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Tag: poaching
Man Gets Jail Time for Killing Deer
A Lincoln County, Wyoming, man will served a half a year in jail for poaching deer. The man has been sentenced to six months in jail and had his hunting privileges taken away for 20 years for shooting four mule deer bucks, sawing off their antlers, and leaving the carcasses to rot.
Maryland Man Convicted of Poaching 17-Point Buck
A Maryland crossbow hunter was recently convicted of trespassing on posted property to poach a “mega-buck.” The 17-point buck, which would have been a new Boone & Crockett state record, was killed by Ronald Wayne Roe in September 2016.
Secret Weapons in the War Against Deer Poachers
Poachers have an enemy they might not even be aware of — one that could take a huge bite out of their wallets.
Bluegrass Bunglers Pinched, Penalized for Poaching
Video may have killed the radio star, but hubris and television helped put two Kentucky men under the investigative eye of the Wyoming Game and Fish Division. Ricky J. Mills and Jimmy G. Duncan, both of Bedford, Ky., pled no contest to charges of poaching and other wildlife violations following an extensive investigation by Wyoming […]
Poacher Hit with Lifetime Ban for Felony Convictions
Hunters often say “that guy should be put in prison!” for a game violation, or something along those lines including jail, prison, heavy fines, loss of hunting rights or other penalties. Wyoming has tugged on the heartstrings of some of those folks by making poaching a felony. It didn’t take too long for someone to […]
New ‘Poach and Pay’ Program Getting Strong Support
MISSOULA, Mont. – Poaching is a crime committed by thieves — not hunters. Those who share in the Boone and Crockett Club’s long support of sustainable-use conservation want those thieves punished accordingly. A 2015 research study by the Boone and Crockett Club found that 92.6 percent of sportsmen support higher fines for those convicted of […]
Alleged Poachers Busted After Leaving Heads by Their Garage
If you’re going to do dumb stuff then you better be smart about it, and it appears two men with bad intent on their minds didn’t heed that advice. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Officers charged two Washington County men with numerous hunting related violations and misdemeanors after discovering a collection of deer […]
More than Seventy Violations? Yes, That’s What This Poacher Had!
Delaware’s DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers concluded an investigation into illegal deer hunting March 1 with the arrest of a New Castle County man for illegal weapons possession charges along with numerous charges related to the illegal take of at least 14 deer during the state’s 2015/16 deer season. James R. […]
Double-Dipping Deer Poacher Pleads Guilty
A deer poaching case involving a distinctive vehicle, an alert citizen, and a groundswell of public interest has concluded with fines and license suspensions for a Roosevelt, Utah man. A Citizens Against Poaching (CAP) call started it all. In early November of 2014, a concerned citizen called the CAP hotline to report what he thought to […]