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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – A man who bolted antlers to the head of a dead doe and posed for a photograph with the deer was fined $400 and jailed for game violations.

Marcel Fournier, 19, shot the deer the evening of Nov. 22 and used lag bolts and epoxy to attach a 10-point rack, officials said. He then checked in the kill as lawful game.

The Concord resident admitted to the killing and led a game warden to the deer’s remains after an anonymous caller alerted authorities.

Fournier was sentenced to 10 days in jail Feb. 18 for taking a deer in a closed season. He won’t qualify for a state hunting, fishing or trapping license for at least three years.

LeCours said add-on antlers are the stuff of legend, but that it’s the first documented case of it in Vermont.

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