Elk poaching case near Hyattville closed

CODY — The investigation and prosecution of a case locally known as the “Black Friday” event involving the illegal harvest of nine elk near Hyattville last hunting season has come to a close.

The case began Nov. 29, 2015, when Greybull Game Warden Bill Robertson received information from a concerned hunter who observed several dead elk near the Spiney Point area of Trapper Canyon north of Hyattvil...