After the shooting, Larsen said he texted a friend to tell him he had just shot an albino Sandhill Crane.
His friend told him that the Crane was a protected species, so the big tough guy with the gun did what you would expect him to do. He turned tail and ran!….
Matthew Kent Larsen, 28, of New London, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to the crime in a federal court in Green Bay and was sentenced to pay $2,000 in fines: $1,500 in restitution to the International Crane Foundation and a $500 Migratory Bird Treaty Act fine. His hunting and fishing rights were also revoked for two years.