Poached mulie costs $74K

[fmnjr]

North Dakota Poacher Caught in New Mexico

 

[shootbrownelk]

Good deal, I hope he loses hunting/fishing privileges as well. Not that he'll comply. That fine will take awhile to pay off.

 

[hank4elk]

One good news story.

 

[Archelk]

Yep thats here in my home state!! They are cracking down hard! Shout out to NMDGF.

 

[bts09]

Someone on a different thread mentioned it was nice to see the State recovering the cost of the investigation, and I completely agree. The value of the animal should only be the starting point for the fine...

 

[fachries]

Nice

 

[fmnjr]

Someone on a different thread mentioned it was nice to see the State recovering the cost of the investigation, and I completely agree. The value of the animal should only be the starting point for the fine...

Right? The article mentions they monitored game cameras focused on the headless carcass for 4 months. Granted, monitoring means reviewing recorded content from the cameras, but they still spent a lot of time on it.

 

[Archelk]

 

[kentuckybow]

I am surprised a judge in NM would give that stiff a fine. they usually are pretty soft on criminals.

 

[pre6422hornet]

My partner was one of the officers working on this case... GREAT JOB!!

 

[WyoDoug]

About time. Poachers need stiff penalties that include a significant fine at the minimum.

 

[VAspeedgoat]

Nice to see an actual deterrent to poaching. Taking hunting privileges away is like telling a car theif they're not allowed to steel cars anymore.

 

[LuketheDog]

My partner was one of the officers working on this case... GREAT JOB!!

Tell him THANK YOU from the hunting community!