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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: SHANE(WA) on July 09, 2009, 11:56:29 PM

Title: Remember the big poaching case in the Grande Ronde?
Post by: SHANE(WA) on July 09, 2009, 11:56:29 PM: Few years ago there was a big poaching ring busted in the Grande ronde area of the blues, caught some guys with I remember 17 trophy bulls , muleys and bears. Well I was at my brothers house, his neighbor came over and was talkin about hunting, he gets on the topic of when he was in prison(whole diffrent story lol) his cell mate was one of these guys in this poaching ring, dunno if thats why this guy is in prison, but he tells him they took what they considered 90!!! trophy bull elk! >:( shoulda been shot! thats insane, what a way to really ruin a unit, I know they closed it for years due to that.
Title: Re: Remember the big poaching case in the Grande Ronde?
Post by: nwhunter on July 10, 2009, 08:19:34 AM: THink what the Blues would be like now if those lowlifes hadn't taken all those bulls!! Its great now but took a long time to recover and took a lot of tags away from guys that would have loved to heav one. And that is a big part if not the main reason why we now have the law about not being able to pick up winterkill skulls because that is how those guys were getting the heads out, shooting them and hanging the heads in trees and packing them out in the spring. Would be nice to now the names and pics of those guys if there out now. nwhunter
Title: Re: Remember the big poaching case in the Grande Ronde?
Post by: TeacherMan on July 10, 2009, 09:09:56 AM: What a waste :'( I found a nice 5pt whitetail head in a tree once down around Mt. Spokane, I figured that is why it was there, it was during turkey season, the bast@#!s never came back for it even.
Title: Re: Remember the big poaching case in the Grande Ronde?
Post by: LongTatLaw on July 10, 2009, 09:20:12 AM: ummm maybe not teach... some people do that because they are too lazy to boil or ect there euro's...but in the woods...its a decent chance it was poaching :bash:
Title: Re: Remember the big poaching case in the Grande Ronde?
Post by: elkaholic on July 10, 2009, 03:39:10 PM: So did u bring it home??? :dunno:
Title: Re: Remember the big poaching case in the Grande Ronde?
Post by: TeacherMan on July 10, 2009, 05:12:27 PM: Nope, no need for a nasty looking skull of a deer that I didn't shoot ;) Besides I was to busy chasing birds. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Remember the big poaching case in the Grande Ronde?
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 10, 2009, 05:16:44 PM: Quote from: nwhunter on July 10, 2009, 08:19:34 AM
Would be nice to now the names and pics of those guys if there out now. nwhunter
I am pretty sure they are still in prison. I have heard that they are not real popular. A lot more hunters in prison than you would think... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Remember the big poaching case in the Grande Ronde?
Post by: SHANE(WA) on July 21, 2009, 03:19:27 AM: still in prison