BRIDGEPORT, Neb. (AP) — Two men have been fined and given probation for killing 25 antelopes in a western Nebraska field and leaving the carcasses to rot.

Twenty-four-year-old Taylor Mueller and 21-year-old Brent Hoerler pleaded guilty to several misdemeanor counts, including hunting without a permit and wanton waste. They were sentenced Wednesday in Morrill County Court to 18 months of probation and were fined $950 each.

Authorities say the antelope were illegally shot and killed in a wheat field in early November. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission officials discovered the animals while checking area residents’ reports about the killings.