Poaching data

[mtwarden]

If a person is charged, it is up to the county attorney to go forward and prosecute the case. There have been instances where the county attorney, an elected official, has declined to prosecute. It doesn’t happen often, but it has happened.

If the case is big enough, it’s often the State’s AG office that does the prosecution. Sometimes the case is prosecuted by the US Attorney’s Office as well or both.

But to proceed with the prosecution is always up to the prosecutor, regardless of the jurisdiction.

As a game warden you quickly learned the importance of maintaining a good relationship with your prosecutor.

 

[masudnd]

Hello from Virginia

 

[canyonhunter47]

I was told years ago in NM more than half the deer shot were poached. Not sure if it was true or is true, and if it was the region or the whole state, but I wouldn’t be surprised

 

[AHayes111]

A 170 class buck close to the road will be lucky to last a day before he is the victim of someone willing to poach on our ranch. One of the reasons many landowners dislike the current five week season in MT.
@mtwarden, what part of region 7 did you work?

 

[Dust Rider]

MT Region 3: I saw 4 bulls confiscated in two days.

 

[mtwarden]

A 170 class buck close to the road will be lucky to last a day before he is the victim of someone willing to poach on our ranch. One of the reasons many landowners dislike the current five week season in MT.
@mtwarden, what part of region 7 did you work?

Same one as you live in

Your Dad (unless you're another Hayes) used to let us run our decoys at your place (he would even custom pile bales of hay to hide our trucks in!) and also let us use the little cabin do spotlight patrols out of.

 

[AHayes111]

Same one as you live in

Your Dad (unless you're another Hayes) used to let us run our decoys at your place (he would even custom pile bales of hay to hide our trucks in!) and also let us use the little cabin do spotlight patrols out of.

Some of those decoy stories are classics.

 

[cnelk]

I saw a deer get poached this fall.
A truck with 2 guys stopped on the county road not far from my Wyo cabin and they were watching a buck out in the field.

They ended up shooting from the ditch, opened a gate, drove out and picked up the buck and drove away.

I didnt know if they had permission or not to hunt there, but found out later that no hunting permission is given.

 

[MNGrouser]

As a game warden you quickly learned the importance of maintaining a good relationship with your prosecutor.

We had a local guy work as a city police officer for years and was recently selected for the conservation officer academy. One of his instructors was telling the class something similar.

This new Conservation Officer relied, "I drink beer with my prosecutor. Is that good enough?"