Gilkison v. State

The Facts

From about 9 p. m. on September 7, 1963, two deputy State game wardens were patrolling in the Tongue River area west of Dayton, Wyoming. According to Warden Gutz, “I had had some game killed in my district the last few days prior to this. I was up there specifically to look for game violations. * * * I had had some elk and deer killed off the highway, that were shot off the highway, and dressed out and taken from the vicinity.” During this patrol, they stopped and searched defendant’s vehicle, allegedly believing it contained wild life taken or possessed in violation of the laws of…