A southeastern Nebraska man, a convicted felon, is accused of hunting deer without a license  has been charged in a five-count federal indictment.

The indictment announced Wednesday says 44-year-old Ward Hunnel, of York, did not have a license to hunt deer in November 2011 when killed two deer in Nebraska. The indictment also accuses Hunnel of taking the deer from Nebraska to Kansas and of being a felon in possession of firearms.

If convicted of all the counts, Hunnel could face up to 27 years in federal prison.