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The preliminary hearing was continued for a Sandpoint man accused of killing a cow moose and taking its newborn calf, which died two weeks later.

Lincoln D. Lowell, 18, is cooperating with authorities, which is why his hearing was continued, said Greg Johnson, senior conservation officer for Idaho Department of Fish and Game in Boundary County.

Lowell and Dustin A. Hayes, 22, unknown address, were both charged with two counts of possession of unlawful taking of big game. The felony charges could result in a lifetime loss of hunting privileges, fines up to $10,000 and up to five years in prison.

Hayes remains at large.

Johnson was investigating the poaching of a deer over the Fourth of July on East Elmira Road in Bonner County when he learned about the apparent moose poaching.

Hayes and Lowell allegedly were together when one shot the cow moose on June 8 in the Upper Pack River area, Johnson said. It’s believed the pair then picked up the newborn calf, put it in a truck and drove it to a home a few miles away. It later died.

They left the calf for some people to raise.

Anyone with information about Hayes’ whereabouts is asked to call Fish and Game at 267-7629.

Hayes also was charged with poaching the deer on East Elmira Road.