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A Couple on a Flight Boasted of Illegal Hunting To Wildlife Officers Sitting in The Row Behind Them- The New York Times (Free article) (www.nytimes.com)
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The two didn't believe the officers when they were informed that they were wildlife officers and bragged and their illegal hunts, their uncle's illegal hunts, and showed officers an illegal turtle skeleton they had in their bag.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No kidding. They were processing an illegally hunted deer when officers arrived, plus their home had a bunch more..

Officers also found mountain lion claws, taxidermied animals including a ringtail cat and a barn owl, an illegally hunted spike buck and several illegally hunted deer with tagging violations, the agency said. Ringtail cats are a protected species in California, and mounted raptors like the barn owl are illegal to possess without state and federal permits.

Talk about a slap on the wrist. They should have been fined for each piece of evidence of their illegal hunting.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have seen state level infractions that are more serious than that. I watched the DNR impound a dudes truck and confiscated all their fishing equipment, take their license away for the year and give the entire group a fine for fishing about 2 hours before the season opened. Poaching is not cool, and that's exactly what 'illegal hunting' is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Right? I'm glad they got their uncle roped into this as well, but geez. Why the kid gloves.