Jealous Hunters piss me off!!!!!!

[pendoreilleadventures]

   One of my buddies is a very good elk hunter he kills his bull almost every year with his bow. well he just moved down to Oklahoma. But flew up for the elk season to hunt. He hunted hard the whole season. On the last day he finally got the shot at the bull he was working on the past week he would get close but just no shots. Well the last day he and another friend hiked in an hour before day light and started calling. The bull lite up right away and came crashing down the hill in the dark about 300 yards. it was still close to an hour before day light so they backed out waited till he could see his pins and headed back. one cow call later the bull was at 25 yards and a nicely placed shot in the heart was all it took bull down. it was a nice 6x6 in the 270 range his biggest bull. Well him and my friend got the bull out hole with a ATV. any how my friend brought the meat to a local guy who cuts up  meat for a few people. and took the horns and cape to the taxidermist. his plane left @ 6 am on Monday. He gets back to work and that night he gets a call from the game warden saying that he has evidences that he killed the bull with a spotlight and a rifle and that the animal is being confiscated and there are going to be DNA test as well as test for copper and lead residue. It's all bull *censored* he killed legit and people are jealous because they cant kill them and he can. the game warden has been lying and saying he has proof when there isn't any because it was killed 100% legal. I can't believe that a game warden would just take someone Else's word about something and go and take someone animal like that. with out any evidence what so every and then go and tell my Friend he knows that it was killed with a rifle and has proof. one word *censored*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bucklucky]

 

[NW-Eric]

THATS RIDICULOUS

[jadeball1]

Wow, What proof does he have?

[grizzlygibbs]

that sucks, I wonder who gave him this wonderful information to make him confiscate the animal

[WDFW-SUX]

I wouldnt say *censored* to WDFW make them prove there case.

Id take them to small claims court to get my meat/Rack back too.

[Bofire]

He is lucky he was out of state. That Gamey could have confiscated his hunting equipment on "suspicion" of a violation.
It isn't right, it isn't a Law, it is a rule passed by the game commision.
I wish him luck but he is in for a fight. If he don't win he will be fined severely, lose his hunting "privilege' (it is not a Right in this state). Most likely the meat will be ruined by the time the case is over, win or lose.
That really sucks!!!!
Carl

[WDFW-SUX]

Assuming that there was no violation in your case I'd also out the game warden responsible and put as much pressure on him to put up or shut up.

Id also document the number of pounds of meat delivered to the butcher and as many kill photos as you can for your records.

[MichaelJ]

Thats *censored* man, I'd be so pissed I'd sure as hell shell out as much money as I could to get the warden fired or something... thats *censored* and take 'em to court! 

Michael

[tmike]

I had something similar happen to me in Oregon 11 years ago. I was eventually cleared but it was a headache. Don't talk to the gammie or anyone else, anything you say can be twisted against you. It took 2 years to clear it up and ended up being a dukes of hazard situation that I got caught in the middle of. What a nightmare.

[yelp]

do you know who told the game warden?  Was it the butcher or taxidermist?  Another hunter?  I wasn't there but it sounds like I would hire a lawyer and force the issue here.  They need absolute proof...innocent until proven guilty.  It sucks that the high your buddy has in shooting a bull, not to mention his biggest is marred and is now a low because of this.  Was this in wa?  If so I would call the Captain in Spokane and ask some serious questions.  Good Luck.

[Ray]

No big surprise. You're guilty until proven innocent and jealous people who were'nt even there get to ruin your experiences. 

[NoBark]

How did "jeleous person" get into this?   Do you know who turned him in? Is that person jeleous?

Maybe we have a butcher or taxi who actually found 'something that didn't look right' and noticfied the Game warden?  I'd be glad to know they would do that.

There is much more to this story that needs to come out.

[Ray]

Maybe we have a butcher or taxi who actually found 'something that didn't look right' and noticfied the Game warden?

Unlikely that someone from the butcher shop or taxi saw him with a spotlight and a gun shooting the bull. A lot more likely someone saw some action in the woods and drew too many conclusions. Happened to a friend of mine this year.

[12Gauge]

Could be anti hunters, there are lots of them out there.  I hope that does happen to anyone else