Originally Posted by petasux

He plead no contest on the advice of his lawyer.The restitution laws been in effect since 2007, about a 5 year old law.He knew he had shot a world class buck.I dont know if he was innocent or not but I would say he had a really lazy lawyer who didnt look into any of this before he gave his client some really bad advice.

So if any of you were being railroaded on a case involving an animal of this size on what really boils down to no evidence of wrong doing how many of you would make what essentially boils down to a guilty plea?

I mean really anyone could have hung a stand and put a bait pile in there, he already told them his deer ran into the property which makes the DNA evidence pretty much obsolete, so why plead no contest?He tried to take the easy way out and now its gonna cost him $27,000, a once in a lifetime deer, plus his hunting and fishing rights within the state. I have no trouble believing his story as I have had similiar experiences of wounded deer making it into a nieghboring property, but I am having a little trouble feeling sorry for him, if your not guilty dont take the cheaper and easier way out.