[scrabblehack]

“It was not uncommon for Branson to take upwards of nine eagles at a time,” prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Montana wrote the filing. “Not only did Branson kill eagles, but he hacked them into pieces to sell for future profits.”

I can understand someone buying a stuffed eagle. Who would want just part of one?

[Red Badger]

Probably Native Americans or Chinese ‘folk medicine’
black marketeers..................

[Scrambler Bob]

but he hacked them into pieces to sell for future profits.”
= = =

I would guess: claws, feathers, wings, head and beak . . .