They did a story on HENRY~RIP~Poached Deer~

[backwoods_boy]

http://www.king5.com/video/news-index.html?nvid=312564

This is the deer poacher story that i helped out on.
RIP old boy!

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,15571.0.html

[270Shooter]

Good story. I love the reporter's name Gary Chittim 

[huntnphool]

Thats just fu#$ed up, they should have gotten slapped down a lot harder than that.

[270Shooter]

I can't believe they are smiling after they poached a deer

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

thats all they got? wow that really sends a message to poachers..........

[huntnphool]

Well the game cop certainly doesnt convey it to be that serious of a crime either.

[rasbo]

I was shocked at the outcome also..

[mwhite]

That sentence is very disappointing.  It certainly doesn't send a good message about NOT poaching an animal.      What happened to the increased fine for poaching "trophy" sized game?

[7mmfan]

Its amazing to me that that is all they got, especially after they were so "proud" about it when talking to the Game Warden. Great job guys killing the neighborhood pet! It really chaps me that their punishment was so light. When I was 14 I accidentally killed a doe that I thought was a spike during the late buck hunt and rather then keeping it my dad contacted the game department to let them know. The first thing the game warden said when he came to our house was "your going to regret doing this son." The warden suggested to the judge that my hunting privileges be revoked until i was an adult and that i get fined $5000. He said that being young was no reason for making "such an obvious error in judgement." He also said that they look suspiciously upon people who turn themselves in, feeling that they only do it because they're afraid they might get turned in. Needless to say we fought it and got it reduced but these guys blatantly killed a pet and get a slap on the wrist. Unbelievable...

[1bowhunter1]

Sorry to hear about the nieborhood pet "Henry"  Thats all they get??  Why because there kids? SAD!!

[Buschingc]

THATS !@#$#$#!@#$#%!@#$% BULL@#$%$#@%#$%%%$%@... 2 days in Jail.. They should have gotten like 2 or 3 months and had their hunting licenses taken from them for like 10 years... Its the stupid punishments that are not deterring anyone from breaking the law... If a judge got some balls and actually started nailing these @!#$!$ retards then there would be alot less crimes being committed.. DAMN that PISSES me OFF...  

[Craig]

how would they take pictures with a game cop if they just poached a deer? Stupid. Do they nee to pay the fine for a trophy buck?

[Guy]

Just another part of our "catch and release" system for criminals. Typical.

[NWBrute]

You helped catch the deer?

[PacificNWhunter]

Thats just fu#$ed up, they should have gotten slapped down a lot harder than that.

I agree