Post by: Gutpile on June 04, 2008, 04:23:09 PM
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June 4, 2008
Contact: Mike Cenci, (360) 902-2938
Cosmopolis poacher pleads guilty
OLYMPIA - A Cosmopolis man has been fined and has lost his hunting privileges for two years, after pleading guilty to illegally killing a large, four-point blacktail deer.
Danny W. Bonnell of Cosmopolis pleaded guilty April 9 in Grays Harbor District Court to second-degree unlawful hunting and making a false statement to a public official. He was fined $2,700 and sentenced to two years’ probation. In May, his hunting privileges were revoked for two years, and yesterday he paid a $3,000 fee for the return of his hunting rifle seized during the poaching investigation.
The sentence follows an investigation over several years by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) officers, spurred by a citizen tip. Officers with search warrants seized a crossbow, all-terrain vehicle and hunting equipment from Bonnell’s residence and a second residence. The deer antlers and skull, as well as a black bear hide, also were confiscated.
Citizen witnesses were key to the successful investigation and prosecution of the case, WDFW enforcement officers said. The deer illegally killed in 2004 was frequently seen in Cosmopolis, and was enjoyed by a number of local wildlife viewers, said WDFW Officer Danyl Klump.
"It’s encouraging to see members of the community step forward and turn in this illegal hunter, because he took something that belongs to all of us," Klump said.
"We rely on information from law-abiding hunters and others recreating outdoors to apprehend poachers," said WDFW Deputy Enforcement Chief Mike Cenci.
Individuals with information on poaching violations are encouraged to call 1-877 WDFW TIP (877-933-9847) or a WDFW regional office. The identity of reporting parties is kept confidential, said Cenci. Rewards are offered for tips leading to arrests.
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Post by: MasterTracker on June 04, 2008, 08:02:29 PM
White man noticed how they were so greedy that they had to control it and applied hunting regulation funny that!
And for you that say Natives kill everthing they see not true but they to have adopted to the o might westernization culture!
Fu*k the westernization culture!
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Post by: Intruder on June 05, 2008, 09:24:01 AM
To me there are two types of poachers horn hunters and dumb *censored*s that kill *censored* for fun! Then there are people in need that may not afford food and such and poach for meat and only take what is needed. For it is not in them to go down to the well fare office and apply for government food stamps like well fare hood rats! The only reason why we take poaching seriously is of the dumb *censored*s that ruin hunting for everyone and that's why we have seasons and such! It's funny white man came to America and killed everything he saw and was greedy as hell. That was the nature of the westernization culture and still is so today because of European descendants that were under that rule! To me if you shoot a animal and eat it big *censored* if you kill it for any other reason your a poacher!
White man noticed how they were so greedy that they had to control it and applied hunting regulation funny that!
And for you that say Natives kill everthing they see not true but they to have adopted to the o might westernization culture!
*censored* the westernization culture!
:DOH: Wow!!!
Post by: Choclab on June 05, 2008, 10:32:38 AM
Post by: Alchase on June 05, 2008, 12:40:10 PM
White man noticed how they were so greedy that they had to control it and applied hunting regulation funny that!
And for you that say Natives kill everthing they see not true but they to have adopted to the o might westernization culture!
OK I'll Bite, so Native americans did not run hole herds of Buffalo of cliffs? Kill all they could carry? or "have to move" to follow game in season because if they stayed they would deplete the resources?
True history shows us that the stereotype of the American Indian being some more noble being before the "white man" came has been disproved many ways.
Yes they took slaves of other American Indians, yes some tribes performed genocide on both Mexican and other American tribes. Even before "white Man" corrupted them.
True they were utilized most of the game they killed "by necessity".
As for Western Culture? I do not even know what that applies too? Is that pre-Lewis and Clark or 12k years before when the migration was still in progress? Or is it the hunting rites for game animals that did not even exists 150 years ago in the state? Or post Bolt decision?
Just curious?
Post by: DeKuma on June 05, 2008, 12:52:46 PM
Post by: Alchase on June 05, 2008, 01:27:33 PM
My Mother's Father who was 100% Cherokee, her Mother who was 100% french immigrant?
or
My Father's Mother and Father both 100% Irish immigrants straight off the boat?
And Which Western Culture actually fell?
Post by: Skyvalhunter on June 05, 2008, 01:31:05 PM
Post by: DeKuma on June 05, 2008, 01:34:00 PM
I was not trying to bad mouth anyone, I am just trying to figure out which one of my Grandparents I blame for the fall of "Western Culture"?Was not inferring that YOU were bringing it down. I can just see this whole topic going down due to one particular POV.
My Mother's Father who was 100% Cherokee, her Mother who was 100% french immigrant?
or
My Father's Mother and Father both 100% Irish immigrants straight off the boat?
And Which Western Culture actually fell?
I apologize if you thought I was attacking you.
Post by: Alchase on June 05, 2008, 01:41:44 PM
I hope my comments were not affensive to anyone, if so I apologize.
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