RE: Idiot arrested for poaching turkeys
But it does happen alll the time here in Mo and in most every other state. We Had a guy set up his blind on one of our properties 2 seasons ago. Didn't know he was there till after daylight. The Guest hunting our blind, told us about it after he came out from his hunt at 1pm(hunt day ends) On his way out he heard a shot, that was after legal shooting time. I went in that afternoon to put a note on his blind, (he actually left it there to hunt from again) telling him to remove it from our ground or it would be confiscated. We were trying to be nice about it. He tore up the note and continued to hunt, so I confiscated his blind.
Thing is,, going in to leave the note, I noticed a bird laying at the edge of the field on my way to his blind. On my way back out, I drove over to it and it made an atempt to get up and run off. It couldn't fly or run well at all, as it had a broken wing and leg. So I had to dispatch the bird myself. Now that was bad enough to be tresspassing, and to shoot a bird after legal hrs. but to leave it injured and not try to find it. Heck it was only 100 yds from his blind, straight down the field. That was what pissed me off the most.