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More trouble for son of Brent Trout: Pile of dead, burned deer at Lime Creek leads to charge from DNR conservation officer

Lime Creek Nature Center
Lime Creek Nature Center

NIT – A news tip was received by the NorthIowaToday.com newsroom on April 12 regarding a charge brought against Tyler Trout of Mason City – the son of City Administrator Brent Trout – by an Iowa conservation officer involving a pile of burned, mutilated deer carcasses found at the Lime Creek Nature Center.

The news tip stated:

The son of Mason City’s city administrator, Brent Trout, was investigated for poaching deer at Lime Creek Nature Center, adjoining Mason City on the north. I think it was the 18 year old son, Tyler Trout. A lime Creek conservation officer found a pile of five deer carcasses. Apparently, someone had tried to set them on fire. Tyler Trout’s partially burned car registration was found at the scene, having apparently been used as tinder. Nothing has been published in the Globe-Gazette about this.

Court records show that Tyler Trout, age 18, was charged with – and pled guilty to, in January of 2014 – a violation of Iowa code 481A.38-F (ATTEMPT,PURSUE,KILL,TRAP,BUY,SELL, (GAME/FUR ANIMALS)).

investigateNorthIowaToday.com sought more explanation from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources on the incident described in the above news tip and subsequent charge.

This is the explanation from the Iowa Conservation Officer, Benjamin K. Bergman, who brought the charge against Trout and another man:

Mr. Marquardt:

I am responding to an information request that you have asked for pertaining to – State of Iowa vs Trout –

On January 10, 2014, I received a tip from Cerro Gordo County Conservation in regards to a pile of deer (2 carcasses and 3 deer heads) that were dumped and partially burned in the parking lot of Kingfisher Hollow on or about January 9, 2014.  County Conservation Employees were able to clean up the carcasses, but also discovered some burned mail items with a partial names and addresses on them.

I was able to obtain these burned mail items to aid in my investigation.  Upon further investigation of where the burned pile of carcasses were, I was able to obtain some more mail items with more of a complete address on it, as well as names.

The addresses on the mail items led me to 545 8th Street SE, Mason City, Iowa.  I was able to speak with the owner of the residence and explained what led me to the address.  After showing the owner of the residence a couple of items I had found, he explained that he believed his son, Kyle Peterson (DOB 06/06/1982), would more than likely be able to get me the answers.  I was able to meet with Kyle and after showing him the evidence, he said that he and a friend, Tyler Trout, were getting rid of some deer carcasses and thought it would be ok to try and burn them in the parking lot.

I had Kyle get in touch with Tyler to let him know that I would be getting in communication with him.    Tyler and I were able to communicate over the phone and we discussed the matter.  Tyler was very cooperative and said that he and Kyle had placed the deer carcasses there and tried to burn them.

After speaking with both Kyle and Tyler, both had harvested a deer within Iowa’s Shotgun 2 season, however, neither of the 2 men reported their harvest, which by Iowa Law, all successful Deer and Turkey hunters must report their harvest by midnight of the day after tagging it, before taking it to a locker or taxidermist, before processing it for consumption or before transporting out of state, whichever comes first.  Neither men said they knew they were supposed to harvest report their deer.

The 3 other deer heads, small antlered bucks, were allegedly given to Kyle and Tyler by 3 other hunters who didn’t want them.  However, neither men knew the names of these 3 other hunters.

With Kyle and Tyler both being very cooperative in this investigation, I charged them both with 1 count of  “unlawful possession of deer (failure to report harvest).”

Furthermore, it should be noted that the dumping of deer or any animal carcass on public property (county or state ground, public road ditches) is an illegal act and that successful hunters must report their deer or turkey to ensure proper management of the state of Iowa’s resources.

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