10-24-2003, 12:32 AM
Glad to hear you reported your find.
If they do catch those poachers then they'll get a slap on the wrist. The fines aren't large enough to scare away most people from poaching. They'll end up getting less then 10,000 dollar fine and loss of hunting rights for about 5-10 years and maybe some jail time. Either way they'll still come out with 30 or 40 thousand on top and taking away their hunting rights doesn't mean anything to a poacher.
A guy in Colorado got busted for poaching 78 BC bucks and bulls. He ended up getting 3 years in Prison, 148,000 dollar fine and loss of hunting rights for life time. He probable killed 3 times as mean as that and made 5 to 20,000 for each head. In the end he still wins and will probable poach some more to pay off his fines.
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If they do catch those poachers then they'll get a slap on the wrist. The fines aren't large enough to scare away most people from poaching. They'll end up getting less then 10,000 dollar fine and loss of hunting rights for about 5-10 years and maybe some jail time. Either way they'll still come out with 30 or 40 thousand on top and taking away their hunting rights doesn't mean anything to a poacher.
A guy in Colorado got busted for poaching 78 BC bucks and bulls. He ended up getting 3 years in Prison, 148,000 dollar fine and loss of hunting rights for life time. He probable killed 3 times as mean as that and made 5 to 20,000 for each head. In the end he still wins and will probable poach some more to pay off his fines.
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