Originally Posted by
valor10
Not my experience. One or two tater heads that broke the law in my presense hunting over the years, no longer hunt with me. That simple. Justifying poaching by analogies to breaking the speed limit and tax cheating is as childish as it gets. Let's say I'm down on my luck. I'm basically a nice guy, but, well you leave your keys in your car and running while you pop in the minimart real quick. I steal your car. Maybe I break into your house, steal your belongings. In either case, there's no chance of me getting caught. I mean, I'm really not breaking the law because I didn't get caught, and I really needed the money. I'm not a criminal, because I didn't get caught. Poaching, and trespassing are serious offenses, and can end in bloodshed. Don't try to justify your actions by deflecting the issues to others. Poaching is poaching.
What! Your not breaking the law because you didn't get caught! LMAO. The law is the law period.You steal someones car, you break into someones house, you are now a felon! And these crimes are much worse than shooting a deer across a line fence, period!Breaking the law is breaking the law. No one and I mean NO ONE, on this sight or anywhere can honestly say that they do not knowingly break the law at least once a week, in some form or another. I guarantee at some time or another, most of us are breaking the law while we are hunting, according to the official laws of the Division of Wildlife. Whether it be forgetting to bring a pen to fill out your tag, a watch to know what time you shot your deer or whatever. And once you discover that you don't have one of these items, you wouldn't go home, you would go right on hunting! You are still knowingly breaking the law!