TRAILS END TAXIDERMY dayton wa.

[boneaddict]

Soooooo....... you took a known poachers (sorry Cory, just using the reference) ducks, and mounted them for yourself, or you threw two of them away and wasted wildgame, or you handed 2 over to the game warden for evidence, or you called Cory up and said, I understand you might have obtained these illegally, you need to comeget them out of my freezer or I am calling the game cops immediately.  

I'm not posting this to sway any arguements, just beware friends about changing the subject or trying to discredit someone with slanderis remarks, as it can backfire QUICKLY

[cackle]

the part I wonder about is cory gave him what sounded like multiple free capes then when it came time to mount his deer he wanted him to buy one I to would be expecting you to put a decent cape on my mount for me not some raged POS cape then get told you get what you pay for sounded like he had done you some favors and then got treated like *censored* for it   

[bucklucky]

Just a Taxidermist point of niew , If you give a Taxi capes and dont ask for anything in return like credit or free horn mount , cash etc which I offer when I get capes dont expect something down the road in return. If people all of the sudden came to me and said hey I brought you 5 capes 2 years ago , how bout a free cape in return I would not do it, You gave me capes and wanted nothing in return , its a done deal in my book. I have a computer system I keep track of most all of my deals as not to forget about such things like that. Now with that said I have never had people just give me capes and ask for nothing in return . I dont feel right taking them for "free. I dont know, just my point.

[coop2424]

the part I wonder about is cory gave him what sounded like multiple free capes then when it came time to mount his deer he wanted him to buy one I to would be expecting you to put a decent cape on my mount for me not some raged POS cape then get told you get what you pay for sounded like he had done you some favors and then got treated like *censored* for it  

I completely agree on this.  It seems that money was made off of those capes that were brought in along with the driftwood.  If someone supplied supplies for my business that helped me out with my customers I would either pay for them or do a reduced cost or even free work for that person.  This is just me though.  If someone helps me out with their time I will do whatever is needed to return the favor when asked to.  In my mind there is nothing free anymore.

[Arcate]

so a guy gets on the internet and talks about a bad experience he had with a taxi and now he is a poacher???

Yeah this seems a little ridicules that someone would call someone that.  When once again they are going by hear say and may not know the truth.  Some people need to grow up. Just my 

Sorry if Offended anyone on this thread, But ask yourself this question: If you have a limit of Birds and you shoot one over the limit and are sited with a "Game Violation" what are you known as? Answer: A Game Violator AKA Poacher. Now I didn't witness this But from previous Post the Taxidermist knows this guy and seems to know that Cory Violated Game Regs. Don't take my word on it tho, Ask the game department I'm sure its a matter of public record. Better yet ask Cory. It is what it is. If it looks like a duck smells like a duck and Quacks like a duck It sure as hell isn't a Moose, I'd call it a duck what about you?? 

[ThePascoKid]

Sounds like to me they've got friend and acquaintance mixed up, my friends and I do things for free to help each other out all the time, my close friends and I wouldn't dream of asking to pay each other, if I have a friend that needs help in my area of expertise I am glad to help him out, I know the favor will get returned and if not oh well.  Now an acquaintance is a whole nother subject, to them my time is money.  Kinda sounds like CoryTDF was more of an acquaintance than a close friend. Just how I see it.  On the other hand it's pretty F'ed up to call someone a poacher on this forum with absolutely no evidence.

[JackOfAllTrades]

Business is business.. The trade of 'Learning taxidermy' was for 'shared hunting spots/opportunity' seems to have been even.

What does bother me, and I'll not discount any of the artists work, but I have to ask, Was the cape that was used to repair the mount approved by the client? Was that cape, of a neck shot, to replace a throat cut cape even communicated to the client? Did the client see the cape before the repair/mount was performed? It sounds as though the business fee for that mount repair was market rate but with a cheaper cape. If I'm paying full rate, I certainly wouldn't want to wait two years to get it back.

