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FORT DODGE — A nine-month investigation into deer and turkey poaching in Webster County was closed on Oct. 7, when Kyle Alstott, 23, of Fort Dodge, the last of the 10 individuals facing charges from Iowa and Nebraska, pleaded guilty.

In November 2015, Iowa State Conservation Officer Matt Bruner came across a website run by Alstott with photos and videos of deer, deer hunts, fishing and other outdoor activities.

Alstott and Roman Thompson, 22, from Omaha, Nebraska, are co-owners of ATM Outdoors, an outdoors/hunting filming company based in Fort Dodge. They produce photos, videos and deer stories for their website which is where Bruner began his investigation.

Bruner recognized Kyle Alstott and Michael Alstott, 44, of Fort Dodge, from photos on the website as individuals that he charged for hunting over bait in 2011. He began comparing the deer and stories on the website to licenses the different individuals featured had purchased in various states. The information didn’t line up.

Officers served multiple search warrants in late November 2015 and collected phones, computer and video equipment, deer and turkey mounts, meat and equipment used to harvest the game animals.

The 10 individuals were charged in December 2015 and plea deals began in January.