Report Poaching
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Poaching is defined as illegally killing or taking wildlife, fish, or plants. Know the poaching laws in your state and be able to recognize when these offenses are taking place. In general, if you see or know of someone who committed this crime or is in the process of committing this offense you can always contact your local law enforcement or your county officials as they can offer assistance.
Below you will also find phone numbers and links for each state that can assist you in reporting poaching. You can even report these crimes anonymously. Remember to have information such as location, date and time, vehicle information, and anything else about the parties involved that will help law enforcement investigate the issue. Please help preserve the wildlife we all love so much and the sport of hunting by reporting poaching.
- Alabama
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Call 800 -272-4263 to report poaching. - Alaska
Division of Alaska Wildlife Troopers
Call 800-478-3377 to report poaching. - Arizona
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Call 800-352-0700 to report poaching. - Arkansas
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
Call 800-482-9262 to report poaching. - California
Department of Game and Fish
Call 888-334-2258 to report poaching. - Colorado
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Call 877-265-6648 to report poaching. - Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection
Call 800-842-4357 to report poaching. - Delaware
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Portal
Call 800-292-3030 to report poaching. - Florida
Florida Fish and Wildlife conservation Commission
Call 888-404-3922 to report poaching. - Georgia
Department of Natural Resources
Call 800-241-4113 to report poaching. - Hawaii
Department of Land and Natural Resources
Call 808-587-0077 to report poaching. - Idaho
Idaho Fish and Game – Citizens Against Poaching
Call 800-632-5999 to report poaching. - Illinois
Department of Natural Resources
Call 877-236-7529 to report poaching. - Indiana
Department of Natural Resources
Call 800-TIP-IDNR to report poaching. - Iowa
Department of Natural Resources
Call 800-532-2020 to report poaching. - Kansas
Department of Wildlife and Parks
Call 877-426-3843 to report poaching. - Kentucky
Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Call 800-25-ALERT to report poaching. - Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Call 800-442-2511 to report poaching. - Maine
Maine Operation Game Theif
Call 800-253-7887 within Maine or 207-287-6057 outside the state to report poaching. - Maryland
Department of Natural Resources
Call 800-635-6124 to report poaching. - Massachusetts
Division of Fisheries & Wildlife
Call 800-632-8075 to report poaching. - Michigan
Department of Natural Resources
Call 800-292-7800 to report poaching. - Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources
Call 800-652-9093 to report poaching. - Mississippi
Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks
Call 800-BE-SMART to report poaching. - Missouri
Department of Conseravation
Call 800-392-1111 to report poaching. - Montana
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Call 800-847-6668 to report poaching. - Nebraska
Game and Parks Commission
Call 800-742-7627 to report poaching. - Nevada
Department of Wildlife
Call 800-992-3030 to report poaching. - New Hampshire
Fish and Game Department
Call 800-344-4262 to report poaching. - New Jersey
Division of Fish & Wildlife
Call 800-222-0456 to report poaching. - New Mexico
Game and Fish Department
Call 800-432-4263 to report poaching. - New York
Department of Environmental Conservation
Call 800-847-7332 to report poaching. - North Carolina
Wildlife Resources Commission
Call 800-662-7137 to report poaching. - North Dakota
Game and Fish Department
Call 800-472-2121 to report poaching. - Ohio
Department of Natural Resources
Call 800-POACHER to report poaching. - Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation
Call 800-522-8039 to report poaching. - Oregon
Fish and Wildlife Division
Call 800-452-7888 to report poaching. - Pennsylvania
Game Commission
Call 800-742-8001 to report poaching. - Rhode Island
Department of Environmental Management
Call 401-222-3070 to report poaching. - South Carolina
Department of Natural Resources
Call 800-922-5431 to report poaching. - South Dakota
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks
Call 888-683-7224 to report poaching. - Tennessee
Wildlife Resources Agency
Call one of these numbers below to report poaching:
West TN: 800-831-1173
Middle TN: 800-255-8972
Cumberland Plateau: 800-241-0767
East TN: 800-831-1174 - Texas
Parks & Wildlife Department
Call 800-792-4263 to report poaching. - Utah
Division of Wildlife Resources
Call 800-662-DEER to report poaching. - Vermont
Fish & Wildlife Department
Call 800-752-5378 to report poaching. - Virginia
Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
Call 800-237-5712 to report poaching. - Washington
Department of Fish & Wildlife
Call 877-933-9847 to report poaching. - West Virginia
Division of Natural Resources
Call 800-638-4263 to report poaching. - Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
Call 800-847-9367 to report poaching. - Wyoming
Game and Fish Department
Call 877-943-3847 to report poaching.
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