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Tom Stienstra posted this little tidbit in his 12-7 article.
"Landmark duck bust: Duck hunting success has been very poor this year in the Sacramento Valley and Bay Area's Suisun Marsh, but Fish and Game wardens reported that Peter Ciraulo of Gilroy was convicted of taking 253 ducks and 58 geese. The limits are 14 ducks and eight geese. "Not since the market poaching of the early 1900s have we seen waterfowl poaching of this scope," said Nancy Foley, Fish and Game's patrol chief. Now here's the ugly part: He was sentenced to only two years probation, fined $7,105, required to serve 100 hours of community service in waterfowl conservation, and was barred from hunting for, get this, only one year. That's right: No jail time."
Hard to imagin; That's 311 birds! pretty good shoot for 7k and didn't have to fly to South America for a week to do it. x(
Joey
"Landmark duck bust: Duck hunting success has been very poor this year in the Sacramento Valley and Bay Area's Suisun Marsh, but Fish and Game wardens reported that Peter Ciraulo of Gilroy was convicted of taking 253 ducks and 58 geese. The limits are 14 ducks and eight geese. "Not since the market poaching of the early 1900s have we seen waterfowl poaching of this scope," said Nancy Foley, Fish and Game's patrol chief. Now here's the ugly part: He was sentenced to only two years probation, fined $7,105, required to serve 100 hours of community service in waterfowl conservation, and was barred from hunting for, get this, only one year. That's right: No jail time."
Hard to imagin; That's 311 birds! pretty good shoot for 7k and didn't have to fly to South America for a week to do it. x(
Joey