I also found out he was charged with 36 felonies for falsifying damage claims and his oat counts.
Well, that's B.S. the fact is that that those charges were all dropped and he was not convicted of anything. He does let hunters on his ground, all he asks for is a little help once in awhile to earn the right to hunt there.
If it weren't for private land in the 162 unit there'd be no elk for sure due to the overload hunters put on the public ground.
Not trying to screw up this topic, but for the record; Wilber Eaton and his wife had me over and explained to me the politics between their family and the game department. He told me he plea bargained out of it. He ended up receiving 7 felony charges and a handful of misdemenors at reduced penalty. He told me it cost him over $23,000 in fines, plus he had to payback over $56,000 for falsifying his oat counts, which he insisted too me that he was innocent and made and I quote "an honest mistake." Either way; I could careless. My only problem I had with him, was he was happy to take crab, fish, oysters, etc. from me, but when it came opening day he did a 360 and told me I could not hunt his property. That is his right, but I planned my hunt out 1 year in advance, lost points, time, money, etc.
And yes he does let a few people hunt his property, but only a small section, which only hosts deer. He told me himself their is NO ELK on that section, and he only lets 6 people per day on that portion. I was not there to hunt deer, I had an elk special draw tag. I lost 8 points because of it.
