Poacher
- Thread starter carver
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Spotlighting,illegal trophy hunting, general dumbassery...Throw the book at'em.
huge fines will get the word out.Hell do less time assaulting a human being than an animal
^^^ Sounds like gun laws
AND their wasteful on top of everything else.
"Two conservation officers arrived on scene and found three men and the dead deer. Because the animal had not been field dressed, the meat had spoiled and was unable to be donated."
"Two conservation officers arrived on scene and found three men and the dead deer. Because the animal had not been field dressed, the meat had spoiled and was unable to be donated."
Shooting a "trophy" deer should always be a misdemeanor for a first offense, even if the antler spread was really big.
A felony for poaching.... really?
I'd rather call it three misdemeanors:
1-- hunting illegally from a road,
2-- hunting with a spotlight at night,
3- unlawfully failing to tag and report the kill.
Confiscate his gun and his vehicle if you want --As far as I'm concerned they're both "tools of the crime" and if you commit a crime you should never expect to see your tools again. They should be sold at public auction and the money used to support wildlife rehabilitation and hunter safety programs.
But no felony level conviction.
A felony for poaching.... really?
I'd rather call it three misdemeanors:
1-- hunting illegally from a road,
2-- hunting with a spotlight at night,
3- unlawfully failing to tag and report the kill.
Confiscate his gun and his vehicle if you want --As far as I'm concerned they're both "tools of the crime" and if you commit a crime you should never expect to see your tools again. They should be sold at public auction and the money used to support wildlife rehabilitation and hunter safety programs.
But no felony level conviction.