Jackalope said:

i believe the poacher reference was made regarding the number of pintails.

 
Point is, we don't know the circumstances of the charge and whether Cody was convicted of an infraction. As ethical as I attempt to be, I can tell you that I have had more than my limit of trout or Grouse in my posession more than once. Does that make me a poacher? (Damn I hate that word!) -I've had hunting partners game, (stuff that doesn't have tags), when they've taken their own rig home and are not with me at that time. I could have been ticketed many times over the years. Still, every bird or fish I had was caught legally. That doesn't mean that the citation would hold up in court. Heck, who remembers to give a note saying it's OK for someone to transport his game? The law officer writes what he/she sees.. That interpretation isn't allways the case. So, I'll not condemn Cody until he admits he had Pintails unlawfully in his possesion or someone can prove that he was proven guilty.

-Steve

[jackelope]

whoa there...i was just clarifying the "questions" posed in responses 24,25 and 26.
i wasn't attempting to make any points or prove/disprove anything. read the replies before mine.

[General Disarray]

As for the pintails. 1 per day, no more than 2 in possession.

It amazes me how some people over look infractions involving small game and birds as no big deal and that person is not a poacher in their eyes. 

[JackOfAllTrades]

That's my point. Some would call him a poacher all so quick when they don't know facts. You pointed out the number of pintails. I'm actually not aware of what the posession limit would have been in 2004. That said, does that apply to one that was shot and frozen the previous season? If that's the case, then several of us would be inviolation by having frozen fish in our freezers.

Kuduman:

In your post you said that 2004 was a great pintail year I don't doubt that because wasn't that the year you were cited by Officer Jundt for taking over the limit on pintail ?

Hearsay? Or a direct question to Corey?

-Steve

[tlbradford]

I think this topic is best left to those involved directly with the taxidermist or Cory.  We can speculate all we want on the situation, but it just makes it messier.  

[JackOfAllTrades]

Agree'd, an infraction is an infraction.

But do we know, Guilty, in a court of law or just cited?

No, we don't.   

And yes, you are correct that these two people probably need to go separate ways. Still, I'm trying to see both sides and believe that there might have been a bit of fault both ways. I haven't made up my mind with this limited and somewhat contradictory information, but that's the way I'm leaning.

-Steve

[littlebuf]

ive got a feeling we will never see the taxidermist post on here again, he came on to defend himself for his business and that will probably be it so this whole discussion is probably pointless. but i could be wrong 

[Pathfinder101]

As for the pintails. 1 per day, no more than 2 in possession.

It amazes me how some people over look infractions involving small game and birds as no big deal and that person is not a poacher in their eyes. 

OK, I was hoping CoryTDF would get on here and explain, as he was there (obviously) and I wasn't the day the extra pintail was shot, but I believe he is out of town for the weekend.  This is the story (briefly) as I remember it, CoryTDF can come on here later and correct me if I got anything wrong.
CoryTDF was hunting in a blind with another guy, a flight of pintails came in, and when the shooting was over there were 3 birds down.  On the way back to the truck they got checked, and CoryTDF claimed the extra bird.  He was pretty sure he didn't shoot it, but he was hunting with a novice duck hunter and he didn't want him to get soured on the sport right out of the gate.  I have hunted with CoryTDF before and he is a very careful waterfowler.  I have never seen him break a game law.  From what I know of him, I believe that the extra pintail was an honest mistake, and probably one he didn't even make.  I also know that he has never been cited before, or since.  Both of the hunters in this incident worked for me at the time, so I heard the story from both of them the day after it happened.  Neither of them are absolutely sure who actually shot the bird.
Characterizing CoryTDF as a "poacher" is not accurate.  Flame on.

[billythekidrock]

My question is this... If it is against the law to have 5 in possession then why was he able to keep the extra? Oh, and how is it that the taxi can have 5 from one person, take a couple of them and not get cited?