Re: Poacher busted
[Re: rick olson]
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01/21/21 02:22 PM
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Too bad greed turned Skip into poaching the off limit buck,I dont know the laws of Texas,but a few days ago you were talking about javalina pig hunting and tossing them in the brush.I've ate javalina in AZ it was ok table fare,does Texas not have a wanton waste law? Not on Javelina or coyotes.
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Re: Poacher busted
[Re: BernieB.]
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01/21/21 04:09 PM
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Was this just a code that was established or actually something in writing posted that protected the buck? If not, how could he be referred to as a poacher? Some of the other things he did were a violation of the laws in the state of Texas such as crossing state lines, not checking the deer in where he supposed to, etc. Had he done that maybe the punishment might not have been so severe. The fact that he didn't tells me that he knew he was guilty and the shooting probably wasn't accidental. He knew this was a protected buck before or after he shot it? If he had shot the buck and legally tagged it, he would have been kicked off the lease and would not get his $12,000 refunded. That's it... nothing illegal. He knowingly killed a buck that was off limits and rather than risk the humiliation, he illegally removed the antlers from the ranch (threw the meat in the brush) and took it across state lines. Then, he got everything coming to him in the way of fines, etc. Sounds like he planned this since he waited to be the only one on the property. Wanton waste should have been an issue as well.
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Re: Poacher busted
[Re: BernieB.]
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01/21/21 04:14 PM
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Sounds like if he had a land tag put on he would have been legal. Yes he would have, but he would have been kicked off the ranch and forfeited the $12,000 he paid for the lease. I missed the part about the $12,000.00 I figured he would have been kicked out. His buddies would have given him a beat down I am guessing also.
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Re: Poacher busted
[Re: BernieB.]
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01/21/21 04:17 PM
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Crazy he didn't just tag the deer been legal and just be done with the place.
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Re: Poacher busted
[Re: BernieB.]
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01/21/21 04:25 PM
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He was disrespectful and dishonest in killing the buck, but he didn’t cross the line into poaching until he left the carcass and transported the antlers. Morally he’s in the wrong no matter which way you slice it, legally if he’d have tagged it he woulda been fine. I wouldn’t want him in my hunting group either way.
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Re: Poacher busted
[Re: Bruce T]
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01/21/21 04:29 PM
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Crazy he didn't just tag the deer been legal and just be done with the place. He is a jerk.Shooting a deer that many others would have loved to shoot,but passed up because they had an agreement.A man is only as good as his word.
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Re: Poacher busted
[Re: upstateNY]
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01/21/21 04:33 PM
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Crazy he didn't just tag the deer been legal and just be done with the place. He is a jerk.Shooting a deer that many others would have loved to shoot,but passed up because they had an agreement.A man is only as good as his word. I would never hunt such a place with those rules myself to begin with.I am not going to pay $12,000 anywhere and be told I can't shoot what I want.
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Re: Poacher busted
[Re: Diggerman]
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01/21/21 04:36 PM
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Its a deer, with horns no less. Some one spent ALOT of money to get ole Skip in hot water. The thing here is that he violated the trust of fellow hunters, thats unforgivable. I'd say a blot on his soul but not unforgiveable. We all have blots.
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Re: Poacher busted
[Re: BernieB.]
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01/21/21 04:38 PM
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I stopped deer hunting when the rifle hunter complained about the youth season, the bow hunter complained about the squirrel and rabbit hunters, then the black powder guys complained about the long seasons the bow hunter have. I was always a meat hunter. Still see a lot of deer laying along the hi-ways. In 2018 there were 53,454 accident involving deer.
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Re: Poacher busted
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01/21/21 04:40 PM
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I stopped deer hunting when the rifle hunter complained about the youth season, the bow hunter complained about the squirrel and rabbit hunters, then the black powder guys complained about the long seasons the bow hunter have. I was always a meat hunter. Still see a lot of deer laying along the hi-ways. In 2018 there were 53,454 accident involving deer. Why stop hunting?The heck with them.
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Re: Poacher busted
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01/21/21 04:44 PM
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I was always a meat hunter. I've never laid in bed dreaming about venison, it's the antlers that keep me awake at night. You're right about the conflict of interests we squabble about. I'm also a bowhunter, been doing it since the mid eighties but it's hard to convince some fellow bow guys deer hunting with a rifle where I'm at is more challenging than bowhunting deer where they're at. It's all perspective.
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Re: Poacher busted
[Re: BernieB.]
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01/21/21 04:47 PM
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Yep much harder up here in northern Maine with a rifle then bow hunting Conn.,Pa,Virginia, etc.
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Re: Poacher busted
[Re: Posco]
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01/21/21 04:56 PM
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Its a deer, with horns no less. Some one spent ALOT of money to get ole Skip in hot water. The thing here is that he violated the trust of fellow hunters, thats unforgivable. I'd say a blot on his soul but not unforgiveable. We all have blots. True
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Re: Poacher busted
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01/21/21 05:37 PM
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If old Skip wasn't going back to the lease anyway after shooting that deer, he may as well have tagged it and owned up from the start. The whole story is ridiculous.
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