beararchery
Member
Idiots, they got lucky on the fines. Imo..
beararchery
Member
firepoggy said:
I think it they are thinking about that because they made it to state, but ya pretty sad.
josh macfarland
New Member
They would throw us under the jail in Mississippi
shadowpeople
Active Member
Ridiculous! From what I have heard, they are talking a total of ~ $600 in fines! I pay way more than that in a year, just in gas to go hunting and I'm an Iowa resident! Obviously these kids don't have the slightest respect for anything and certainly a $600 dollar fine isn't going to teach them anything. What, a weeks worth of pay for a high school student at a summertime job? Give me a break!
AIRASSAULT
PMA Member
Funny how people in the comments on that page are trying to justify the poaching because it costs $1000's to their car when they hit a deer, or, "they're just kids. They didn't know any better". Riiiiiiiiight
JOSHBRNDT
Active Member
We have a group of kids around where I hunt that are doing the same thing. One of the parents turned them in and the DNR officer did nothing about it. In fact they had some deer hanging in the front yard durning the doe season and all the DNR did was tell them to go buy tags. This kind of stuff gives the rest of us hunters a bad rap. Throw the book at them.
DoneRight
PMA Member
What a great opporutnity for the state to set an example on what will happen to you if you are caught poaching. However, they will let the opportunity slip through their hands, and just slap these kids on the wrist. These kids have probably learned to do this by watching someone else do it (Dad, Grandpa, Uncle) and probably think it is ok to perform such acts. These kids should not play football or any other sport for the rest of the school year, in fact they should be mandated to community service. In fact their punishment should stop just short of kicking them out of school. These kids have no respect for wildlife or the amount of time and dollars it takes to harvest a deer or other game the right way. What makes anyone think they have respect for anyone or anything else?
luv2hunt1469
Member
a little more background on the case from an individual that was involved. The kids had admitted to doing this numerous times in the past and have a "deer count" well into the hundreds. They just happened to get caught this time. As an earlier poster mentioned, this is one small case and it happens throughout southern iowa and has been going on for a long time. The press this case is getting is rare in my opinion- I read about it in the muscatine newspaper. The million dollar question in my mind is who to put pressure on so these little j holes get made an example of. County attornies in these southern and more rural counties rarely impose any type of serious fine for crimes involving deer and deer hunting (including tresspassers). I firmly believe they take the attitude so many uneducated people take in that "its only a deer and there are way too many anyways". So if someone could tell me who to put the presure on I would appreciate it. DNR officers work hard to catch these types only to see it go by the wayside once it enters the legal system. HANG EM HIGH!! and let everyone see what happens when you get caught. And I doubt they have any type of real guidance from parents(or probably parent) to help set them straight.
coyotekiller
New Member
Money/services have no doubt been exchanged over this. Have t-shirts, signs, all kinds of things that read " Wanted- hundreds of deer, poached by kids in this area, returned to the legal hunters". People that know me, know I would have one for everyday.............ck
grizzleyw10
Member
"Too many deer anyway, shoot em all"..... I wish these people knew that the taxes off the revenue brought into this state from deer hunting alone probably pays their welfare
DoneRight
PMA Member
And the tags pay for State Parks, wildlife habitat, and the freaking bike trails.
BOWDUDE
New Member
This should not even be an issue for the school to decide, the parents should not even give the kids a chance "NO GAME".
As far as punishment, the state can only do no more than what is written in law. Now there may be a max. or min. since they admitted to doing this countless times than they should get the max.
This would be pretty hard thing to hide from your parents if it has been going on this long.
As far as punishment, the state can only do no more than what is written in law. Now there may be a max. or min. since they admitted to doing this countless times than they should get the max.
This would be pretty hard thing to hide from your parents if it has been going on this long.
bbdjunkie02
New Member
Those fines are bogus, maybe if the fines were 200 to 1000 per offense and worthy of being called a fine people would think twice about poaching. 20 dollars doesnt seem like justice for the animal. I say we shoot the poachers and let them lay and suffer!!! Do it by the law or dont do it!!!