Arizona Game and Fish Department officials seek public tips after an adult mule deer buck was illegally killed in Game Management Unit 41 near Wellton, offering up to 500 dollars for information that produces an arrest while the Arizona Mule Deer Foundation offers another 500 dollars toward a conviction. The carcass turned up near East County 7½ Street beside an agricultural field, and investigators think the deer was shot the week of September 17, 2026. Anyone with details can call 1-800-352-0700 or use www.azgfd.gov/ogt/ citing OGT #26-002960, remaining anonymous if they wish, as the agency draws no general tax dollars and depends on hunters and anglers to support more than 800 native wildlife species.