Idaho Sheep conviction

[44hunter45]

Not just a ram stolen from future potential tag holders, but a colossal waste of the IDFG's funding. I doubt the fines cover the cost of the investigation.

One too many bighorns leads to more than $11,000 in penalties

idfg.idaho.gov

 

[COEngineer]

Yea, $11k is nowhere near enough for planned and willful poaching of a trophy ram. Just disgusting. I hope they have to move to another country from the public shaming that will surely follow.

 

[ccc23454]

Idaho seems to always be easiest on these kinds of things but atleast fine was that high, i would of expected 5k.

 

[TheTone]

The fact the first ram still hasn’t been brought forward is crazy to me. They obviously know what happened to it

as for fines, judges and prosecutors often dont take wildlife crime very serious even when given a slam dunk case. Additionally there was proposed legislation in Idaho a few years ago that would have raised the reimbursement value of wildlife. It died mainly due to some politics at that time with word it would come back during the next legislative session and yet it still never has. There was some amazing testimony about it, including one legislator saying if they raised fines their constitutes wouldn’t be able to afford to pay them.

 

[44hunter45]

The fact the first ram still hasn’t been brought forward is crazy to me. They obviously know what happened to it

as for fines, judges and prosecutors often dont take wildlife crime very serious even when given a slam dunk case. Additionally there was proposed legislation in Idaho a few years ago that would have raised the reimbursement value of wildlife. It died mainly due to some politics at that time with word it would come back during the next legislative session and yet it still never has. There was some amazing testimony about it, including one legislator saying if they raised fines their constitutes wouldn’t be able to afford to pay them.

I've seen this. I provided cell phone video evidence in case a couple of years ago. The video showed the faces and vehicle plates of someone loading an illegal buck into their truck.
They were convicted, but got a slap on the wrist.

 

[mdeerjunkie]

Pathetic.

 

[3855WIN]

She must be good lookin or own a bunch of land. She’s ten years older.

 

[44hunter45]

She must be good lookin or own a bunch of land. She’s ten years older.

Mrs45 is 11 years older than me and she don't own a bunch of land....

 

[SaskHunter]

That's a relatively cheap ram hunt.

Good job on the CO's, sadly, they don't chose the penalty.

 

[Jape]

11k and 7 years does seem light, and the plea in abeyance is worthless. Efforts to have and keep bighorns in that area cost much more than that. I think he should pay for two new rams. Someone smarter than me probably knows what the replacement cost is. The wife should have also been convicted as an accessory and lost privileges. Do we really think she will go hunting by herself while a poacher sits at home under his unsupervised suspension?