Jeff Foiles pled guilty to poaching
08-13-2011, 12:41 AM
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Spike
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Jeff Foiles pled guilty to poaching
If you hadn't heard the outcome of his indictment here it is -
http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x206...nths-100K-fine
If you read the entire indictment (google it) any of us would be doing hard time and have lost our license for at least 10yrs and wouldn't be able to own a gun as a convicted felon.
Like i posted on the other thread out of respect for the sport I'm done with anything Foiles related.
http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x206...nths-100K-fine
If you read the entire indictment (google it) any of us would be doing hard time and have lost our license for at least 10yrs and wouldn't be able to own a gun as a convicted felon.
Like i posted on the other thread out of respect for the sport I'm done with anything Foiles related.
08-16-2011, 12:29 AM
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Spike
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I had read a few posts but there wasn't an outcome posted. Being this isn't a child pornography site I really dont see what that comment has to do with anything.
This was one of the top teir waterfowl hunters in the sport, and his disregard not only for the law, but his disregard on how this will reflect on all hunters is why he should be boycotted. This is the type of ammunition the anti hunting groups will use against all of us.
So, in my personal opinion it is way more than a screw up and when you're indicted on 23 felonies and get off with some misdemeanors that's an injustice. I'm happy to see Cabela's will no longer be doing business with him and I hope the rest follow.
This was one of the top teir waterfowl hunters in the sport, and his disregard not only for the law, but his disregard on how this will reflect on all hunters is why he should be boycotted. This is the type of ammunition the anti hunting groups will use against all of us.
So, in my personal opinion it is way more than a screw up and when you're indicted on 23 felonies and get off with some misdemeanors that's an injustice. I'm happy to see Cabela's will no longer be doing business with him and I hope the rest follow.
08-29-2011, 09:44 AM
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I din knbow anything abotu it. But, Jeff conacted me asking if he coul duse my waterfowl articles for hs website when he first got started. And he was a regular guy. But, as often happnes to big name personalities, writers, speakers, I could see that he let it go to his head as time went on. In the last coupel of years, he acted like he was too good to talk to me - even though he learned a few things about calling geese (not contest judges) from me - which is why he wanted my waterfowl artlices for his website).
After 22 years in the hunting industry, as a seminar speaker, writer, camouflage desinger with product in both for Cabela's and Herter's. and speaking at most of the major deer classic/ expos and sprt shows in the midwest. I've seen it happen to a lot of the other guys. They get big headed, and some of them may flaunt the law.
It is a sad thing, and does a great injustice to the hunting industry that I have been part of for 22 years.
But, there are dozens of other callers who are regular joes - still - after many years in the business. My good friend, Randy "Flag Man " Bartz, innovator/designer of the goose flag, is one of them. He will still admit that he got the idea for putting the white crescent on the bottm of his T Flags, from me, at Game Fair in Anoka, MN in about 1991. If he ever comes out with a turkey product - he got the idea fro me - abhout 10 years ago. And I'm still urgng him to come out with it.
After 22 years in the hunting industry, as a seminar speaker, writer, camouflage desinger with product in both for Cabela's and Herter's. and speaking at most of the major deer classic/ expos and sprt shows in the midwest. I've seen it happen to a lot of the other guys. They get big headed, and some of them may flaunt the law.
It is a sad thing, and does a great injustice to the hunting industry that I have been part of for 22 years.
But, there are dozens of other callers who are regular joes - still - after many years in the business. My good friend, Randy "Flag Man " Bartz, innovator/designer of the goose flag, is one of them. He will still admit that he got the idea for putting the white crescent on the bottm of his T Flags, from me, at Game Fair in Anoka, MN in about 1991. If he ever comes out with a turkey product - he got the idea fro me - abhout 10 years ago. And I'm still urgng him to come out with it.
09-15-2011, 12:38 PM
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This from my frined, fellow outdoor writer and Mpls Star Tribune Blogger Dennis Anderson in hsi blog.
CTV News in Edmonton, Alberta, reports that Jeff Foiles appeared in an Edmonton courtroom Wednesday to face charges he violated Canada's Wildlife Act and its Criminal Code.
Foiles, who was in the Twin Cities in August to appear at Game Fair, will be sentenced in the U.S. Sept. 21 after he reached a plea agreement earlier this year with U.S. federal officials over similar charges.
Foiles, from Illinois, has made a number of videos under the name, "Fallin' Skies,'' and also has a line of duck and goose calls. The first call he ever sold was at Game Fair in 1999.
Minnesota remains his company's top market nationally, Foiles said in August, and he was upset when Game Fair owner and promoter Chuck Delaney wouldn't allow him to give seminars at the fair, as Foiles usually does.
Delaney said he had to honor a contract reserving space at Game Fair that Foiles had signed before he reached the deal on the U.S. charges. But Delaney, in a letter to Foiles supporters who had complained to him about the seminar decision, said Foiles had made embarrassing mistakes as a hunter, and essentially was undeserving of the opportunity to appear at the fair.
