Originally Posted by
spaniel
This is VERY fishy.
#2 - I grew up in MI (this is where it occurred, right). While I have little respect for the DNR there based on my experiences and those of other acquaintances, unless laws have changed it is not illegal to have meat over one year old in your freezer, nor are you required to keep the tag once the carcass is processed. How would they tell what meat when with what tag anyways?? The processor I used regularly had a DNR officer there aging/measuring deer and sent me out the door past them with bags of meat, and no tag returned with it.
According to what I know and what the officers told friends and acquaintances yesterday you do have to keep tags with meat and you do have to apply for a special permit to keep meat over a certain period. The permit is free.
I don't want to talk anymore about the actual poaching because 1) I don't condone it in anyway.
2) I wasn't there for all of this but I have extremely good 2nd hand knowledge of the situation.
BTW - The last thing the officers told everyone before they left was, don't contact the guy after we leave. If you do we will know and we'll be back.
Tom