A poacher has been ordered to repeatedly watch the Disney classic 'Bambi' after he was sentenced for illegally killing hundreds of deer.

Bizarre on Female First

Bizarre on Female First

David Berry Jr. from Missouri will have to watch the film at least once a month during his year-long jail sentence according to the Springfield News-Leader.

Conservation agents have called the case one of the largest related to deer poaching in the state's history.

David - who was convicted of illegally taking wildlife in southwest Missouri's Lawrence County - killed animals for their heads and left their bodies to rot.

Prosecuting attorney Don Trotter said: ''The deer were trophy bucks taken illegally, mostly at night, for their heads, leaving the bodies of the deer to waste.''

Court records showed the defendant is ''to view the Walt Disney movie Bambi, with the first viewing being on or before December 23, 2018, and at least one such viewing each month thereafter, during the defendant's incarceration in the Lawrence County Jail''.