Colorado gives a Hillary card.

[MTGomer]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...773ff6-489e-11e6-8dac-0c6e4accc5b1_story.html

If poaching is a $200 offense and being an accomplice is an $86 offense, why bother with the whole thing? What a joke.
There are certainly two standards for justice in many facets of our life.

If anything, the penalty for someone who works for a game agency should be tripled.

 

[eltigraska]

Not a defense of anybody involved here but you do also have to factor in the $5,000 donation to the RMEF. I do agree $86 for the accomplices is pretty pathetic. The Colorado "Samson Law" dictates an automatic $10,000 fine for the illegal hunting of a trophy animal (defined as 6+ points for elk) but I have heard of at least one other case where a plea deal was used to reduce the fine (if memory serves, to the $5k range as well).

 

[noharleyyet]

Apropos thread title...like

 

[hank4elk]

NM has the $10k rule too,but it has only been used once that I know of.
I do not understand why no one seems to get full fine or lifetime loss of license for these offenses.
But then again this is NM.....

 

[eltigraska]

My guess for the fine is they'll spend more than the $5k (or whatever the reduction ends up being) in legal fees to prosecute and procure the full $10k, so its worth it financially to plea down.

 

[noharleyyet]

Variant on the old saying...'money & influence talks and money & influence walks.'

 

[MTGomer]

I'm on mobile, so I can't post a screenshot, or at least I don't know how. But if anybody wants a good laugh, visit the "Big Game forever "Facebook page.
Words that start with 'C' are confusing.

 

[Schaaf]

Hahaha, can't make this stuff up. Third time's the charm.

 

[MTGomer]

Charge your phone.

 

[jryoung]

LOL, at the rate they were going I'm surprised spell check didn't correct to condoms.

 

[Pagosa]

Unbelievable, people are desperate to make a name for themselves. I wonder if it was on the EnCana property north of Parachute? They should lose their jobs and face tougher fines.