turned in a poacher

[Special T]

I do find it amazing ow many people want & do go to the E side to hunt becasuse they can see more.. I hunt the west side with the trees and brush just so i don't feel like i'm surrounded by a bunch of people... Unfortunatly you have to lkie the rain...

[alder2]

 I have first hand knowledge of this incident, and I would like to know if you have tuned yourself or your hunting partner in yet!  Because one of you shot at said ELK three times, blowing one of its front legs off. So you get no   sympathy from Me!     PS tell the whole story.

[hunterbuilder]

 

[Antlerking]

Uh interesting turn of events!

[Swiftkid]

First of all....you didn't turn in a "Poacher" a poacher is a person who trespasses on private property, esp. to catch fish or game illegally.

Second....if it was an honest mistake, which i'm assuming it was because he was probaly old...excited and couldn't visually see very well. Why not turn the blind eye and let the guy try to get the elk out?

Would you turn in a 10 year old kid for this? Probaly not...

[Antlerking]

If it is against the law or breaking the law like harvesting a 1x2 in true spike area then it is poaching and he did the right thing, but we need to know all the facts.

[Swiftkid]

how is that in anyway relation to poaching? He shot a illegal animal thats it...didn't shoot it out of season, didn't tresspass, had a tag, had a license...poachers break all these regs.

[Antlerking]

Shooting an illegal animal by def. is poaching. 

[bigtex]

how is that in anyway relation to poaching? He shot a illegal animal thats it...didn't shoot it out of season, didn't tresspass, had a tag, had a license...poachers break all these regs.

Poaching is the unlawful take of an animal. Doesn't matter if it is a doe in a buck only area or if it was shot at 2 am in March. Still unlawfully taking an animal= poaching...

[Snapshot]

I once turned in a poacher and was shocked  to learn that it could result in getting points for the next year's draw. Getting points is not the right reason to turn someone in. Righting a wrong is the right reason. Trouble is, too many will ignore what is wrong unless they get an reward for calling attention to it. So the bottom line is I think that awarding points for information that leads to a conviction is a good thing.

[alder2]

This was not in true spike area. The hunter looked through his scope three different times and could not put a point on the one side. After the fact it was a 2x2 with a broken tine that was 1/4" too long. This was at about 80yrds. Original poster or his hunting partner were 230yrds away shooting in the direction of the first hunter! The OP is as illegal as the man who was ticketed. Looking for sympathy in the wrong place!       YOU SHOULD TURN YOUR SELF IN?

[jrebel]

O.K.  I really want to know the whole story now......

[alder2]

Im sure the game dept keeps phone records, so the OP can probably expect a visit.

[shedcrazy]

Ya lets hear the whole story, before you go pointing fingers maybe point one at yourself!!!!

[carpsniperg2]

this just got a little more intresting