When people get the courage to stand up to the department and speak out against them, the department issues a warrant for their arrest.,” Prestin said. “As law-abiding sportsmen and women take to the woods to enjoy their time in the field, too many will be needlessly harassed on their own property. I can promise you that somewhere over the course of the next few weeks, that some hunter is going to be harassed because of a bait pile on their property that was left behind by a trespasser. And the property owner, not the trespasser, will get the ticket.”

“Naming this section of highway in his honor will serve as a lasting tribute for Specialist Wilkey –not only to his sacrifice, but to the loved ones he left behind,” said Prestin, R-Cedar River. “This stretch of U.S. 41 will serve as a reminder for all who pass by that the freedoms we enjoy are secured by the courage of those who serve.”