Post by: C-Money on January 19, 2016, 07:22:47 AM
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2015/dec/23/judge-slams-elk-poacher-jail-time-overshooting-prosecutor/
Post by: Widgeondeke on January 19, 2016, 07:28:22 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on January 19, 2016, 07:29:04 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on January 19, 2016, 07:34:04 AM
that's a good start. maybe the WA judges will start following that line :bash:
We'd need a couple of things for that to happen here. First, we'd need a WDFW which cares as much about game as they do fish. Secondly, we'd need an administration which supports the efforts of the good men and women in the field to assist them with evidence and liaison with prosecutors to put solid cases together. Lastly, we'd need to have prosecutors and judges who do their jobs fully and understand, like this judge does, that wildlife belongs to all of us and these poachers and wasters are stealing our property, and that it's important to make examples out of them and punish them harshly. We don't have that here. Any of it.
Post by: elkboy on January 19, 2016, 08:13:09 AM
Post by: ldjbuff on January 22, 2016, 01:49:11 PM
Post by: greatnw on January 23, 2016, 12:50:43 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on January 25, 2016, 10:46:00 AM
A 19 year old would think this is Ok? Plus he is already a huge liar and manipulator according to the story. Hope he learns a lesson, but I seriously doubt it.
He has more of a chance of learning his lesson because Idaho doles out some penalties. In this state, it's worth far more to poach and sell wildlife than it costs when you get caught. There's actually an incentive to poach and sell in WA with the penalties being part of the cost of doing business.
Post by: bulldogs40 on January 29, 2016, 02:55:56 AM