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No picture of this deer yet, but I hear it was a real monster. Saddened and angered by the greed of this guy, and also by the relentless roads and well pads literally destroying much of the remaining deer habitat in western Colorado right now. This buck would never have been seen, let alone poached, if it weren't for a 6-mile road into virgin country all for the sake of a single drill pad on the side of a cliff....
DOW CHARGES GAS WORKER IN THANKSGIVING DAY POACHING CASE
A 36 year old natural gas worker has been charged with illegally killing a trophy buck deer north of Parachute on Thanksgiving Day. Colorado Division of Wildlife officers arrested Joseph L. Chapman of Provo, Utah as part of an ongoing enforcement effort to reduce poaching incidents in the expanding gas fields of western Colorado.
On Wednesday, Dec. 6, Chapman was arrested and transported to the Garfield County Jail on the following charges:
CRS 33-6-117(1)(a) Willful destruction of wildlife. Class 5 Felony. 1-3 years in prison and $1,000-$100,000 fine, if convicted. Hunting and fishing license suspension of one year to lifetime in Colorado and 23 other states.
CRS 33-6-120 Hunting out of season. Misdemeanor. $592 fine. 15 license suspension points.
CRS 33-6-109(1) Illegal possession of wildlife. Misdemeanor. $700
fine. 15 pts.
CRS 33-6-109(3.4)(a) "Samson Surcharge". $10,000 fine.
CRS 33-6-114 Transportation and exportation of wildlife. $50 fine. 5 pts.
Officers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources assisted with the investigation.
It remains to be seen how many of these charges and penalties get plea-bargained away by the prosecutor. What do you guys think?
DOW CHARGES GAS WORKER IN THANKSGIVING DAY POACHING CASE
A 36 year old natural gas worker has been charged with illegally killing a trophy buck deer north of Parachute on Thanksgiving Day. Colorado Division of Wildlife officers arrested Joseph L. Chapman of Provo, Utah as part of an ongoing enforcement effort to reduce poaching incidents in the expanding gas fields of western Colorado.
On Wednesday, Dec. 6, Chapman was arrested and transported to the Garfield County Jail on the following charges:
CRS 33-6-117(1)(a) Willful destruction of wildlife. Class 5 Felony. 1-3 years in prison and $1,000-$100,000 fine, if convicted. Hunting and fishing license suspension of one year to lifetime in Colorado and 23 other states.
CRS 33-6-120 Hunting out of season. Misdemeanor. $592 fine. 15 license suspension points.
CRS 33-6-109(1) Illegal possession of wildlife. Misdemeanor. $700
fine. 15 pts.
CRS 33-6-109(3.4)(a) "Samson Surcharge". $10,000 fine.
CRS 33-6-114 Transportation and exportation of wildlife. $50 fine. 5 pts.
Officers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources assisted with the investigation.
It remains to be seen how many of these charges and penalties get plea-bargained away by the prosecutor. What do you guys think?