bigcountry

You guys need to understand WV. I grew up there (williamson, wv) and Ky and can tell ya police and DNR are tight. The local police will not help you. All you can do is try to get the news station to take up your story. I would contact the main director of operations in Charleston. I would send him thru email the pictures. If he blows you off, send them to the local newspaper. They love misc stories like this.

2 Lunger

Sounds like he is gathering evidence. I know it is illegal to feed in many states on count of Chronic Wasting Disease. I'm guessing he took that card to prove there are animals at your feeder. If he was going to steal stuff he would've took the whole camera. I believe this is going to have a different outcome than you think.

wis_bow_huntr

I agree. Sounds like an evidence investigation going on. Sounds like you may get a big shock. Maybe youll never hear anything. Who knows. I believe a "Containment Area" is defined as any particular peice of property that is totally enclosed by a high fence. ButI could be wrong.Each state varies. I would Hit the wardens office and ask what is going on, if youre breaking anylaws you need to know about it/them before it leads to bigger trouble. And if they refuse to give you the information and your property back hit the press hard.

peakrut

Disregard, concerned search warrants

royak

Hankfan one thing I can tell you the DNR office is located in the WV state Police office there in Princeton and dont expect any help at all from the police they are tight with each other. We both know the corruption that goes on with the police in Mercer county. Like stated above watch out if your feeder cannot be seen from the road someone reported that you were feeding the Turkeys and drawing them in to hunt and at this time of year they frown on feeders period. DNR or as you said we call them game wardens have a lot of power they do just about anything they want here.

broome buck

post his pics on the internet tell your own story if they do not help you, years ago we were doing a deer drive and kicked out a nice buck the dec officer pulled over got out of his car fired 4 shots at the buck we yelled he got back in his car and left

Schultzy

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WVSPORTSMAN

IF HE IS HUNTING NEAR HIS HOME OF ROCK WV, THERE ARE NO BAITING RESTRICTIONS FOR DEER..ONLY ONE PART OF THE STATE HAS THEM...AND THAT'S WAY..WAY UP NORTH FROM ROCK, WV. I HAVE A VERY CRAZY QUESTION THAT SOMEONE SHOULD OF ASKED BY NOW....WHERE ARE THESE PICS...I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM...ANOTHER QUESTION THAT NEEDS ASKING, ARE YOU A TURKEY HUNTER AND HAVE YOU KILLED ONE THIS YEAR? HAVE YOU HUNTED FOR THEM THIS YEAR? IF SO, COULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE SEEN YOU WHILE HUNTING AND FIGURED YOU WHERE HUNTING OVER BAIT FOR TURKEYS? THEN THAT WOULD FORCE DNR TO INVESTIGATE...WHICH MIGHT OF LEAD TO TAKING YOUR STUFF....BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVEN'T NOTIFIED YOU YET? I THINK YOU SHOULD CALL YOUR DISTRICT AND GET ANSWERS. IF THEY DID TAKE IT FOR NO REASON....NEWSPAPER HAVEN, CALL SOME OF THE BIG TV STATIONS THAT HAVE A NATIONAL COVERAGE....IF THEY ARE INVESTIGATING YOU, YOU WILL GET YOUR THINGS BACK IF THE CAN'T PROVE ANYTHING.

GMMAT

I don't think it's a crazy question, at all. I know in my area.....if I had an active feeder working on property I was turkey hunting on......I'd know they were gathering evidence against ME.

Not making any assumptions....just offering another POV.

Siman08/OH

Ive chased wardens off my property before as well, some are good but others are crooked and its a tough situation to be in.