Ohio deer hunter faces $28,000 fine
11-16-2011, 03:45 AM
#1
Ohio deer hunter faces $28,000 fine
This deer is a monster!
His story is he shot it on private property, and it ran and died on railroad property. I guess only he really knows...
http://m.sanduskyregister.com/bellev...ous-27850-fine
His story is he shot it on private property, and it ran and died on railroad property. I guess only he really knows...
http://m.sanduskyregister.com/bellev...ous-27850-fine
11-17-2011, 03:22 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
Posts: 4,894
i would think the dnr should at least have to prove he shot the deer on the said land. case closed. everyone knows what a buck, or doe even, can do after they get shot. big buck like that bolts and never looks back.
11-17-2011, 05:10 PM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: West TN
Posts: 286
They should let it go. I wouldn't even want to fine someone that much if they shot a world record buck standing in my front yard. It would be illegeal but $30000 can ruin someones life easy. To make it worse they can't even prove it.
11-17-2011, 07:25 PM
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Fulton county,IL
Posts: 617
Yeah this is your typical jerk offs that plague all the dnr offices in every state I would like to know where there come up with the bull**** prices they put on antlers,I would send a letter back to the DNR with an IOU dirty sonsa......
11-18-2011, 05:27 AM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,925
He says he pleaded no contest to a charge of hunting without permission because his lawyer convinced him it was an inexpensive way to take care of a citation from the Division of Wildlife
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.
11-18-2011, 05:43 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
Posts: 4,894
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.
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.
