State v. Hogevoll

*528EDMONDS, P. J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction for exceeding the bag limit on coast bull elk, ORS 498.002,1 a Class A misdemeanor, ORS 496.992(1).2 The conviction arises from a 2005 second season coast bull elk hunt where defendant shot and killed one elk, found a second elk that was shot and killed by someone else, and took possession of both elk. The issue on appeal is whether, as a matter of law, a person who has killed and tagged a second season coast bull elk commits the crime of exceeding the bag limit on coast bull elk by taking possession of an additional second season…