An illegal shooting of a moose in Bottineau County has cost a U-S Fish and Wildlife Service biologist his hunting privileges for a year.

Mike Olson is also ordered to pay 2-thousand dollars in restitution for the violation.

Olson says his wife, Hope, who is the state crime lab director, first shot the moose.

She had the moose license.

He says the moose didn't die initially so HE shot it to end its suffering.

Olson says he knows what he did was wrong and that the violation is the low point of his nearly 20-year career with the Fish and Wildlife Service. watch the video | save this article / add to your favorites list