12-01-2004, 05:50 PM
Utah men plead guilty to hunt violations
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GREEN RIVER -- Two Utah residents came to Wyoming in late October to kill a large buck mule deer and put a Utah tag on the animal. They got busted instead.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department law enforcement officials said Ogden residents Scott E. Day and Daniel R. Flowers recently pleaded guilty to taking an antlered deer during a closed season or without a license, and taking wildlife with the use of artificial light. In Wyoming, take includes the "intent" to take.
Wardens Jim Olson and Neil Hymas made the arrest after Olson observed the men hunting deer near Sawtooth Mountain, east of the Crawford Mountains in southwest Wyoming.
"The best part of this case is that legal Wyoming deer hunters did not have to lose a trophy buck deer in order to get a conviction," Olson said. "I have no doubt that numerous deer were saved for legal hunters during future Wyoming seasons."
He said previous surveillance indicated the vehicle might have been associated with two Utah family groups the agency suspected of hunting deer in Wyoming after the season was closed.
The men were observed on Oct. 30 continuously raising their rifles to search for deer through the scope and then using their headlights to find deer in the dark. When questioned by game wardens, the men initially claimed they were hunting for coyotes.
Lincoln County Circuit Judge Frank Zebre sentenced Flowers and Day to serve six days each in the Lincoln County Jail. Both men were fined $5,260 and had their hunting and fishing privileges suspended for six years in the 19 Wildlife Violator Compact states, which include Utah and Wyoming.
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GREEN RIVER -- Two Utah residents came to Wyoming in late October to kill a large buck mule deer and put a Utah tag on the animal. They got busted instead.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department law enforcement officials said Ogden residents Scott E. Day and Daniel R. Flowers recently pleaded guilty to taking an antlered deer during a closed season or without a license, and taking wildlife with the use of artificial light. In Wyoming, take includes the "intent" to take.
Wardens Jim Olson and Neil Hymas made the arrest after Olson observed the men hunting deer near Sawtooth Mountain, east of the Crawford Mountains in southwest Wyoming.
"The best part of this case is that legal Wyoming deer hunters did not have to lose a trophy buck deer in order to get a conviction," Olson said. "I have no doubt that numerous deer were saved for legal hunters during future Wyoming seasons."
He said previous surveillance indicated the vehicle might have been associated with two Utah family groups the agency suspected of hunting deer in Wyoming after the season was closed.
The men were observed on Oct. 30 continuously raising their rifles to search for deer through the scope and then using their headlights to find deer in the dark. When questioned by game wardens, the men initially claimed they were hunting for coyotes.
Lincoln County Circuit Judge Frank Zebre sentenced Flowers and Day to serve six days each in the Lincoln County Jail. Both men were fined $5,260 and had their hunting and fishing privileges suspended for six years in the 19 Wildlife Violator Compact states, which include Utah and Wyoming.
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