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[BigHornRam]

Hunter hit with fines, suspensions for poaching bighorn sheep

A Montana resident has been fined more than $5,000 for illegally killing a bighorn sheep and leaving the meat to waste.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[BAKPAKR]

If not for the license suspension, that would be a pretty cheap bighorn.

 

[LuketheDog]

Hunter hit with fines, suspensions for poaching bighorn sheep

A Montana resident has been fined more than $5,000 for illegally killing a bighorn sheep and leaving the meat to waste.

sports.yahoo.com

"Horine later told FWP wardens that he mistook the sheep for an elk."

...plausible explanation for sure

 

[MarvB]

Yeah because a bighorn looks A LOT like an elk

 

[Straight Arrow]

Yeah because a bighorn looks A LOT like an elk

... and at a thousand yards, no wind, with a tricked out super scoped rifle, it's a chip shot for that kind of a$$hat. We have no idea how many of the "elk" he wounded before he killed and abandoned this "elk"!

 

[ccc23454]

$5k fine? They probably spent more prosecuting and investigating this crime, ridiculous!

 

[Labman]

I assume this is a pic of the ram. Not sure why it didn’t qualify for the $30k fine.

Deer Lodge man pleads guilty to illegally killing bighorn sheep

A Deer Lodge man pleaded guilty to illegally killing a bighorn sheep in the Highland Mountains, late November. Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks charged 45-year-old Harold Horine, after he shot a bighorn ram on Nov. 22, without a license and failed to report the kill. The meat was left to waste...

www.google.com

 

[mtnrunner260]

Who would pay 5k and take 2 years off big game hunting for a Montana sheep tag?

 

[BigHornRam]

20 years in Deer Lodge with @Greenhorn 's big friend for a cell mate would be a good punishment IMO.

 

[Carnage2011]

This was done on a piece of block management that enrolled this year for the first time. Anyone want to take a guess as to how the landowner feels about that option now?

This guy never even walked up to the sheep. He walked out, shot it, turned around and walked to his truck. He knew exactly what he was doing.

 

[dirtclod Az.]

"Horine later told FWP wardens that he mistook the sheep for an elk."

...plausible explanation for sure

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As Sherman T. Potter would put it. -MASH

 

[BigHornRam]

This was done on a piece of block management that enrolled this year for the first time. Anyone want to take a guess as to how the landowner feels about that option now?

This guy never even walked up to the sheep. He walked out, shot it, turned around and walked to his truck. He knew exactly what he was doing.

It says he was charged with unlawful possession of a game animal. What's the story there? Went back to retrieve the head? Sad to hear this was a new block management property. That really sucks.

 

[mtmuley]

... and at a thousand yards, no wind, with a tricked out super scoped rifle, it's a chip shot for that kind of a$$hat. We have no idea how many of the "elk" he wounded before he killed and abandoned this "elk"!

I didn't see that info in the link. Did I just miss it? mtmuley

 

[fishing4sanity]

$5k and a two year suspension just don't seem to fit the severity of the crime to me. Curious, how many "spike elk" have you guys seen with antlers that curl like that?

 

[geewhiz]

So I can either pay $30k+ and go to alaska or bc to shoot a ram legally, or I can take a chance at a $5k fine and just blast one here... hmmmm

 

[tjones]

My guess is he was coming back in a few days and picking it up as a dead head.

 

[thebestusernamesaretaken]

If not for the license suspension, that would be a pretty cheap bighorn.

agree

 

[Mica Man]

I'm sure he was just trying to keep up with the Boddington's.

 

[EKYHunter]

Obviously the statement about mistaken identity is a lie. He knew exactly what he was doing. And the story credited the photo to someone else so I’m sure that’s not the sheep he shot. Fine should 50K or 500K. Nothing like a burned hand to teach you not to play with fire. We’ve got a district judge here’s who’s a hunter. You come in front of him on a game violation and you’re had. Crap like this really pisses me off and these stupid writers call them “hunters.” They’re not hunters, they’re thieving POS violators.

 

[Jbaldwin40]

Obviously the statement about mistaken identity is a lie. He knew exactly what he was doing. And the story credited the photo to someone else so I’m sure that’s not the sheep he shot. Fine should 50K or 500K. Nothing like a burned hand to teach you not to play with fire. We’ve got a district judge here’s who’s a hunter. You come in front of him on a game violation and you’re had. Crap like this really pisses me off and these stupid writers call them “hunters.” They’re not hunters, they’re thieving POS violators.

And two year license suspension is not enough. He lied, and if it was the truth, anyone who " mistakes" a sheep for an elk should have their hunting privileges taken away forever. He should not he allowed to hunt (Poach) again.