Entiat Poaching Case UPDATED!

[kyle78]

Here is the original story that I posted awhile ago. I hope this helps catch people up.

http://nwsportsmanmag.com/2012/01/24/entiat-man-who-wdfw-says-poached-trophy-buc-due-in-court-today/

[jeepguy]

GUILTY, hang him  high. any big game poaching incident should result in loss of privaleges life time with heavy $$$$$ fines.these types of acts should rank right up with feloneys.

[deerslyr]

GUILTY, hang him  high. any big game poaching incident should result in loss of privaleges life time with heavy $$$$$ fines.these types of acts should rank right up with feloneys.

IMO its just like robbery. Its stealing resources from the public and involves a weapon.

[natural born killer]

Its true that the guy had a great tag in his possesion and shouldnt have taken the buck from the other local unit. But since some of you are speculating or making accusations about what his thoughts or plans were, it wouldnt surprise me if a few of you knowing or unknowingly have broke the game laws at one point in time. Maybe as small as keeping an extra fish or shooting from a gravel road,etc. I actually know this story well, because I am a local.The fact is he got greedy...

[HairTrigger]

Life without hunting!
Should be what his punishment is, also I've heard the poacher can never have any trophies in any record books is this correct??

[huntnnw]

countless bucks being killed there by indians is okay 

[HairTrigger]

Nope them damn Indians should go.back.to.India they shouldn't have the rights we have 
I can be just as ignorant or concerned there lil minded buddy,
an yeah it coulda been one I harvested legally 

[huntnnw]

1 OR 20? I will have this attitude till they can assimilate like everyone else in this country...there will always be racism or dislike towards any group till  all are the same!

[Pathfinder101]

Here is the original story that I posted awhile ago. I hope this helps catch people up.

http://nwsportsmanmag.com/2012/01/24/entiat-man-who-wdfw-says-poached-trophy-buc-due-in-court-today/

Okay, so it sounds like the buck wandered into the orchard behind his house, was bigger than the ones he had been seeing in his legal unit, so he popped it.  Not quite as premeditated as I thought, but still, he knew exactly what he was doing when he poached that buck. 

[PlateauNDN]

1 OR 20? I will have this attitude till they can assimilate like everyone else in this country...there will always be racism or dislike towards any group till  all are the same!

Then I guess you're going to have that attitude until you pass on.  Why should we have to assimilate to another culture when we weren't the immigrants of this Country?  Maybe little ol' Tibet should just give up and assimilate to China since they were taken over?   Maybe the Chinese should've assimilated to the Japanese during WWII?  Or most of Europe for that matter should have assimilated to Nazi Germany and give up because they were being forcibly taken over? 

Are you seeing a pattern here?  I love this Country and will never stand for its disrespect by foreigners.  With that said my Tribe never gave up or agreed to assimilate to the newly formed America.  We agreed to peace and to keep our sovereignty and continue our culture unaltered.  I served my Country and my People and will do so again if she ever called.  Whether or not this is the 21st century and not the 1800's makes no difference.  I've said it before and I'll say it again we didn't land here or get brought here we were already here. 

The US Government agreed to let us be who we are without assimilation and that's how it's going to be for a very long time.  Just in case you doubt that, it's written in our Treaty minutes as Gov. Stevens saying by order from his superiors.

If you think that's racist for being who I am and who we are since before Columbus then that's your opinion. 

It might be legal for us to do so, (overharvest multiple big game) but that doesn't mean its ethical and as I've said before I don't condone that type of actions and irresponsibilities.

[deleted BGS]

Life without hunting? Wow, thats way too much. The fines were appropriate and the loss of a license was good too. Not many people that get fined 6k will do it again.

I also like the 3 strike idea

[PlateauNDN]

To get back on track I think maybe a little more time but as long as the person and anybody affiliated with him understand that there are eyes in the woods and the possibility of getting caught is always there when you break the law then it seems the punishment fits the crime. 

[Pathfinder101]

To get back on track I think maybe a little more time but as long as the person and anybody affiliated with him understand that there are eyes in the woods and the possibility of getting caught is always there when you break the law then it seems the punishment fits the crime.

 

[Co]

I get a kick how that buck is considered a trophy buck.... (and anything with one point more then 3 on one side)  most required areas on mule deer is 3 point min. give it one more point then the minimum and , skip an ok buck, a big buck, and whopper to trophy......   LAME ...  should just slap anyone with the same dam fine make it 10 grand I dont care...  sounds so stupid.

[Bigtine96]

Exactly shouldn't matter if its a fawn, still took it illegally.