Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials said the killing of six big-game animals, including a bull moose, was a major case of poaching.
The men each face a potential maximum penalty of $150,000 in fines, 15 years in prison and the lifetime loss of hunting, fishing and trapping privileges in Montana.
They also were charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, hunting big game during a closed season and waste of a game animal, all misdemeanors.
Woodson and Mitchell were arrested May 1 in Kalispell. The Bolt brothers were arrested last weekend in Alaska. All four were arrested on $50,000 warrants.
According to court records, an FWP game warden on Jan. 24 followed a bloody drag mark from a road near Helmville to a cabin where the four men were staying.
Game wardens with search warrants found animal blood and other physical evidence in the cabin.
The carcasses of a bull moose, an anterless elk, three doe mule deer and one buck mule deer were found dumped near the cabin. The animals had been shot.
The four men are to be arraigned in Powell County District Court.
Reporter John Cramer can be reached at 523-5259 or at johncramer@missoulian.com.
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