The Lemhi County Prosecutor’s Workplace in Idaho has filed a prison criticism towards Ryan C. Lampers, 51, of Montana. GearJunkie obtained courtroom paperwork exhibiting Lampers faces eight separate fees following an investigation by Idaho Fish and Recreation conservation officers into his looking exercise in the course of the 2024 season.
Lampers is a widely known hunter on social media, identified by the monicker StHealthy Hunter. Following the allegations, his social media profiles had been taken down.
The criticism, filed August 29 and entered into the Seventh Judicial District Courtroom on September 2, alleges that Lampers unlawfully harvested and reported a number of animals, together with a mule deer buck, a mountain lion, and a wolf.
Prosecutors say Lampers supplied false data to Idaho Fish and Recreation and to the Basis for Wildlife Administration (F4WM), which reimburses hunters for wolf harvests.
Ryan Lampers: Allegations
In line with the affidavit of possible trigger, Lampers allegedly shot and possessed a mule deer buck in Massive Recreation Administration Unit 21 on December 1, 2024, the place the season was closed and he didn’t maintain a legitimate tag for that unit. Investigators say the buck later scored 175 4/9 inches beneath Boone and Crockett requirements, classifying it as a trophy animal.
On December 6, 2024, Lampers allegedly killed a mountain lion in the identical unit utilizing a diminished tag that was not legitimate there, after which reported the animal as being taken in Unit 28.
Two days later, on December 8, Lampers allegedly shot a wolf in Unit 21 however reported it in Unit 28. The next day, he allegedly submitted Massive Recreation Mortality Stories for each the mountain lion and wolf with the inaccurate unit data.
Prosecutors say Lampers then utilized for reimbursement via the Basis for Wildlife Administration, which pays larger bounties for wolves taken in sure models, and acquired $2,000, which was $1,250 greater than the utmost reimbursement for the unit the place the wolf was truly killed.
The Prison Criticism
Lampers is charged with the next counts:
- Grand Theft by Deception (Felony): Allegedly obtained $2,000 from F4WM by falsely claiming a wolf was killed in a higher-paying reimbursement unit.
- Illegal Possession of Mule Deer Buck (Felony): Allegedly possessed a mule deer taken unlawfully, later scored at 175 4/9 inches beneath Boone and Crockett requirements, qualifying as a trophy.
- Taking Trophy Massive Recreation Throughout Closed Season (Misdemeanor): Allegedly shot a mule deer buck throughout a closed season in Lemhi County.
- Looking With out Legitimate Tag (Misdemeanor): Allegedly hunted and killed the mule deer with no legitimate tag for the unit.
- Looking With out Legitimate Tag (Misdemeanor): Allegedly killed a mountain lion in BGMU 21 with no legitimate tag for that unit.
- Possession/Transportation of Recreation Taken Unlawfully (Misdemeanor): Allegedly possessed or transported the unlawfully taken mountain lion.
- Falsifying Public Data (Misdemeanor): Allegedly falsified an Idaho Fish and Recreation Massive Recreation Mortality Report for the mountain lion.
- Falsifying Public Data (Misdemeanor): Allegedly falsified a mortality report for the wolf kill.
What Comes Subsequent
The criticism requests a book-and-release bench warrant to carry Lampers earlier than the courtroom.
If convicted, penalties may embody jail time, fines, restitution, and suspension or revocation of looking privileges.
GearJunkie reached out to Lampers for remark, and on the time of publishing, has not acquired a response.
