Post by: REHJWA on December 22, 2017, 11:44:35 AM
Every weekend during season in jail for five years.
http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/judge-orders-texas-man-caught-poaching-to-spend-weekends-during-deer-season-in-jail
Post by: Widgeondeke on December 22, 2017, 12:26:11 PM
Post by: GBoyd on December 22, 2017, 12:33:24 PM
I hadn't ever thought of making somebody report to jail just for weekends, but I think it's a great idea. If you make somebody do 5 years of weekends instead of 1 year of full time prison then they keep working and don't get out of the habit. That way when their punishment is done they go back to a normal citizen with a job.
Post by: JimmyHoffa on December 22, 2017, 12:39:49 PM
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Post by: vandeman17 on December 22, 2017, 02:14:56 PM
Post by: JWEBB on December 22, 2017, 10:44:23 PM
Post by: X-Force on December 22, 2017, 11:09:51 PM
I would like to see tougher sentences handed down but I don’t want wildlife to be deemed a private landowners asset.
Post by: REHJWA on December 23, 2017, 09:48:43 AM
Only reason this guy got hit with the book is Texas looks at that buck a private property.Agree, but this state needs to do more to deter poaching.
I would like to see tougher sentences handed down but I don’t want wildlife to be deemed a private landowners asset.
Post by: Pegasus on December 23, 2017, 12:36:54 PM
Post by: Calvin Rayborn on December 27, 2017, 01:41:54 AM
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on December 27, 2017, 08:33:18 AM
Only reason this guy got hit with the book is Texas looks at that buck a private property.Free ranging native wildlife in Texas is a publicly owned resource, and comprises the majority of the state; only exotics and commercially traded native wildlife behind game proof fences are private property. The only difference is Texas makes it a felony crime to possess fish or wildlife taken while trespassing. This is not uncommon in several states where the vast majority of land is privately owned, and access rights to hunt or fish are routinely leased for a fee to individuals, associations and clubs.
I would like to see tougher sentences handed down but I don’t want wildlife to be deemed a private landowners asset.
It is a reasonable balance between public ownership of wildlife and private property rights. In most of the southeastern US, paying for hunting rights on private property is the norm.
Post by: ShaneTyTrey on December 27, 2017, 04:40:16 PM
Post by: TVHunts on December 27, 2017, 04:51:41 PM
Jeez man, take his gun and his truck away and call it a day!
Why? So he can grab another rifle, jump in a buddy’s truck and go to an archery only county and whack another trophy?
I’m all in for this one :hello:
Post by: Calvin Rayborn on December 27, 2017, 10:44:21 PM
Jeez man, take his gun and his truck away and call it a day!
Why? So he can grab another rifle, jump in a buddy’s truck and go to an archery only county and whack another trophy?
I’m all in for this one :hello:
Well of course fine him as well and take his privileges away or even lock him up for a set time, but this weekend jail thing seems a bit ridiculous. Guess I would have to know more about this dude; has he shown any remorse or is he some Jekyll & Hyde freak that goes psycho every weekend during huntin season and needs to be shackled? :dunno:
Post by: Calvin Rayborn on December 27, 2017, 10:52:00 PM