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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: MADMAX on May 03, 2011, 06:54:47 AM

Title: Idiot Alerts Back east (500k ? hello ?)
Post by: MADMAX on May 03, 2011, 06:54:47 AM: Elk Antlers Worth $500K Stolen From NRA Convention Vendor

http://www.wpxi.com/news/27752937/detail.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss (http://www.wpxi.com/news/27752937/detail.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss)

PITTSBURGH -- No guns or weapons were swiped from vendor booths at the weekend’s National Rifle Association convention in downtown Pittsburgh, but two sets of elk antlers were.

Police said two men stole the antlers, which are worth more than $500,000. A vendor reported the crime Sunday evening.

Security cameras captured Stephen Lee and Curtis Felts each walking off with a set of antlers, police said. Investigators are now checking to see if the actual theft was caught on camera.

The victim is a 56-year-old professional elk hunter from Idaho.

Lee, 44, and Felts, 49, both of Maryland, are being held in Allegheny County Jail.
Title: Re: Idiot Alerts Back east (500k ? hello ?)
Post by: bearpaw on May 03, 2011, 07:04:48 AM: :bdid: hope they nail them to the wall....
Title: Re: Idiot Alerts Back east (500k ? hello ?)
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on May 03, 2011, 07:09:03 AM: All guaranteed about about getting nailed to the wall ..P.A has no forgiveness on sh$$t like that ...500,000 what the heck are they gold plated or what !! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Idiot Alerts Back east (500k ? hello ?)
Post by: turkeyfeather on May 03, 2011, 07:11:10 AM: Quote from: BOWHUNTER45 on May 03, 2011, 07:09:03 AM
All guaranteed about about getting nailed to the wall ..P.A has no forgiveness on sh$$t like that ...500,000 what the heck are they gold plated or what !! :chuckle:
:yeah:
Title: Re: Idiot Alerts Back east (500k ? hello ?)
Post by: wlandrum on May 04, 2011, 01:48:10 PM: :bdid:
Title: Re: Idiot Alerts Back east (500k ? hello ?)
Post by: JimmyHoffa on May 04, 2011, 03:03:32 PM: How do they determine the value of the antlers? Especially at that amount. I know in other states, antlers, especially on shoulder mounts go for quite a bit of money....but that was usually in the 5-20K range. One of the biggest buyers was restaurants that have the hunting theme. I don't see it much in Washington, but some states the decor pulls in more customers than the food.
Title: Re: Idiot Alerts Back east (500k ? hello ?)
Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 04, 2011, 03:09:44 PM: 500,000 :yike:

Quote from: BOWHUNTER45 on May 03, 2011, 07:09:03 AM
All guaranteed about about getting nailed to the wall ..P.A has no forgiveness on sh$$t like that ...500,000 what the heck are they gold plated or what !! :chuckle:

I think at that price they were solid :chuckle:
Title: Re: Idiot Alerts Back east (500k ? hello ?)
Post by: Sumpnneedskillin on May 04, 2011, 03:37:07 PM: Quote from: Gringo31 on May 03, 2011, 10:50:40 AM
One set of antlers had a score of 522 inches appraised at $500,000 and the second set had a score of 486 inches appraised at $15,000, Richard said.

Read more: Two charged with theft of Elk antlers during NRA convention - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_735135.html#ixzz1LJSfrpNj (http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_735135.html#ixzz1LJSfrpNj)
Title: Re: Idiot Alerts Back east (500k ? hello ?)
Post by: WonkyWapiti on May 04, 2011, 08:33:24 PM: I'd like to hear more about this story. The antlers were supposedly left on the floor while they were dismantling the convention and forklifts cruising around? If these were worth so much money who in the world is gonna leave these things alone.