A Pondera County, Montana, man has been sentenced after poaching a trophy white-tailed deer buck last year. Tony Zimbelman, 23, initially claimed that he’d taken the deer with archery equipment during archery season, a press release from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said. Following a tip, game wardens discovered Zimbelman had shot the buck with a rifle the day before archery season opened in September. An FWP release said it was a large buck…
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