NDOW game wardens recently wrapped up a complicated year-long investigation into the poaching of a large male black bear in spring 2017, resulting in formal felony charges being filed in Dayton Justice Court by the Lyon County D-A’s Office. The bear was killed in the Pine Nut Mountains near Dayton in February 2017. During the investigation game wardens uncovered information which suggested that Daniel Rubio, Eliseo Rubio Sr. and Eliseo Rubio Jr. of Dayton, were involved with the unlawful shooting and killing of the black bear, as well as unlawfully killing and possessing a mule deer — and other wildlife crimes. Enough evidence was produced to charge the suspects with felony unlawful killing of a big game animal as well as gross misdemeanor unlawful possession of a big game animal.