another 'harsh' fine for poacher.

[dutch]

why even plead not guilty when there are only $500 of fines? sickening

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) - A Sapello man accused of illegally killing a deer in October in the Guadalupe Mountains has entered guilty pleas in the case.

Thirty-three-year-old Daniel Spurlin has pleaded guilty in magistrate court in Carlsbad to unlawful killing of a doe and unlawful possession of a doe.

Spurlin been fined $400 and has been ordered to pay $114 in court fees.

Spurlin and 29-year-old Anthony Salazar of Sapello were accused of hunting during a restricted muzzleloader deer hunt.

Authorities say a doe carcass was wrapped in a tarp and hidden near the two men?s campsite.

Salazar has pleaded not guilty to unlawful possession of a deer. A court hearing on his case is set next month.



(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 

[jvgunner]

yea go figure!! they should loose there license for 10 years pay a fat fine like $10,000.00 or something and loose there trigger finger, or possible make them take out that ##### that sent fanmail to huntinco.

 

[MrClyde]

No Kiddin!! I got fined more for not putting on chains than that poacher!!! What a crockofpoop!!

Clyde

 

[dutch]

here's another good one, what the hell is wrong with New Mexico?

"Three men charged with a string of armed robberies in the Santa Fe area were sentenced on Monday but none of them will get anytime behind bars ? at least not right away.

The stickups targeted pedestrians in Santa Fe last February and March. In each case, the robbers demanded cash, credit cards and cell phones.

Mario Becker and James Doty were each given a 27-year prison sentence and Ricardo Davila was sentenced to nine years, but District Judge Tim Garcia suspended the sentences.

Garcia told one of the men that he was giving him a chance to turn around his life.

If any of the three violates the terms of his probation or gets into any new trouble, Garcia can impose the full sentence and send the offender to prison."

 

[cabinfever]

I turned in a guy in Utah that had poached a trophy deer and put his wifes tag on it. He wasn't wearing any hunter orange at the time and had a blatant disreguard for the law. Four witnesses, and all the guy got was a slap on the wrist and a small fine, and get this, his wife got to keep the deer.Still scratching my head on that one!