An East Peoria Illinois man who self-produced and starred in his own cable hunting show was indicted Thursday on charges that he illegally killed more deer than permitted in Indiana.

The indictment against 41-year-old Christopher Brackett, whose program, “Fear No Evil,” aired on the Outdoor Channel, alleges that Brackett engaged in illegal hunting in 2013 by shooting and killing two bucks in Indiana and transporting one buck to Illinois. At the time of the alleged offenses, Indiana law allowed hunters with the appropriate permit to kill one antlered deer per season.



According to the indictment, Brackett filmed a hunt in December 2013 in southern Indiana for an episode of his show that featured him killing an 11-point deer which he nicknamed the “Unicorn Buck.” The indictment alleges that on Dec. 21, 2013, Brackett first shot and killed a smaller, eight-point buck before he shot the larger, 11-point buck. Brackett allegedly registered the “Unicorn Buck” with the state of Indiana under his license and transported it to Illinois.

The “Unicorn Buck,” episode aired on the Outdoor Channel in the fall of 2014 with edited footage that did not show Brackett killing the first, smaller buck.

On Dec. 22, 2013, the day after both deer were shot, the indictment alleges Brackett purchased a second non-resident deer muzzleloader permit under his cameraman’s name and then registered the first, smaller buck with the permit purchased in the cameraman’s name.

I suppose it depends on what a jury of his peers decides. Indictments are a dime a dozen.

A New York state judge famously said that grand juries could indict a ham sandwich.

I think the poaching was caught on video and was on the web for all to see for a while. He shot the smaller buck and, while commenting on the shot, the larger buck walked out into the same field and he shot it too.
The clip may still be out there somewhere.

No he wont do time. Doubt he even gets fines.