Lower Court Holding in Herrera v. Wyoming
Decision of the Wyoming Fourth Judicial District
Clayvin Herrera is an enrolled member of the Crow Tribe and a resident of St. Xavier, Montana, which is located on the Crow Reservation. In January 2014, Herrera and several other tribal members decided to hunt for elk on the Crow Reservation. They spotted several elk on the reservation in the vicinity of Eskimo Creek. At some point, the elk crossed a fence, leaving the Crow Reservation and entering into the Big Horn National Forest in the State of Wyoming. Herrera and the others crossed the fence into Wyoming and continued to track the elk. They shot three bull elk…
