Bagged a deer poacher while turkey hunting

[Machias]

     Dang this story ticks me off!!!! 
 
Thanks for turning them in and following up with evidence and damn good witness statements!!

[BLR 243]

They should b cited for multiple deer poached. A doe coming out of winter would b poor eating at best. Ass Holes.

[quadrafire]

Still think that ID F&G needs to pay the boy a visit...see just what else might be hanging around his place.

If he is out of venison and didn't have a license before------ then----------- Well let's just say this likely isn't his first time.

[wsucowboy]

Good job on turning them in!

[TeacherMan]

They should have given you 10 each! Good job

[6x6in6]

Nice work!!  Thanks! 

[CAMPMEAT]

He had to come to Washington to poach a deer ? Another cull at work, brilliant. $4.00 a gallon for gas plus a $3100 fine. He is probably on an Athletic Scholarship and ta boot......dah !!!!!!!!!

[stickinmaster]

Good work, its always good to take a second and pay attention to those sharing the woods. Shots this time of year should mean a successful turkey hunter! In your case, a successful catch! Thanks

[elkaholic]

We all cant thank you enough! Like u said, bonus points are a bonus but you truly did a greta job representing true sportsman!!!!!
Alot of great comments everyone..... Check his freezer in Idaho.... Who knows what else is in it???

[Andrew]

How about taking a turkey from a running quad?  We had a bird locked up 30 or so yards from us for 20-30 minutes and then he just bailed.  Last we saw him he was 150 yards down the road...we started to move with him got to the place we saw him last when we heard the quad coming up the road followed by a BANG...guys later came in our camp to tell us that the bird crossed right infront of their rig.  At first it didn't bother me since if I was on the road and a turkey ran in front of me I'd shoot, however, then I thought about the fact that they shot from the rig...that's an entirely different story.

Ironically I heard on the radio this morning about a book that was coming out which is about dishonesty and how the American public is getting worse and worse and that lying has become tolerated.  These 'winners' don't help!

[ribka]

Good one you for taking the time to follow up on this. Kudos to you!!!!!


So a guy has to buy $4 a gallon gas to drive over to WA, buy a license, drive a quad to hunt turkey because he is too poor to buy meat and is forced to poach a young doe. I imagine the doe was carrying young too.

[CAMPMEAT]

Check Sears to see who is buying a new freezer......

[sisu]

JBR, that is great to hear a SOB got nailed.

[JBR]

Yes Ribka, the doe had a fully formed female fawn.  I won't post any pics, cause it'd push everyone over the edge, but I did show the pics to my 3 sons (13, 12, and 10) who are all learning to be ethical sportsman and while they were fired up at the story...when they saw the pics of the doe with one entire side of it's body rubbed bear of all hair and then of the gutpile and saw the unborn, fully developed spotted fawn...wow, that really hit 'em.  They were visibly sickened and angered to the point that they all sat up from their seats and developed a very personal hatred for poachers.  I know it will have a long lasting impact on them.

The poaching occurred on private property, that did not belong to the step-dad or the property owner of the land I was hunting on.  The Warden contacted the property owner and asked if they wanted to file criminal trespass charges on the poachers and unfortunately the owner felt that the kid had already learned his lesson with everything he had already received, so he just let the trepass part go.   I think the reason that the guy and his girlfriend came over to WA to do his crime was because he felt safe with the large tracks of private land with little pressure or witnesses.  Unfortunately for him, he happened to pick opening weekend of turkey season to come do it.  And of course we turkey hunters like to slink around quietly in camo. 

[Andrew]

After thinking about it...he probably came over to WA because he doesn't lose his ID privledges if busted...like his moron relative that should move back to ID with him and his sister...I meant girlfriend.