I would have liked to have seen that article provide specific examples of people in Washington being found guilty of poaching while trespassing and walking away with nothing other than a $250 fine and being allowed to keep the animal.
See, they weren't found guilty of poaching, only trespassing. If they were hunting during the season and following all the other hunting regulations, then it was simply a trespass charge.
This is not true anymore if they don't have permission, the law has been changed.
I realize the law has changed, but my reply was to Cedar Pants, in reference to people who had been cited for trespassing and still allowed to keep the animal they killed.
bobcat, I spent several hours with a game warden recently and he told me that they don't take the animals on these type of situations anymore. They would be in trouble if the person cited got off and the animal was gone. He also told me that even if a person did not shoot an animal and was trespassing while hunting, the hunter would face the same penalty as if they had shot an animal. It seems as if they really have some bite in this type of stuff. I actually saw him arrest someone on this type of infraction and he meant business in a very serious way.
