Help catch these losers!

No need to call them losers. There may be no laws broken at all. But I hope the game wardens do get to the bottom of it.
 
Must have been more than one shooter and or large magazines.
I felt lucky to shoot one and had to hide in a blind and wait as stalking them with no cover was hard.
 
Don't bite Tri can only hunt western big game with a guide. He'll have to locate a map to find ID.
 
Several western states, I am unsure of Idaho, have very specific depredation laws on the books that allow private citizens to shoot game animals in mass. Most hunters AND many game wardens don't know about these laws. They are not discussed much in the public because they leave a very big gray area open for misinterpretation and abuse. Things like this have happened before and after investigating no charges filed.

Like I said before hopefully the game wardens get to the bottom of it and if laws were broken then hopefully justice prevails.
 
Now that we have RE ESTABLISHED that Tri is an idiot, PLEASE DONT RESPOND to Tri's insane stupidity.

WTF are people thinking? I hope that they are punished to the maximum. This just plain sucks!
 
LAST EDITED ON Mar-01-17 AT 04:09PM (MST)[p]Did one of our forum members from Texas just flatulate? I thought I just heard something from down south?

-Hawkeye-
 
Certian laws allowing mass killing LMFAO..


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Laugh all you want fellas. Its real. Again I know it is some states. I know one of them is New Mexico. There are very specific rules about what can be done with the carcasses and what can not be done. I know similar laws exist within Texas. In fact the laws here in Texas specifically state you can utilize NOTHING from the carcass. In fact in some cases these laws specifically override EVEN PROTECTED SPECIES that can't ever be hunted legally.

Many of these states enacted these laws to offset their fiscal liability when YOUR game damages private business or property. Also many of them were written well before many of these states had actual fish and game departments. This is the part of the NACM your conservation orgs and DWR don't like to talk about. Its the dirty side of the state owning the game.

Again if these people don't fall under the umbrella of these protections then let them be charged and convicted. But like many cases you can't tell any of the facts from that article so lets sit back and let the professionals sort it out before we start commenting on who is a loser or how badly you want them to go to prison.
 
He's actually correct, and it has happened in Utah in the last few years. One case stands out down near Enterprise, involving a land owner not friendly with the DWR. He called and requested that the DWR come remove deer that were eating his hay. The DWR did not respond within the required time frame, so he shot 50+ deer. No charges were filed because he was within his legal right. Not cool, but still legal.

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Tristate is not entirely wrong.

California does, or at least used to have such a law. I saw it first hand back in the 1960's. One rancher killed about 20 blacktails on his ranch and buried them with a dozer. He would arrest you if he caught you hunting on his property too.

North Carolina too, I guess.

See question #4.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5908252/
 
Can't believe it, but for once Tri is right and I gotta go with him on this one! Sit back and let the law go to work.
 
But, if the conservation officer is looking for help, don't you think that a rancher or landowner would have notified the authorities 1st? You would think if they are looking for help, they would have known it wasn't a land owner.
 
Robiland,

The other two cases I have seen this come to the public eye the game wardens didn't know about these laws. Like I said the state game departments don't discuss these laws very much because they open a big can of worms that they hope will stay unknown.

Most of your ranchers AND ALMOST EVERY FARMER I HAVE EVER MET know these laws and they don't talk about them because they don't want the negative press. Better to keep things like this out of the public eye.

Again this may not be the case here and Idaho may not even have laws like this on the books so this could be a really callous poacher but lets just sit back and let the good guys do their jobs and sort it all out.


One last question does Idaho have land owner tags?
 
What tri is saying does not apply to this case.

They were shot miles from private property. All killed on public land.

So, yes, LOSERS.
 
Tri, no, Idaho does not offer land owner tags.
Landowners can sell access to their property, but the tags have to come through the normal process.
This area, I have hunted antelope there several times, gives out about 30 Pronghorn tags, it is about 5% odds of drawing.
 
and...read the article. The FG does not want us "sitting back and see what happens" they are asking for tips and information that may lead to the arrest of poachers.
So, do not sit back, if you know something call them.
 
Actually Idaho does give out landowner tags through their LAP program. They can give them to anyone they choose but they cannot sell them. So you pay them a "trespass fee" and you can purchase them for $$$$! You also don't have to sit out a year like you would if you drew a tag in the controlled hunts draw. That's how the same old people hunt the best units year after year. If they made these tags good only for the land that is supposedly supporting these animals most license holders wouldn't have a problem with LAP tags. As it is its just a joke and a slap in the face when they call it what it isn't.
 
LAST EDITED ON Mar-03-17 AT 06:01AM (MST)[p]Bowhunt,

Some of these states include leases paid to government for public land under these laws.

How do you know where they were killed?

Last do YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SHOOTER? Oh you don't. Then sit back and let the pros do their job and quit trying to muddy up the jury pool.
 
The "pros" are asking for the public's help and assistance. So I think it is a good thing that sportsmen are sharing this article on forums and talking about this horrible poaching incident. If this was a "legal mass slaughter of antelope on private property" as suggested by Tristate then I doubt the fish and game would be asking for leads and offering a reward. Tristate has never found a poacher that he would not defend and or a LEO that he would support.

-Hawkeye-
 
It is just amazing what people will do.
I am hoping someone has some information. I would bet the reward will get larger, and eventually someone will be caught.
Get the word out!
 

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