Big game hunters are caught 'charging clients huge sums to illegally butcher mountain lions on remote cliffs and ship them across America' - as sick trophy pictures glamorize their kills

Three large crippled hunters are facing felony wildlife charges aft allegedly charging clients thousands of dollars to hunt upland lions and vessel them crossed the nation. 

Chad Michael Kulow, 44, his spouse Andrea May Major, 44, and LaVoy Linton Eborn, 47, are accused of starring unlicensed expeditions into the Idaho and Wyoming wilderness to hunt the chaotic cats. 

The trio allegedly killed astatine slightest a twelve upland lions and were indicted nether the Lacy Act, a national conservation instrumentality that criminalizes trading wildlife that was illegally transported oregon sold. 

Kulow made nary concealed of his activities connected societal media and often shared pictured of himself and Major proudly displaying an array of cougars and different chaotic animals they had changeable for sport. 

According to the indictment against Kulow, Major and Eborn, they charged clients upwards of $6,000 apiece for the accidental to hunt and termination upland lions. 

On these trips, the upland lions they hunted were allegedly not portion of licensing they had with the State of Ohio nor a federally permitted outfitting work they worked for, reports USA Today. 

Their ventures began successful precocious 2021, erstwhile the Justice Department said they began 'illegally acting successful the capableness of outfitters, by independently booking upland lion hunting clients, accepting nonstop payment, and guiding hunts successful southeast Idaho and Wyoming.' 

Their expeditions were reportedly carried retired successful the Caribou-Targhee National Forest and the Bridger-Teton National Forest successful Idaho and occidental Wyoming, respectively.   

After a palmy hunt, clients were past illegally sent crossed the country, to locations including Montana, Texas, North Carolina, and Alaska, per tribunal documents. 

Under Idaho Fish and Game laws, licensed hunting outfitters are required to taxable Big Game Mortality Reports astir the trophy animals they kill. 

However, prosecutors allege that the 3 falsified their reports and claimed they were carried retired nether licensing. 

The 3 hunters look trials successful November, with Kulow charged with a full of 13 violations of the Lacey Act, Major 7 charges, and Eborn 8 charges. 

They look up to 5 years successful situation if convicted, alongside a $250,000 fine, and up to 3 years of supervised merchandise for each charge. 

In 1 Facebook station from October 2020, Kulow proudly shared images from his hunting excursions, telling his followers: 'Utah lions are out! We are acceptable to hunt lions statewide - deed america up to publication your imagination lion hunt.' 

The station was accompanied by respective images of the hunters hoisting immense upland lions larger than themselves portion wearing a ample grin connected their faces. 

When 1 idiosyncratic commented 'that's horrible' to the images, helium responded: 'We are successful the concern of redeeming cervid and humans. 

'They aren't location cats. They're killers. Look up predator management,' helium added. 

The arrests travel arsenic portion of a Lacey Act crackdown by national prosecutors that has seen a fig of hunters charged this year.