Michigan Elk Poaching Suspects Caught
Michigan conservation agents arrested four men for illegally killing a bull elk in the northern Lower Peninsula relative to an April 20th incident. More here…
Category: Poachers
Eagle Trafficker Punished
GW: Just wish the entire penalty would have been stiffer
A Montana man has been sentenced to a year in prison for trafficking dead eagles. Have you no shame Ernie Stewart. More on the dunce, who earns himself a lowly place in my Poacher category. Forever remember this criminal here…
California DFG and Orange County Prosecute First MPA Violation
GW: Now here’s some teeth in conservation law. Just don’t know why other authorities don’t place similar penalties for overt violators.
A Riverside County man was fined more than $20,000 and sentenced to a week in jail for poaching lobsters inside a marine protected area (MPA). This is the first resource crime conviction since the MPAs off theSouthern Californiacoast went into effect on January 1, 2012. Read more
Michigan Elk Poachers Sought
Officials are seeking information about elk poaching in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said that a bull elk was shot and killed in Otsego County during the week of April 19 and a pregnant cow elk was shot on or around March 14 in Montmorency County.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Gaylord Operations Center at (989) 732-3541 or the state’s poaching line at (800) 292-7800.
Ted Pleads Guilty
“I would never knowingly break any game laws,” said Ted Nugent. “I’m afraid I was blindsided by this, and I sincerely apologize to everyone for this.”
Said Magistrate Judge Michael Thompson “It (the “one-strike policy) probably is not widely known, and if there is a side benefit to the agreement reached here today – since apparently newspapers are interested in Mr. Nugent and his doings – this probably will serve to alert a great many hunters to that very issue and may, in fact, prevent violations in the future and court activity for a whole slew of folks.”
More on Terrible Ted here…
Coast Guard Officer Caught Hunting Illegally from Vessel
A U.S. Coast Guard petty officer has pleaded guilty to hunting illegally from his vessel and has lost his hunting license, gun, and lots of cash. More about the poacher here…
Where’s the Beef? In the Back Seat!
New Mexico authorities have arrested three men found with a 220-pound calf in the back seat of their car. The Carlsbad Current Argus reports that the men were charged with cattle rustling and were jailed on charges of suspicion of larceny of livestock, conspiracy, lack of a bill of sale and exporting livestock. Read more
Slick City Poacher Popped
Whitefish, Montana – An anti-hunter turned himself in to police Friday for shooting two deer in downtown Whitefish. Tarn W. Sandelin, faces charges of negligent endangerment, criminal mischief and discharging a firearm in city limits. Find out more about this loser here…
Grizzly Bear Cubs at Detroit Zoo
Orphaned grizzly bear cubs, rescued from Alaska, will make their debut at the Detroit Zoo. A anti-hunting poacher killed their mother and the cubs were not expected to survive the harsh Alaskan winter.
Alaskan Cheaters Lose their Airplane
A father and son duo has lost plenty, after having killed a moose illegally. Gone are the moose, a firearm, hunting privileges, and their Cessna 140. That ought to teach ’em. The story here…