TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Seven men received jail sentences Monday for their roles in a multi-year poaching operation that illegally took deer south of Twin Falls, with family members in the courtroom stunned by the harsh penalties.

"I will order that your hunting privileges be revoked for your lifetime, and I will remand you to the Idaho Department of Corrections," Judge Benjamin Cluff said as he sentenced Robert Zeko.

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The men were ordered to serve jail time for illegally taking deer across multiple years of hunting trips in Unit 54, south of Twin Falls.

"This was just a criminal enterprise from 2017 on. You knew what you were doing. I'm almost left speechless that

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