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he made himself look guilty.

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This is the first time I have ever been on this site, and don't know anybody posting on this site except one person, Glen Berry. I am the officer that Mr. Berry refers to in his "story". I had originally told Mr. Berry that I had no interest in announcing on the internet what he had done, however, since he has gone public with a story I guess there should be no problem with me setting the story straight.
The story that Mr. Berry posted above is far from the truth. I am not going to go into the entire story on this site. If anybody is bent on wanting to know the true story I can be reached at the Idaho Fish and Game Region 6 office. Just ask for the officer that worked on the Glen Berry investigation.
I will tell you some of the facts. I initially contacted Glen about 4:00 in the afternoon the day he shot the bull. The bull had been shot between 10:00 and 10:30 that morning. Glen had bought the 2nd elk tag at about 2:00 that afternoon. Glen said they had done some scouting that morning but not really any hunting.
About 8:00 to 8:30 that evening I, along with a Clark County Deputy contacted Glen, Chad and Glen's friend. (I wont' be the one that mentions his name)The three people were riding atv's coming down from the Continental Divide. They had been hunting in Montana. This is an area that has been closed to off-road vehicle use for 10 years.
From the very beginning Glen Berry denied there even being a dead elk in Idaho. After denying the dead elk I interviewed Glen's friend. He told me that Glen DID NOT wound a bull in Montana the previous day. The friend told me Glen DID kill an elk in Idaho that morning. The friend told me there was "confussion" as to whether they were in Idaho or Montana, BEFORE the elk was shot. Just to let you know there is a 4 strand barbed wire fence along the state border. It's the Continental Divide. It is very easy to tell what state your in. In fact Mr. Berry contacted some people in a camp the night before and explained to them just where the Montant border is and tried to talk them into hunting lower in the valley.
After the friend told me what I believe was the true story I told Mr. Berry I was going to give him one more chance to be straight with me. I even told him if an accident happened he needed to be straight with me. Glen continued to deny there being a dead elk on the hill. When I had his friend repeat what he told me to Glen, Glen told me it wasn't true and that his friend didn't know what he was talking about. In fact I even ask Mr. Berry what was going to happen to the elk (was he going to allow it to waste)Berry's response to me was "What elk".
I told Chad and the friend that it was not their responsibility but if the elk stayed on the hill until the next mornig I was going to charge Glen with waste. I told them I would not charge them with bringing the elk down, but I was going to seize the elk meat and antlers. They brought the elk out that night between midnight and four am. I can tell you they had to go back to camp to get pack boards and knives so there was no intentions of bringing out the elk that night, until I contacted them.
The witness stated they saw Glen and Chad at the elk with the video camera. The only reason the witnesses were interested in the elk was they recognized Chad and knew they were supposed to be hunting Montana. They never did see the friend at the site. After Berry's left, the witness went down and found an ungutted elk covered with pine boughs. They took GPS cooridinates, DNA sample and pictures. They followed the blood trail and found where the elk had been shot. The blood trail was about 80 yards. The kill site was almost one half mile inside Idaho.
Again for Berry to say I didn't want to go to the kill site and look at what happend is not true. Berry didn't even admit an elk being dead until he was in jail. I don't have any motives except for people to know the truth. I am not an bowhunter, however, I have friends that try to talk me into taking it up.
I had no clue who Glen Berry was until this incident took place.
I will let the witness know about Berry posting on this site in case he wants to post anything.
Idaho Officer