2 alleged poachers arrested by Massachusetts State Police

COLRAIN, Mass. (WLNE) — Massachusetts State Police and Environmental Police announced the arrest of two men on poaching charges after they allegedly shot and killed a deer from their truck.

According to police, Ira Doull and Seth Doull were both arrested and are facing numerous firearms charges and fish and willife violations, including,

• Hunting from a vehicle
• Carrying a loaded shotgun / rifle in a vehicle
• Hunting deer with a rifle
• Discharging a firearm near a highway
• Improper storage of a firearm
• Hunting at night
• Hunting out of season (fox)

Mass. State Police shared this booking photo of Seth Doull.

According to police, on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 6:10 p.m., police received a report that a deer had been shot in front of a home on Shelburne Line Road in Colrain. Troopers investigating observed a gray Toyota Tacoma pickup truck in the area, which was believed to be where the deer was shot from.

The trooper conducted a traffic stop on the truck and immediately observed two men, identified as Ira and Seth, along with multiple unsecured firearms inside.

Mass. State Police shared this booking photo of Ira Doull.

Both men were detained and police search the truck which is where they said they found a loaded .22 caliber rifle, another rifle, two shotguns, a loaded handgun, four muzzleloaders and four thermal scopes for seeing targets at night were found in the truck.

Officials also found an illegally killed gray fox with gunshot wounds to its body and apparent blunt-force trauma to its head.

Police also examined the buck that had been killed and was lying in he road. A subsequent necropsy of the deer revealed three .22 caliber slugs in its head and body.

This is a photo of the deer police say was shot and killed from a car in someone’s driveway.

Both men posted bail and were released pending arraignment in Greenfield District Court, which took place the week of December 6.

Police further noted that reports of poaching have been on the rise in the last two years by offenders driving a gray Tacoma. The suspects in the other incidents were not identified.

The investigation into whether Ira and Seth are habitual poachers responsible for the past reported incidents remains ongoing.