LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Charlestown, Indiana, man is facing more than 100 charges after allegedly shooting deer from inside a vehicle.
According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, concerned citizens provided information to authorities, which led to an investigation by Indiana Conservation Officers.
Officials said the report came in December 2025 and alleged Woodrow Snyder, 28, was shooting multiple deer at night from inside a motor vehicle.
According to officials, Clark County authorities received a report on Dec. 18, 2025, of shots fired. Police then conducted a traffic stop on a pickup truck driven by Snyder.
Police found multiple dead deer inside the truck and several discarded firearms on the side of the road. Snyder's passenger was arrested at the scene and the vehicle was seized as evidence.
Officers then executed several search warrants, collected physical and digital evidence and interviewed witnesses and suspects.
Police said evidence indicated Snyder, along with "several accomplices," killed more than 30 white-tailed deer during the 2025 fall and winter seasons.
Snyder was taken into custody on June 4. 2026, and booked into the Clark County Jail and later posted a $500 cash bond.
He has 102 charges in Clark County and seven charges in Jefferson County.
The charges include:
- Obstruction of justice, Level 6 felony
- Illegal sale of wildlife, Level 6 felony
- Unlawful taking of deer, Class B misdemeanor
- Jacklighting, Class C misdemeanor
- Hunting without a license, Class C misdemeanor
- Hunting with the aid of a motor vehicle, Class C misdemeanor
- Hunting without consent of a landowner, Class C misdemeanor
Snyder has a pretrial conference scheduled for July 28.
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