I talked to Foiles extensively while he was in Minnesota. But he wouldn't speak on the record until after his sentencing on the U.S. charges. He did say he didn't deny the charges in the plea agreement, and that he was sorry. But he said there was more to the story than what had been reported.
On Wednesday, according to CTV, Foiles pleaded guilty to eight charges under Canadian law, included causing unnecessary pain and suffering to a bird.
From the CTV report:
"The court heard in an agreed statement of facts that Foiles committed a number of violations including torturing wounded birds and catching it all on tape.
"All of the Fallen Skies video series includes footage of Canadian hunts from Alberta or Saskatchewan or both provinces, the agreed statement of facts reads.
"The agreed statement of facts also states during an October 2007 goose hunt that was being filmed for Foiles' video series, the footage showed Foiles coming across a wounded duck. He gets up and retrieves the bird.
"Mr. Foiles holds the bird up and calls it "Mrs. Mallard." Mr. Foiles wrenches the duck's neck and manipulates the head so the bird is looking at him. He states, 'look at me when I'm talking to you'. He continues to wag its neck back and forth, the documents state.
"It goes on to note that Foiles is seen in the video slapping the bird's head.
"Playing to camera, Mr.Foiles opens the wounded duck's mouth several times and makes 'quacking' sounds. Mr. Foiles moves off camera and kills the duck.
Foiles was silent for the most part in court, except when asked by the judge if he wanted to speak, to which he replied, 'No ma'am.'
"Foiles' lawyer and the Crown prosecutor made a joint recommendation on a sentence that includes more than $14,000 in fines and a three-year hunting prohibition in Canada. That would be on top of a $100,000 fine and a 13-month jail sentence he's already facing in the U.S.
"The Edmonton judge will make a decision on sentencing October 19th.''.
I think he let things go to his head. I'll let you judge if his behavior is positive or negative - especialy for the younger generation - under 25.
CTV News in Edmonton, Alberta, reports that Jeff Foiles appeared in an Edmonton courtroom Wednesday to face charges he violated Canada's Wildlife Act and its Criminal Code.
Foiles, who was in the Twin Cities in August to appear at Game Fair, will be sentenced in the U.S. Sept. 21 after he reached a plea agreement earlier this year with U.S. federal officials over similar charges.
Foiles, from Illinois, has made a number of videos under the name, "Fallin' Skies,'' and also has a line of duck and goose calls. The first call he ever sold was at Game Fair in 1999.
Minnesota remains his company's top market nationally, Foiles said in August, and he was upset when Game Fair owner and promoter Chuck Delaney wouldn't allow him to give seminars at the fair, as Foiles usually does.
Delaney said he had to honor a contract reserving space at Game Fair that Foiles had signed before he reached the deal on the U.S. charges. But Delaney, in a letter to Foiles supporters who had complained to him about the seminar decision, said Foiles had made embarrassing mistakes as a hunter, and essentially was undeserving of the opportunity to appear at the fair.
I talked to Foiles extensively while he was in Minnesota. But he wouldn't speak on the record until after his sentencing on the U.S. charges. He did say he didn't deny the charges in the plea agreement, and that he was sorry. But he said there was more to the story than what had been reported.
On Wednesday, according to CTV, Foiles pleaded guilty to eight charges under Canadian law, included causing unnecessary pain and suffering to a bird.
From the CTV report:
"The court heard in an agreed statement of facts that Foiles committed a number of violations including torturing wounded birds and catching it all on tape.
"All of the Fallen Skies video series includes footage of Canadian hunts from Alberta or Saskatchewan or both provinces, the agreed statement of facts reads.
"The agreed statement of facts also states during an October 2007 goose hunt that was being filmed for Foiles' video series, the footage showed Foiles coming across a wounded duck. He gets up and retrieves the bird.
"Mr. Foiles holds the bird up and calls it "Mrs. Mallard." Mr. Foiles wrenches the duck's neck and manipulates the head so the bird is looking at him. He states, 'look at me when I'm talking to you'. He continues to wag its neck back and forth, the documents state.
"It goes on to note that Foiles is seen in the video slapping the bird's head.
"Playing to camera, Mr.Foiles opens the wounded duck's mouth several times and makes 'quacking' sounds. Mr. Foiles moves off camera and kills the duck.
Foiles was silent for the most part in court, except when asked by the judge if he wanted to speak, to which he replied, 'No ma'am.'
"Foiles' lawyer and the Crown prosecutor made a joint recommendation on a sentence that includes more than $14,000 in fines and a three-year hunting prohibition in Canada. That would be on top of a $100,000 fine and a 13-month jail sentence he's already facing in the U.S.
"The Edmonton judge will make a decision on sentencing October 19th.''.
I think he let things go to his head. I'll let you judge if his behavior is positive or negative - especialy for the younger generation - under 25.
09-18-2011, 03:47 PM
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Spike
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Duck hunters get busted alot and not get it this bad. More would get busted if there was enough game wardens around. Guess because he is a TV show host and it shows bad sportsmanship. Does not look good for the kids getting into hunting.