WyoDoug
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This kinda publicity makes me wanna avoid that town like the plague. I always wanted to visit Cody and some of the historical sites near there but incidents like this make me want to avoid the town.
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Yer right but same comment holds. Makes me not want to visit the town. All these small towns in Wyoming have huge historical value.I think it was in Daniel, not Cody.
Drive over to Daniel’s and pull up a barstool then. Probably won’t be to long and he will show upThat's taking stupid to places it's never been.
Whoever was taking the pictures, should have attempted a field goal.
“If we don’t do anything else, we at least need to pump up fines for that kind of behavior, or take a look at hunting privileges,” Schuler said. “$250? That doesn’t deter anybody from being dumb. But if you put it up to $5,000, $10,000? That’s a better deterrent.”
Both legislators worry, however, about going too far based on one incident.
“The actions of a single person not behaving well are sometimes not cause for legislation,” Newsome said.
I agree, can't go crazy with statute or regulation.Didn't want to view the article for sake of seeing that smug fug posing with the wolf again. However, the article shows some reasonable thought by WY legislature:
I understand both points of the topic they face.
Is it knee jerk legislative action based on a single public incident or an attempt to reduce future incidents?
To me - You can not fix stupid. "Stupid is as stupid does" a wise actor once said. Poachers who are stripped of their license... Sure, that's a win... not though still necessary. HOWEVER, for sake of offsetting the expense and make a public statement, IMO, I believe it would be most prudent to bump up to the $5-10k range - not that those $ figures aren't typically mitigated, though $250 is crap to cover all the expense for a single incident.
Plus 200 hours community service at Humane Society veterinary.I agree, can't go crazy with statute or regulation.
Even if a large fine was mitigated to something less than max, that's not easily done defending yourself. Usually takes an attorney that doesn't volunteer their time.
So, I also agree the way forward is to increase the fine and mandatory loss of hunting privileges
Happens on hunting forums all the time. There’s a broad spectrum of people reading, but often the calculus is that it’s not worth being that guy.That's the trouble with people not calling out bullchit behavior.
Think I said something similar earlier in the thread. Nobody wants to rock the boat when what it needs is to be capsized.
I nominate @BuzzH to go whoop his ass!!! Someone please record it. Just get him to hit you first buzzWhen is it worth it to get your ass kicked by an entire half drunk family in a small town bar? This circumstance is one where it would be worth it. I really can't believe nobody spoke up and ended the situation, it went on for hours it said for cripes sake. The resident who is speaking up said were not all Cody roberts in this town, well as an outsider looking in it would be hard to think much more of the town as a whole the more we learn of this story. Unbelievable!