As I said previously, the original post was more of a verification formed as a question. It didn't say any name specifically it was just asking if anyone had heard a rumor about "the guy who runs this site" getting caught hunting out of season. It did not mention a state, a species or any details. I also received a text message about it and I haven't been able to trace it back to the original sender. I don't know if Stinkystomper started it, but he did choose to post the question here in the NM forum.
Why? I don't have a clue.
You will have to ask him, but I think that is how Founder and Browtine came to believe that the rumored incident happened in New Mexico. There is a thread in the Utah Forum that talks about there being an elk killed out of season in 2010 entitled ""Dunton Elk Shot After Season Ended 2010". Here is the link:
http://www.monstermuleys.info/dcforum/DCForumID30/1378.html
In that thread, the rumormonger claims to have inside information about an "honest mistake" that occurred on the "Dunton" [sic] in 2010 in which a guide and his client killed a bull the day after the season ended becuase neither the guide nor the client understood that the hunt had acutally ended the day before until they were notified by the outfitter after the bull was down. At that point, the guide (who the rumormonger also accuses of being the one who actually pulled the trigger for the client) walked out on the client, leaving him to fend for himself. Throughout the thread it is insinuated both by the rumormonger and others that Founder was somehow involved.
As for the allegations in the rumor? Well as I said before, it is either a shocking truth or just a rumor. Looks like Founder and Browtine have confirmed that it is just that, a rumor and that the alleged incident has already been processed in the courts and is a matter of public record. I guess if we really want to take the time to find out the real truth, we can look it up for ourselves.
At least that is what I have been able to surmise and piece together about this whole mess going back and forth between this thread, the "Dunton" [sic] thread mentioned above, the text messages I received, and Facebook. Put two and two together - consider the sources and the allegations and figure it out for yourself.
We live in a world over-saturated by salacious media coverage of scandals and other shocking events. Everybody wants to be in on the ground floor - the first one to make the announcement, like they are proud of the fact that they know something you don't, or that they knew it first. It guess is gets you popularity brownie points or something. Anyway the point is that rumors are just that - rumors. They seem harmless at first, but they do damage that cannot often be easily repaired. I am glad Founder is sticking up for himself and hope that we can all just relax a little and not be so worried about everybody else's problems. Don't we have enough of our own?
HOOK 'EM!