Poaching case: The charges

Plains resident Jerry Marjerrison was charged Tuesday with 16 misdemeanor wildlife offenses and one felony.

An arrest affidavit filed by Sanders County Attorney Bob Zimmerman spells out the allegations:

. Acting as an outfitter-guide without a license: In January 2001, Marjerrison took money from Greg McNally to guide him on a mountain lion hunt. McNally has since pleaded guilty and been fined for hiring the services of an unlicensed guide, taking a mountain lion in a closed hunting district, killing the lion at night, and making a false statement in applying for his mountain lion license.

. During fall 2002, Marjerrison took money from Wayne Stevenson to guide him on an unsuccessful elk hunt. In November 2003, Marjerrison took money from Stevenson to guide him on another hunt in which an elk was killed with the aid of dogs on the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Reservation. In November 2004, Marjerrison was paid by Stevenson to guide him on another elk hunt and a planned mountain lion hunt. Stevenson killed an elk, but not with Marjerrison. Those hunts resulted in three counts of acting as an outfitter-guide without a license.

Stevenson has since been fined after pleading guilty to hiring the services of an unlicensed outfitter.

. In November 2004, Marjerrison was paid to guide for Chris Theodor on a bighorn sheep hunt that resulted in the killing of a ram, resulting in another charge of acting as an outfitter-guide without a license.

. In September 2004, Marjerrison took $2,500 from two undercover officers to serve as a guide on a black bear hunt.

Marjerrison used dogs to pursue a black bear that was killed, resulting in a charge of unlawful use of dogs on a hunt, failing to tag a big game animal, transporting an illegally taken big game animal, and wasting the carcass.

. In September 2004, Marjerrison came into possession of another bear that had been killed by one of the undercover officers. Marjerrison later told the officer that he had dumped the carcass, resulting in another charge of wasting a big game animal.

. In November 2004, Marjerrison accepted $2,000 from the same officers for a deer and elk hunt that resulted in one of the officers shooting a whitetail buck. Marjerrison used his deer license to tag the animal, resulting in a charge of illegally transferring a license.

. In January 2004, Marjerrison "bartered and traded services" with John Turk to guide a mountain lion hunt that resulted in the killing of a lion and led to multiple charges, including failing to tag a big game animal, transporting unlawfully taken wildlife and acting as an outfitter-guide without a license.

. A search warrant executed on Jan. 28, 2005, resulted in a single felony count of possessing unlawfully taken wildlife against Marjerrison. While numerous mounts and hides were seized, the arrest affidavit cites four particular items resulting in the charges.