Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Illinois Conservation Police are on the hunt for somebody using a crossbow to decapitate a double drop tine buck near the University of Illinois Springfield campus.

The Illinois Conservation Police say the buck was found near the intersection of University Drive at West Lake Shore Drive, shot to death with a crossbow from the roadway.

The buck’s body was later discovered in the timber. Police believe the head of the buck may have been taken as a trophy. Conservation Police believe it happened last year between the evening of January 12 to the morning of January 14.

They ask anyone with information to contact local law enforcement or the Illinois Conservation Police