Mount Desert Island. Similar to the first deer, this buck was killed illegally at night. The individual(s) who shot the deer cut off the deer’s head and left the remainder of the animal to rot.

Mount Desert Island has long been closed to hunting and hunting at night is both illegal and dangerous.

Maine Operation Game Thief is offering $2,000 for each of the deer that were illegally killed, or $4,000 for both deer, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for killing these deer. Anyone with information regarding either of these incidents should please call 1-800-ALERT-US with any information.