SEWARD COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in southwest Kansas are investigating a hunting violation.

The game warden in Seward County is asking the public for help to learn the identity of hunters after 18 doves were found shot and left to lay east of Wide Awake Road and north of CR Zero in Seward County, according to a social media report.

The birds were dead, not cleaned and with numerous shotgun hulls littering the ground.

Officials ask anyone with information about the case to call Operation Game Thief at 877-426-3843.