>Gunnie, the deer tag may have
>been on the CMU. They
>may have bought the CMU
>tags in the disabled guys
>name so they could hunt
>the extended season.
>
>Gator, do you really think that
>the right response to this
>poaching is to steal the
>guys legally taken "heads, sheds
>etc" if we did, how
>would we be better people
>than the poachers themselves who
>stole our game?
>
>Someone brought up the best point
>when they pointed out the
>hodgepodge nature of some of
>the laws that were enforced
>here: namely that the disabled
>guys ability to have an
>able bodied person fill his
>tag by proxy is allowed
>in some states as is
>party hunting.Filling a tag by
>proxy is even allowed here
>in Utah for a disabled
>guy R657-12.So why are we
>being told it was a
>crime for one of these
>guys to shoot the disabled
>guys deer?The Big Game guide
>book says good to go.Did
>the guy just not have
>his permission slip on his
>person or what? I have
>found that a good test
>of whether a law is
>a good one or just
>an intrusion on a sportsmans
>rights is if is universal
>to all states or jurisdictions;
>as is the shooting of
>the second Elk; dirtbags to
>be sure.
>
>I would also encourage those who
>judge to judge the UDWR
>contribution to the wrongdoing. The
>DWR may have even caused
>the crime to happen.By having
>a a hunters with disabilities
>rule in the first place
>or BY fraud. The DWR
>here in Utah regularly defrauds
>hunters: by knowingly misrepresenting the
>severity of crimes.In the same
>Utah Big Game guide book
>it describes party hunting as
>a class B misdemeanor. Again,
>why then was it enforced
>as a Felony? Call me
>old fashioned, I like the
>rules enforced as they are
>printed. Seems to me like
>there is more wrongdoing here
>by the DWR than by
>the poachers themselves.Who is going
>to get those dirtbags?
My point was they know exactly how they received the permit but for unknown reasons it was omitted from the article. I was curious if the DWR didn't want the general public to know how the tags were obtained or if it didn't get printed for some other reason. CMU or landowner tags (money tags) and all these "special seasonal tags/rules" do enable hunters to break the law. But the opportunity provided by the UDWR does not "cause" a person to violate the law. That is a personal choice each individual makes on his own. They somehow justified it in their head that it was ok to participate in this behavior. Maybe it was vanity or for commercial reasons but social media plays a big part in the demise of many trophy animals.
The classifications on the crime is what makes each crime different, depending on the intent of the violators. It is really no different than a speeding citation. The faster you go the more sanctions you will suffer. It all depends on how fast and how many times you get caught. Should a first time DUI offender get treated the same as another person who was arrested 15 times for DUI cause the laws says it is only a class B. Does Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Remington, Browning, Ruger get charged for fraud because some tard made a bad decision while using their product. Wildlife is a product of the entertainment the DWR sells.
These individuals made a choice. Even if the laws were different these particular people still would have taken the animals by unlawful means. I don't think it is wise to deflect or blame others for an individual choice made by some. It is the exact same argument Obama makes against gun makers.