Border Patrol Helps Nab Illegal Moose Hunters

Steve Neavling

ticklethewire.com

Border Patrol agents are best known for protecting the border from drug smugglers and illegal immigrants.

But agents in New Hampshire are on the hunt for something different this fall – Canadian hunters slipping illegally into the U.S. to poach moose, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

Agents teamed up with Canadian officials and the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department to search for illegal hunters who are setting up shacks in the U.S. with heaters, stoves and beds as they stake out moose, the department said Monday.

A dog helped lead authorities to a man who was poaching moose.

Meat from the dead moose was used to feed hungry families in New Hampshire.