US EditionLewistown man gets jail time for using realtor license to poach trophy mule deer buck
The realtor must serve 102 days and pay $8,000 after wildlife officials said he used his license to enter a ranch and kill a trophy buck.
- Lewistown realtor Hyatt Voy was sentenced to 102 days in jail after poaching a trophy mule deer in central Montana during the 2024 hunting season.
- Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks officials reported Voy has an "extensive history" of violations dating to 2015 and used his real estate license to illegally access the ranch property.
- In her sentencing order, District Court Judge Heather Perry stated that poaching undermines "the trust of their clients and potential clients" for professional realtors.
- The court ordered Voy to pay $8,000 in fines and restitution while imposing a seven-year suspension of hunting, fishing, and trapping privileges in 48 other member states of the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.
- Having already served 10 days in the Fergus County Detention Center, Voy must return in September to complete the remaining 92 days of his sentence at the beginning of the 2026 fall hunting season.
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Lewistown hunter sentenced to jail for poaching trophy mule deer
LEWISTOWN - Hyatt Voy will spend most of the 2026 fall hunting season in the Fergus County Detention Center after his conviction for poaching a trophy mule deer buck in Central Montana.Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks said in a news release that during the 2024 general hunting season, Voy a realtor working in the Lewistown area used his real estate license to gain access to a ranch property and potential real estate listing that the owners were…
Jail time for Lewistown man found guilty of poaching
GREAT FALLS Hyatt Voy will spend most of the 2026 fall hunting season in the Fergus County Detention Center after his conviction for poaching a trophy mule deer buck in central Montana.Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks said in a news release that during the 2024 general hunting season, Voy a realtor working in the Lewistown area used his real estate license to gain access to a ranch property and potential real estate listing that the owners were…
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