For those wondering how the Wisconsin elk hunt has been going...

https://www.outdoornews.com/2018/10/26/h...shot-illegally/

The shooter apparently didn't think it was illegal to shoot the elk from the gravel road, and the "guide" bought his guide permits only days before the season started. Both attended the required elk information class prior to the hunt where regulations were covered, including information on road hunting.

Didn't think I'd hear about on of the non-natives causing a stir with the elk harvest. Not good when 20% of the tag winners get cited!

Is that like going 60 in a 55 ?

A little more expensive, and more publicized. He's facing around $2,400 in fines, plus the cost of caping and processing. The meat will likely be donated to a food pantry.

Road hunters suck.

The guy that bought the raffle tag was the accused party, more money than sense.

He won the raffle tag from RMEF, I didn't see anywhere how many tickets he bought. This wasn't an auction item or anything like that, RMEF was selling tickets at $10 each, any WI resident could by as many tickets as they wanted.

ahhh, my bad, I confused auction and raffle.

Gotta love them trophies

There were only 10 elk hunters in Wisconsin and one of them got popped for shooting from the road? hahaha.

Did they catch him doing it I wonder or did he just ignorantly tell them the story checking it or something?

Sad, but kinda funny when you think about it really.

The full story in the newspaper said that he was required to notify the local biologist after the harvest, who noticed the elk and the gut pile in the ditch and notified the warden. When questioned, he was apparently pretty forthcoming with the info.

I guess the phrase "fair chase" eluded this guy...
He's not an elk hunter - he's an elk killer. Big diff...

I hate road hunters, around here if you hunt next to a road you will see the same trucks come by 20 times a day. There's about 25 fat arses that are to sorry to get out and actually hunt so they just ride around shooting deer on other people's property. Wish they would catch them all

Just because he shot It off the road doesn't mean he didn't sneack down the road on foot and kill that elk. I killed a few critters walking down the road and I considered It fair chase. It's not like he shot It from the truck.
I think the biologist was a dick.

Seems like a rather minor infraction. It amazes me how quick hunters are to condemn other hunters and condone ridiculous fines and punishments. $2400 fine for shooting an animal from a gravel road? If that was the only violation and you think the punishment is reasonable you might as well join PETA and help your fellow anti-hunters.

No Beav...The 3 of them. Guide,hunter and friend. Pulled the animal into the woods. The warden or biologist DNR saw the scene and it didn't match their story. All 3 or at least the Guide and shooter were in cahoots to cover up the original shooting and kill area...to deceive

The entire Wisconsin herd in that area is as dumb as a box of rocks, they are used to people stopping and taking their pictures etc. It was never going to be much of a "hunt", not to take away from the guys who did it.

I don't think there was any sneaking down the road involved. The story in the paper had much more detail than the link I provided, but it said they were driving down the road and a cow and calf crossed in front of them on the road, followed by the bull. The "guide" stopped the truck and the shooter got out and opened fire.

He's charged with shooting across a road in violation of State Statute 167, which carries a penalty of $217.90. He's also charged with hunting within 50 feet of the road center, which carries a penalty of $222.90. The $2,000 is a restitution charge for illegally killing an elk.

Not sure how anyone can condone this type of behavior, let alone compare someone to PETA for wishing they'd throw the book at this guy. Who cares how they found out, if he broke the laws, he should pay the fine and lose the animal, along with hunting privileges revoked for a few years.

^^^Agreed^^^ I would think his “guide”’and friend should also be citied for part as well. Obviously they had to of helped the hunter drag the illegally taken elk from the roadway. And more than likely, knowingly withheld information from the law.

These guys are slobs. They killed an elk, but they weren't hunting when they did it. They knew they were breaking the law.

If you get caught speeding, which actually endangers lives, should you lose you car?