A local fisherman believes that trophy killings by tourists were behind the horrific mutilation and death of two large saltwater crocodiles at Dundee Beach in the Northern Territory on Wednesday . The NT Times reported that Darwin man Jake Hinton , 27 , found the dead crocodiles while driving with his parents to go on a family fishing trip . Hinton 's father found the first one on the ground in the run off from a little creek . It was missing a head and half-skinned , but did not appear to have any bullet holes . One crocodile had been there for a while . It was bloated and rotting . TOne of the crocodiles was missing a head and half-skinned on the ground . The second crocodile was found by Hinton about 200m from the mouth of the Finniss River . ' I could smell this one before we saw it , it had been there for a while and was bloated , ' he told the NT Times . 'This one had nothing removed from it and there was an obvious bullet wound in its skull , which is probably why they didn ’ t take it . The second crocodile was found about 200m from the mouth of the Finniss River . ' I think it ’ s just senseless joy killing by idiot tourists looking for a trophy . ' A spokeswoman for the Parks and Wildlife Commission said the department was investigating the incidents . The authority had 10 reports of crocodiles being slaughtered illegally in the NT over the past year . The headless crocodile was found in the run off from a little creek .
Parks man Jake Hinton , 27 , found the dead crocodiles while out driving . One crocodile was missing a head and half-skinned . The other was bloated and about 200m from the mouth of the Finniss River . Darwin and Wildlife Commission was investigating the incidents . 10 crocodiles were slaughtered illegally in the NT over the past year .