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East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office searching for hunter following spotlighting arrest
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CLINTON — The East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for a hunter after two men were allegedly caught hunting on private property Friday morning.
The sheriff's office was contacted around 3 a.m., after the hunters were allegedly found retrieving a shot deer on private property near Highway 19.
According to deputies, the hunters were allegedly spotlighting deer, an illegal practice in which hunters use an artificial light to hunt deer at night due to the light stunning the animals, making them easier to shoot.
East Feliciana Parish Sheriff Jeff Travis said that one of the hunters, Reginald Palmer, escaped on foot as the other, John Cook, was taken into custody for illegal night hunting with artificial lights.
The sheriff's office, in collaboration with the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Dixon Correctional Institute, utilized drones and K-9 units in an attempt to locate Palmer.
Authorities have obtained a warrant for Palmer's arrest.
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