Oregon State Police are looking for the person or persons responsible for wasting a cow elk near Waldport.
Fish and Wildlife troopers responded to a report of a dead cow elk in the Alsea Unit within the Siuslaw National Forest on Nov. 28.
They said cow elk was found in a remote area near the end of U.S. Forest Service Road 3462.
They said entire cow elk had been shot and left to waste, and that the intestinal remains of a bull elk were discovered nearby. Police think that means someone had likely shot and taken a bull elk from the same area around the same time.
According to police, the investigation determined the elk were most likely shot sometime between Nov. 22 and Nov. 24.
OSP is asking anyone with information about the case to contact Oregon State Police Dispatch at 1-800-452-7888 or email TIP@osp.oregon.gov, and reference case number SP25-482212.
