Entiat Poaching Case UPDATED!

[dreamingbig]

I am curious and I don't know the answer.   Can they apply and hunt other states during the next two years or is the ban only for Washington St?

[ldjbuff]

Poaching should be a minimum of 5 yrs of no hunting and a 10k fine.

[JCKILLSHOT]

I can't believe that's all he got.

[Dhoey07]

Unless there is more to this story that i'm not gettting but this guy shooting this buck doesn't make me mad at all.  The guy got a great tag, meaning that he has been putting in for tags and buying licenses for 6+ years or so.  He's not out shooting 10 deer a year (that i know of).  He's not out dropping does that are carrying fawns, he's not out shooting deer in February or august.  Just seems like small pototoes to me 

[pendoreilleadventures]

Yeah it may have only been one deer but the bottem line is he didn't have a tag for the unit and that is against the law   

[180-GRAIN]

That was a cool buck! glad they got caught I just don't think the penalty was steep enough! I n my opinion they should have lost hunting privileges for life.

[deerslyr]

I am curious and I don't know the answer.   Can they apply and hunt other states during the next two years or is the ban only for Washington St?

No I think there are like 40 states or so that if you lose them in one state you lose them in the rest.

[BULLBLASTER]

But after spending that much for a guided hunt in another state you would have the deer that you killed and still have your gun.

HOLY SHEET BATMAN ....6000 BUCKS    A guy best think about it before pulling something like that ...Especially in Wa.  That deer looks like in was in combat your something ...his EYES ARE SUNK in like it was dead for a month 

If you look at it in the grand scheme of things thats not any more than a guided hunt in a different state and can expect the same size of buck. You lose your hunting rights for 2 years and get a day of community service big whoop. Make poaching a felony and ull see a drop in poaching cases.

[huntnfmly]

I am curious and I don't know the answer.   Can they apply and hunt other states during the next two years or is the ban only for Washington St?

I believe we are part of a compact wich means he cannot hunt in any of the states in that compact

[pianoman9701]

I wish it had been a more severe fine. How many times have they poached and not been caught? I seriously doubt this is their only offense. It's just the only one they've been caught on. 

[huntnfmly]

Fords07
Nothing more to the story he's a poacher. I don't care if he put in for 20yrs. He didn't have tag for that area

[NoBark]

That was a cool buck! glad they got caught I just don't think the penalty was steep enough! I n my opinion they should have lost hunting privileges for life.

Well, I hope you never make a mistake reading the regs or out in the field.  That would kill me to not be able to hunt for life. In fact, might turn me into a cronic poacher I guess. 

I like the 3 strike idea, 2nd conviction 5 years and 3rd time, life.   Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age.

[Pathfinder101]

Unless there is more to this story that i'm not gettting but this guy shooting this buck doesn't make me mad at all.  The guy got a great tag, meaning that he has been putting in for tags and buying licenses for 6+ years or so.  He's not out shooting 10 deer a year (that i know of).  He's not out dropping does that are carrying fawns, he's not out shooting deer in February or august.  Just seems like small pototoes to me 

Well, I don't really know the specifics of this case, so I am just spitballin' here, but I think under these circumstances, this was probably planned.  The guy had a late season tag for another unit, figured that he could draw the Chiwawa a lot easier than the Entiat tag.  Planned out the hunt (and probably his escape route), popped that buck, called in his backup, loaded it in the truck and zoomed over to the legal unit to gut it (game warden will always ask where the gut pile is).  It's actually amazing that he got caught.  Good police work.

I guess there's a chance that the guy just crossed over on the wrong side of his unit and shot a deer just out of bounds, but if it were an honest mistake he probably would have had it gutted before he realized his error.  Looks planned to me...

[vandeman17]

 

[bowtech721]

Unless there is more to this story that i'm not gettting but this guy shooting this buck doesn't make me mad at all.  The guy got a great tag, meaning that he has been putting in for tags and buying licenses for 6+ years or so.  He's not out shooting 10 deer a year (that i know of).  He's not out dropping does that are carrying fawns, he's not out shooting deer in February or august.  Just seems like small pototoes to me 

Well, I don't really know the specifics of this case, so I am just spitballin' here, but I think under these circumstances, this was probably planned.  The guy had a late season tag for another unit, figured that he could draw the Chiwawa a lot easier than the Entiat tag.  Planned out the hunt (and probably his escape route), popped that buck, called in his backup, loaded it in the truck and zoomed over to the legal unit to gut it (game warden will always ask where the gut pile is).  It's actually amazing that he got caught.  Good police work.

I guess there's a chance that the guy just crossed over on the wrong side of his unit and shot a deer just out of bounds, but if it were an honest mistake he probably would have had it gutted before he realized his error.  Looks planned to me...

The guy new what he was doing there was no error... I hunted the entiat legally just after this and everybody i talked to said he was a local. plus its not like the border between the chiwawa and entiat isnt pretty friggin clear. Also the fact that it was hauled out into to chiwawa to be gutted shows that it was no accident. Glad they got him