I don't see how someone could mistake a llama for an elk, but I wasn't there. He did field dress it and notch his tag which tells me he really must have thought he shot an elk. I do have to give him points for honesty and turning himself in. I think he will receive adequate punishment from the lampooning on various blogs and you tube. Nuff said.

well at least it wasn't a person

the guy is definitely a tool. Kinda funny how these kinds of stories always seem to revolve around guys from the north east. Not sure if I've ever read "A guy from Kentucky shot a cow and tagged it with a bison permit"...

In defense of hunters from the NE, I've seen all manner of two and four legged creatures go by that were not my intended targets and can't say that I ever drew or hit my safety for any of them. You'd be amazed at how many fawn colored dogs wander the woods of suburbia. However, I'll agree that these stories do seem to occur more in my corner of the country. As Mr. Dave H. once brilliantly pointed out, there are morons among us. Based on some of the other threads however, every hunter in the woods is another successful recruit right? Right....

Just goes to show you should always make sure of your target

stupid easterners. two years back a guy came from kentucky to my homestate of idaho and mistakenly shot a grizzly bear while hunting black bears. The most incredible part is that they let him off the hook, I'd be sitting in prison right now had it been me. I hope that this llama hunter never lives this one down.

LOL, I heard of a group of hunters here in NY who shot a goat & didn't know it wasn't a deer till the cops saw it when thye stopped for pizza. Arrests all around...

I'm laughing and crying at the same time.

I saw this in an email and wasnt sure if it was true or not. I wonder how much this guy paid to get the "elk" of a lifetime? At least he did the respectable thing and turned himself in...even if he has animal identity issues his heart is in the right place.

I heard of a fella here in the NC Piedmont that shot a turkey. He drove the turkey to check it in. He was so proud of that turkey that nobody at the checkpoint had the heart to tell him it was a buzzard.

I know it easy to find faults with others when in today's society everybody is so perfect. Nobody knows the scenerio in which Mr. Saunders shot this animal or how far away he was.I would like to appluad that Mr. Saunders was man enough to turn himself in, where as most of you would have hid it and moved on so you wouldn't have to face the consequences.I don't feel that he should be punished for the rest of his life while everybody takes cheap shots at him.