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A Big Piney hunter is being investigated for allegedly shooting a large, unusual mule deer buck out of season, and then displaying it at the 2016 Hunting Expo in Salt Lake City.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department game wardens filed an affidavit Tuesday stating Nathan Strong admitted to shooting the well-known, non-typical mule deer out of season with a white-tailed deer tag. A non-typical deer is one with unusual antlers with multiple points coming off other points.

Someone reported the buck to Big Piney Game Warden Adam Hymas, saying they had a photo of the deer time-stamped after the 2015 Wyoming General Deer Season had already closed, according to the affidavit.

The deer frequented an area called the Hoback Ranches, where residents saw the deer almost daily, said Pinedale Wildlife Supervisor John Lund.

“I think they even had a name for it,” he said. “With those antlers being as distinct as they are, they recognized it right away when they saw it in Utah.”

A Utah conservation officer tracked down the taxidermied mount at the Hunting Expo in mid-February to take photos for Hymas.