(Montague County, Tx) – Last week a beloved longhorn was senselessly shot and killed in a Montague County pasture and the family wants to find the killer.

The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports the Stanley family has put up a $3,000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of whoever shot 13-year-old Bud between 12:30 a.m. and 1 a.m. of Jan. 13 at the Jagged Edge Ranch on Starkey Road just south of U.S. 82 between Nocona and Saint Jo. Nocona is about 85 miles northwest of Fort Worth.  The gunman fired from the road into the pasture, striking and killing Bud.

Daniel Stanley tells the Telegram that the family has had trouble with poachers in the past.  Bud was the only one hit by bullets.  Stanley wrote on Facebook “Our family is devastated,”  and asked for help to find the killer.  Bud, who had a set of horns that measured 6 feet, had been with the family for 13 years.

Anyone with information should call the Montague County Sheriff’s Office