Oregon State Police responded recently to a number of wildlife-related incidents in the area.
- Kyle Michael Krake, 40, was cited at 11:28 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, after an OSP officer contacted him in the 40900 block of Skyline Drive about allegedly using a thermal device while hunting. According to the OSP, Krake admitted to thermal use and was cited for hunting/locating/scouting wildlife with a thermal imaging device. A rifle was seized.
- OSP responded at 8:38 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, to a report of a crash near Milepost 43 on Highway 20, east of Sweet Home.
According to OSP, a Toyota Highlander operated by Dominic Alberghetti, 21, of Corvallis, hit a cougar, which was still on the scene and was dispatched by troopers. Albergehtti’s vehicle was towed. - Two hunters were cited Oct. 13 after the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife alerted OSP that a hunter, who had submitted buck deer they had taken in eastern Oregon in for a chronic wasting disease checks, lacked deer tags.
An OSP game warden contacted two hunters and seized the deer. According to OSP, both Carson Daniel Emmert, 23, and Harry Edward Lohr IV, 24, both of Corvallis and described as “newer hunters,” were not cited but were “educated on the appropriate process in Oregon.” - In reviewing police log reports by Sweet Home police and Linn County Sheriff’s Office, at least one collision between vehicles and deer, or incidents in which officers have been called to dispatch injured deer, have occurred daily during the past few weeks, starting in late September.