ORIGINAL: okcaveman
ORIGINAL: grneyemonstr
i really feel that poaching charges should be treated like a cruelity to animals charge. basically you are killing an aminal that you have no business killing.... it should be a felony which would cause you to lose your weapons and maybe throw in a life time ban on hunting too.
thats a little severe. yes poaching is wrong. but theoretically if you are saying joe blow has no business killing a deer then how do you have the right to kill a deer? what if it was a doe would you still feel the same? what if the guy was just trying to feed his family?
i have a right because IM NOT POACHING,i payed for a tag and hunt in accordince to the laws. you dont buy a tag and hunt anyway you want, there are rules. personally i could careless about killing bucks i hunt for meat not antlers so yes if it was a doe i would care same goes for ducks, squirels fish and anything else we can hunt or are protected.. sorry but rules are in place for a reason if you cant follow them you should be exculded. if i dont feed my dog andit gets to a life threatening point i can be charged with a felony but if i kill a deer out ofseasonor outside hunting times or with an improper weapon im fined, suspeneded from hunting for a set time period and charged with amisdemenor. Seems a bit backwards. I have no respect for poachers or a guy who huntswith a shotgun during the bow periodbecause he doesnt feel that bow hunters shouldget the rut. And as far as feeding his family.... i dont know if you have lookedaround but there are PLENTY of programs to help people who need to be feed.