ORIGINAL: Lanse couche couche
Funny, we have a long list of all these documented illegal activitities, but not a single one seems to involve those who hunt deer with hounds.
Here you go. Wouldn't want you to start whining again.
Region 3 - Southwest
Officers Find Long Time Bait site from Tip... On September 27, Senior Conservation Police Officer Billings and Conservation Police Officer Phillips responded to a trespassing call in Bland County. The complainant was reporting that several bear hunters had released hounds on a section of private property without permission. Officer Phillips and Billings arrived on the scene and soon located the group of bear hunters. The officers separated the hunters and interviewed them concerning the trespassing complaint and also about a nearby bait site located earlier in the week by Officer Phillips. The hunters provided documentation from landowners and were found to not be in violation. Before leaving the area, Officer Phillips felt he should check with one more of the hunters about the bait site he had found earlier in the week. The hunter was questioned and denied any knowledge of the nearby site but provided information about his active bait site some 15 to 20 miles away in Wythe County. Later that same day the subject met with Officers Billings and Pease at the bait site in Wythe County. While photographing the site and collecting evidence, the subject advised he and another hunter had released 4 dogs on the bait site the first week of the chase season this year. The bait site consisted of a 55 gallon metal drum that had been converted into a corn feeder and a bottle of vanilla extract hanging from a tree. The location of the bait site was one that officers had been receiving information on for several years, but were never unable to locate it. The site was behind a locked gate and was approximately one mile from the nearest road. The subject said the site had been an active feeding and bait site for 5 to 6 years. The officers assisted the subject with removing the feeder from the site. Charges will be placed on both hunters involved in hunting from the baited area. Other charges pending. For more information contact Lt. Rex Hill at (276) 783-4860.
Don't forget Johnson and Surles charged with failure to follow foxhounds. Due in court tomorrow.
There's plenty of violations by all styles of hunters. And it doesn't state if dog boxes were on the backs of the trucks in the first list. Gee were they looking for dogs when they spotlighted the deer? I'm betting there was on some % of them that were dog hunters. Each group has members that cause problems. It was a nice try.