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Vt. hunter busted for bolting antlers on dead doe
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BURLINGTON, Vt. – A man who bolted antlers to the head of a dead doe and posed for a photograph with the deer was fined $400 and jailed for game violations.[/align]Marcel Fournier, 19, shot the deer the evening of Nov. 22 and used lag bolts and epoxy to attach a 10-point rack, officials said. He then checked in the kill as lawful game at Barnie's Market.[/align]It's illegal to kill an antlerless deer, and it's also illegal to hunt at night.[/align]The Concord resident admitted to the killing and led a game warden to the deer's remains after an anonymous caller alerted authorities. Fournier said he had "quite a time" drilling and fastening the antlers, authorities said.[/align]Game warden David Gregory said the antlers didn't look or feel right.[/align]"When you grabbed them, you'd feel movement," he said.[/align]Col. David LeCours, chief warden of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the size of the antlers relative to the size of the deer seemed off.[/align]"Something wasn't natural about them, in addition to the fact that they weren't natural," he said.[/align]Fournier was sentenced to 10 days in jail Feb. 18 for taking a deer in a closed season. He won't qualify for a state hunting, fishing or trapping license for at least three years.[/align]LeCours said add-on antlers are the stuff of legend, but that it's the first documented case of it in Vermont.[/align]___[/align]Information from: The Burlington Free Press, http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com][/url]http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com[/align][/align][/align][/align]

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