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“Operation Jackhammer” cracks down on deer poaching
ALBANY – Over 100 people were charged with over 250 offenses as the state DEC conducted “Operation Jackhammer,” targeting people who take deer by using artificial light.
“Deer jacking” involves hunting where poachers shine a spotlight on a deer feeding in fields to “freeze” the animal long enough to shoot it, killing deer when they are most vulnerable.
Over 100 EnCon officers from the Hudson Valley, Catskills, Capital Region and Adirondacks spend six weeks targeting rural areas with stakeouts at all hours of the night. During the operation, DEC officers charged 107 people with 187 misdemeanors and 87 violations. That included 27 instances of deer jacking to kill deer and 48 instances of hunters using lights but not yet killing a deer when caught.
Other related charges were filed, including carrying a loaded gun in a vehicle, hunting after hours and firing a gun within 500 feet of a house. Approximately 40 guns were confiscated and 42 illegally taken deer recovered.
They have the info... and I'd like to know the costs to run such a large focused taskforce like that. Be interesting to know cost-per-offender with 107 violators prosecuted from the work of over 100 officers in a span of 6 weeks.
A friend of mine talked to a game warden about putting a decoy out near here. The warden said they had ordered two new decoys that the ones they had were too shot up to be useful.
Operation jackhammer
...we certainly dont shoot though.
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