OPERATION CODY- An undercover investigation into WA's commercial poaching

[FC]

A great book and surprisingly well written! You just might consider writing as a secondary career to fishing 

Thank you very much for your service, I'm sorry to see it wasn't better utilized.

[ucwarden]

ucwarden, why didn`t the restaurants that sold the game meat get seized? It sounded like their vehicles did but no the restaurants.

State law does not allow for the seizure of real estate on wildlife cases, only "equipment" used.

[ucwarden]

A great book and surprisingly well written! You just might consider writing as a secondary career to fishing 

Thank you very much for your service, I'm sorry to see it wasn't better utilized.

Thanks.  If you get a chance please write a review on Amazon.

[returnofsid]

Just got my signed copy yesterday, at the Bighorn Show.  Looking forward to reading it!

[FC]

Thanks.  If you get a chance please write a review on Amazon.

Done!

[ucwarden]

Thanks.  If you get a chance please write a review on Amazon.

Done!

Thanks

[Harbor_hunter]

Just ordered the book.  I am looking forward to reading it.  I am sure I will end up more pissed off than anything, since all of this was going on in my back yard.   How much time did that P.O.S. get once he was convicted?   

[ucwarden]

Just ordered the book.  I am looking forward to reading it.  I am sure I will end up more pissed off than anything, since all of this was going on in my back yard.   How much time did that P.O.S. get once he was convicted?

Bona still hasn't been sentenced.  It is now looking like April

[popeshawnpaul]

I have a bunch of thoughts about a review and have opinions on many topics as I'm reading through this book.  I'm 2/3rds of the way through it.  I have a much different perspective from the point of a defense attorney that represents people charged with crimes, many with the ones cited in this book.  I will do a rational review of the book separate from my opinions on the topics raised in this book.  The chronologically oriented layout reads very much like a police report...ie, a biased and persuasive writing from an extreme end of the pendulum.  Ultimately, I think that makes for a better book and read for entertainment purposes.  I also see a very passionate view about these types of cases that generally isn't shared in the legal or community in general, but that isn't something that the book should be criticized for.  I'll report back when I'm done.

[ucwarden]

I have a bunch of thoughts about a review and have opinions on many topics as I'm reading through this book.  I'm 2/3rds of the way through it.  I have a much different perspective from the point of a defense attorney that represents people charged with crimes, many with the ones cited in this book.  I will do a rational review of the book separate from my opinions on the topics raised in this book.  The chronologically oriented layout reads very much like a police report...ie, a biased and persuasive writing from an extreme end of the pendulum.  Ultimately, I think that makes for a better book and read for entertainment purposes.  I also see a very passionate view about these types of cases that generally isn't shared in the legal or community in general, but that isn't something that the book should be criticized for.  I'll report back when I'm done.

Thanks, I look forward to your input when you are done!

[doubletall]

Wild game poacher sentenced to community service, home detention

Tacoma man, 46, said to be 'one of the largest illegal wildlife traffickers in Washington state history'

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/04/04/3133820/wild-game-poacher-sentenced-to.html##storylink=cpy

Not sure if this made the papers outside of Tacoma.  Seems like a slap on the wrist to me.  Hopefully his cooperation brings charges against many of the other scumbags in the book, especially the business owners that fed questionable game to customers.

[ucwarden]

Wild game poacher sentenced to community service, home detention

Tacoma man, 46, said to be 'one of the largest illegal wildlife traffickers in Washington state history'

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/04/04/3133820/wild-game-poacher-sentenced-to.html##storylink=cpy

Not sure if this made the papers outside of Tacoma.  Seems like a slap on the wrist to me.  Hopefully his cooperation brings charges against many of the other scumbags in the book, especially the business owners that fed questionable game to customers.

His cooperation was as much of a joke as his sentence.....nothing new came out of his "cooperation".
His monetary penalties portion is coming in a couple of weeks.  I hope he at least has to pay back the money we gave him in payment for the illegal elk and deer, but at this point I have lost a lot of faith in the "legal system".  I have, multiple times, seen people get sentenced to serious jail time for taking one single elk out of season.  This sentence makes me sick.
 

[WSU]

I would guess that allowing him to serve his time on EHM is a response to the budget issues in Pierce County.  The article looks like he was looking at a max of 1 year.  This goes to show that the system doesn't care about putting wildlife law violators away when they are dealing with violent offenders and drugs.  That isn't a judgment on part one way or the other.  It is my assessment of why we see sentences like this.

[jackmaster]

Wild game poacher sentenced to community service, home detention

Tacoma man, 46, said to be 'one of the largest illegal wildlife traffickers in Washington state history'

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/04/04/3133820/wild-game-poacher-sentenced-to.html##storylink=cpy

Not sure if this made the papers outside of Tacoma.  Seems like a slap on the wrist to me.  Hopefully his cooperation brings charges against many of the other scumbags in the book, especially the business owners that fed questionable game to customers.

His cooperation was as much of a joke as his sentence.....nothing new came out of his "cooperation".
His monetary penalties portion is coming in a couple of weeks.  I hope he at least has to pay back the money we gave him in payment for the illegal elk and deer, but at this point I have lost a lot of faith in the "legal system".  I have, multiple times, seen people get sentenced to serious jail time for taking one single elk out of season.  This sentence makes me sick.

i can with all honesty say i feel completly bad for you TODD, all your hard work and the danger you put yourself and jennifer in and this kind of B.S happens, its sad to say the least how this state and country are ran. i can see why so many get discouraged, i guess all we can hope for now is a leader to get put in place that wants to take the battle to them and force these piece of trash prosecutors to earn their friggin paycheck, at what time do we as a state of voters say enough why is it that we cant clean house and start new, sometime it needs to be like the wild west where one can do the cleaning

[ucwarden]

I would guess that allowing him to serve his time on EHM is a response to the budget issues in Pierce County.  The article looks like he was looking at a max of 1 year.  This goes to show that the system doesn't care about putting wildlife law violators away when they are dealing with violent offenders and drugs.  That isn't a judgment on part one way or the other.  It is my assessment of why we see sentences like this.

You are right on the money.  It seems to me that the more rural the county, the better the sentences on game violations, but in the big cities (where they have tons of gang activity, drugs, rapes, murders etc.) game violations don't raise eyebrows at all.