Unbelievable Poaching Numbers

huntersrwg · May 8, 2012

Looks like the UDWR is having an auction to sell all of the poached animals. The scale of the problem is unbelievable. Think of all of the poachers that don't get caught!

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=203...on-off-poached-antlers-hides&s_cid=featured-1

Longun · May 8, 2012

Now that is real intelligent.....auctioning off poached antlers....hope all the winning bidders have to take a lie detector test after purchasing..

YZF_88 · May 9, 2012

The image of the two rows of racks in the parking lot pretty much says it all. Very disturbing.

Sniper1 · May 9, 2012

Nope no lie detector test. I know a someone that got busted a few years back poaching a buck that went 210 or so. He went down there and bought his head for 115 bucks.

llamapacker · May 9, 2012

The guy already paid his fine/ whatever resulting from the conviction. Maybe the fines should be steeper (but they are already pretty high). The $115 is a small portion of what this guy paid for his "trophy".
Bill

eldorado · May 9, 2012

Anyone convicted of taking wildlife illegally should not be allowed to purchase poached items.
It should be part of their criminal sentencing.

Eldorado

BIGJOHNT · May 9, 2012

On the news it said they where also road kill and lion kills.

Midnight · May 15, 2012

I agree It was quite depressing to see the fallen animals at the auction.

Midnight

bamacpl · Jun 4, 2012

I was out at Antelope Island last year & talked to a DWR officer who had a HUGE dead dear in the back of his truck. He said coyotes/lion killed it & that they would auction off the antlers---

I'm sure there are way more road kills, natural death, animals killed by predators etc...than poaching. You just don't hear about them, when someone poaches a trophy animal it's all over the news.

TOPGUN · Jun 4, 2012

LAST EDITED ON Jun-04-12 AT 06:38AM (MST)[p]bamacpl---That may be the case, but please don't believe that poaching isn't a big problem. From what I've read over the years, most states figure for every violator that gets caught, there are another ten that aren't. That is really depressing!

Roy · Jun 4, 2012

Poaching is a huge problem. But, not all of these animals were poached. There was quite a mix, roadkil, lion/coyote kills, natural causes, depredation kills, etc. Not all from poaching.

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swbuckmaster · Jun 4, 2012

Sure makes you think twice before do what us right and turn in a dead buck you found knowing the division will just take it and auction it off. This should be changed imho.

By the way you wont buy a 210" dead head buck any more for a 150 bucks. They went for close to a grand. Very few dinks went for under 300 bucks.