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HunterHarry

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When I became convinced that Darner had not killed the buck on the cover of the book I had ghostwritten for him, my immediate reaction was that he obviously had let his ego get the best of him. Yet I had learned so much from him that I assumed that he was a great hunter regardless of this mistake and that he had probably taken most of his other deer himself and with legal means. Kim Bonnett pointed out to me that it was probably more logical to assume that not one of Darner's other trophies was legitimate rather than all but one was legitimate. I have no proof that Darner has ever poached any of his trophies, but I have serious questions about several of them. Nobody knows how Darner came into possession of Naylor's rack. Whether somebody gave it to him, whether he bought it, or whether he got it in some other manner, I doubt that anybody will ever know.

I hesitated for many years to bring this issue to light for two chief reasons. All of us who knew the story expected the Boone and Crockett Club to make its investigation public. I thought Darner had suffered enough from the scorn of his peers among trophy hunters in the know and from the limited negative publicity that had made its way into the media. I certainly did not want to be the first to cast a stone as I myself was not completely without sin, and I doubt that few hunters are. And yet I would never think of claiming somebody else's trophy as my own. Still, I felt a duty to inform the public since I had been one of Darner's tools in defrauding the public, and so I never hesitated to tell others what I knew. Also, I didn't want others to think that I had known of or condoned his actions before I wrote the book. Zumbo and Reneau told me they felt the same way.

Over the years my connection with Darner had negative impacts on me and my career. A friend told me my name came up recently during a conversation with a fellow hunter whom he met on a jet while returning from a big game hunt, and the hunter immediately said something along the lines of, "Isn't LaRocco the guy who was caught poaching with Darner?" So perhaps you can understand why I've finally decided to divulge the truth about the Darner-Naylor buck.

Interesting, Darner and some of his loyalists have done their best to discount the Boone and Crockett Club's ruling. Some of these efforts are almost as unbelievable as this story has been so far.

To be continued
 
AND TO THINK I SPENT HARD EARNED MONEY ON DARNERS BOOK!!!

I BASICALLY CONTIBUTED TO A POACHER!!!

THE ONLY bobcat WONDERING IF THE MM JURY WILL TRY ME FOR BUYING THE BOOK???
 
Ignorance is no excuse bobcat... you probably eat french fries, smoke Cuban cigars, buy gasoline from Venezuela, have asbestos insulation in your house, support the NAACP, voted for Bush, have baby seal seat covers in your car, and want to pass a law allowing oil drilling in the Arctic National Forest.....
I even heard a rumor that you were the one who supplied the drinks for the crew of the Exon Valdez....and probably put BCBOY up to moving to sonora.

Your Roadkill

I think we should have a Bobcat skinning contest...pluck your hairs out one at a time with twezers.:) :)


Nate
 
Bobcatbess......I bought the book too! I think we'll be OK as long as we don't "covet" all those racks!

It's kind of like voting for Bush and then later finding out he's not quite what you were expecting! LOL!

Steve
 
except Bush is gonna cost us alot more than that $20 book.

JB

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
--Benjamin Franklin 1759
 
WELL Nate!!!

YOU'D RIDE A BLACK TORNADO!!!

YOU'D MILK AN OLE BLUE NORTHERN!!!

DO YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE???

NO ARROGANCE AT ALL,JUST THE WAY IT IS!!!

THE ONLY bobcat SEEING ONCE & AGAIN HOW FAKE & PHONY THIS WORLD CAN BE!!!
 
Well I can't cast any stones, I got his "Hunting the Northern Rockies" book. I guess we can just cowboy up and go have a drink and chalk it up to a learning experience. I'll buy the first round and after that you are on your own.

We were all fooled or let ourselfs be fooled to boost our own ego's.


THE ONLY NIGHTHAWK WONDERING HOW LONG WE ARE GOING TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE.

Nate
 
(Bob) "Hi everyone, my name is Bob..."

(crowd) "Hi Bob!"

(Bob) "I'm an antler-holic, and I've got a problem..."

(crowd) "No worries, Bob-- we bought that book too!"
 
BANNOCK!!!

MY NAME IS bobcat!!!

I/WE CONTRIBUTED TO AN UN-ETHICAL PERSON!!!

HELL!!!

YOU COULD WRITE A BOOK!!!

WE COULD ALL WRITE A FAKE/PHONY BOOK FOR THAT MATTER!!!

MY MULEYS AREN'T AS IMPRESSIVE BUT THEY ARE "MINE" & WERE TAKEN LEAGALLY,NEVER MIND,NOBODY THESE DAYS WOULD WANT THAT,BESIDES MINE WOULD BE CONSIDERED MINI-MULEYS WITH TODAYS STANDARDS!!!

THE ONLY bobcat THINKING THERES A FEW OF YOU HAVING A HARD TIME SUCKING IT UP!!!(THE TRUTH!!!)
 
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Media contact: Dan Williams, (505) 476-8004
Public contact: (505) 476-8000
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, FEB. 2, 2006:

GRAND JURY INDICTS GAME PARK OWNERS IN ILLEGAL ELK TRANSPORTATION CASE

GRANTS ? The owners of two private elk hunting parks were indicted Wednesday by a Cibola County Grand Jury on a total of 41 felony and misdemeanor charges in connection with an alleged operation to illegally drug and transport wild elk, and for allegedly receiving stolen bighorn sheep heads.

Kirt L. Darner, 66, and his wife Paula D. Darner, 49, owners of the 40-acre Lobo Canyon Ranch north of Grants, were charged with several felonies, including receiving stolen property, transportation of stolen livestock, and tampering with evidence. They are accused of illegally moving as many as four state-owned elk from the Lobo Canyon Ranch to the Pancho Peaks ranch and game park in southeastern New Mexico in 2002. The Pancho Peaks Ranch is owned by Steve W. Lewis of Artesia.

Lewis, 46, was indicted on two felony counts of conspiracy in connection with his alleged role in acquiring or providing the animal tranquilizer, xylazine hydrochloride and its reversal agent, yohimbine. Zylazine hydrochloride, a state and federally controlled substance, allegedly was used to sedate the large bull elk so they could be moved.

Department of Game and Fish officers who executed a search warrant at the Darner property in February 2005 also discovered a desert bighorn sheep head and a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep head inside a vehicle. Further examination of the heads indicated they allegedly were stolen from a Montrose, Colo. , taxidermy shop in 2000.

?These are serious crimes that we intend to vigorously prosecute,? Cibola County District Attorney Lemuel Martinez said. ?We need to send a strong message that we won't tolerate it when people try to illegally transport, drug and profit from wildlife that is owned by the citizens of New Mexico .?

If convicted, Kirt Darner could face a maximum 33-year jail term on nine felony charges, Paula Darner could face 24 years in jail on six felony charges, and Lewis could face 3 years in jail on two felony charges. The Darners and Lewis are expected to be arraigned in Cibola County District Court sometime in the next few weeks.



Dean Parisian
Chippewa Partners
http://chippewapartners.blogspot.com/
 
Bobcat ---I share your pain.

But--- I like my book too much to part with...it's...my precioussss!
 

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