TREGO COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Northwest Kansas are investigating a hunting violation and asking the public for help.

Game wardens with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks need help finding those involved in the poaching of deer in northeast Trego County near the Ellis county line.

The deer appears to have been shot with a firearm and was killed sometime around October 25th. Anyone with information is asked to call Operation Game Thief at 1-877-426-3843.