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A Pocatello man who prosecutors say made more than $55,000 running an illegal hunting operation has been sentenced to prison and permanently stripped of his hunting privileges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game<\/a>, Joelseph Jenkins was sentenced June 2 in Teton County after pleading guilty to multiple wildlife-related offenses uncovered during a lengthy, multi-county investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joelseph Jenkins was sentenced to prison and permanently lost his hunting privileges after Idaho Fish and Game investigators uncovered a multiyear illegal guiding and poaching operation. (Photo: Idaho Fish and Game<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The biggest penalties weren’t small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenkins received concurrent prison sentences of two years<\/a> determinate plus two years indeterminate for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and felony possession of unlawfully taken wildlife. He also received concurrent six-month county jail sentences for guiding without a license and maintaining an illegal bear bait site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the punishment that will sting the longest is a lifetime revocation of his hunting license, along with a permanent ban on accompanying other hunters in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators say Jenkins operated an unlawful guiding business tied to a hunting<\/a> sweepstakes promoted on an Oklahoma radio program. The operation allegedly brought paying hunters to eastern Idaho, where conservation officers say wildlife was taken illegally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By the time the investigation wrapped up, officers had connected Jenkins to the unlawful harvest of nine big-game animals: including five black bears<\/a> and four elk (three bulls and one cow).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials also determined he profited more than $55,000 from the illegal guiding scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case stretched across multiple counties and uncovered a long list of alleged violations, including guiding without a license, unlawful possession of wildlife, placing illegal bear bait, trespassing to hunt, violating forest road closures, using a motor vehicle to molest big game<\/a>, aiding and abetting wildlife crimes, and failing to remove bear bait sites after the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to prison time, Jenkins must pay $9,750 in restitution for the unlawfully taken wildlife, along with $1,498.50 in fines and court costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idaho Fish and Game credited the public for helping bring the case to a close, reminding hunters that tips<\/a> about wildlife crimes play a critical role in protecting the state’s fish and game resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency also thanked prosecutors from Power, Caribou, Bannock, Jefferson, and Teton counties for pursuing the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For anyone tempted to cut corners, the outcome sends a clear message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poaching doesn’t just carry fines anymore. In serious cases like this, it can cost you your freedom, your hunting privileges and any future opportunity to hunt legally in Idaho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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