We'll never know berryblaster. Apparently the authorities got the answer and didn't think it changed anything.
Huntindad4,
When someone breaks into your house and takes your shotgun and the courts and law enforcement don't prosecute them it's not called a "loophole". Its called a warrant. I would suggest not confronting them.
Some of us do know.
Price wasn't the first office they called. I learned that when I CALLED cedar city, which WAS WLH local office. Seems WLH didn't get the answer he wanted in Cedar.(Mostly because WLH is famous for this stunt).
So they called Price, and talked to a fisheries biologist.
Unlike Tri. I actually talked to the biologist.
They weren't prosecuted, NOT because the attorney didn't see wrong doing(I asked), but because the court cost against the WALDRIPS would have cost too much. Nebo County doesn't have a huge budget. The Waldrips do.
Now. That's the end of my actual knowledge.
The rumor or theory I got from a DWR official, was that the WALDRIPS spend a ton in Utah, plus the black eye of the gov tag being charged poaching would have put a dent in the deep pockets that use Utah as their playground.
I can't prove that, but it's pretty logical.
We all read the rulebook. It is very specific that WRITTEN RULE overruled spoken. We also all know it wasn't WLH first gov tag. We know they promote themselves as the best sheep outfitters in the state. We also know that WLH would have zero problem talking to DWR director. Last. They called. They were aware of the law, that's proven by tgem calling in the first place.
So TRI. They weren't charged because OF PR.
The knucklehead comment was 100% Wade.
He did another interview where he backed off it.