I hate poachers..
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jerrybob
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I hate poachers as well....they are scum and criminals. A couple years ago.......had a poacher kill a nice little buck on our property. He shot from his truck....from the road.....within the city limits and between two houses. He was out of his truck on my property when I confronted him. Told him to get the **** off. He wouldn't give me his name so I took his license number from his truck. Local police and game warden responded. The guy lives in the next town.....they brought him back......took his rifle and I ID'd him. Months later the guy was fined and spent 30 days in jail. Not long enough as far as I am concerned. I see the guy in town once in awhile.......he's doesn't make eye contact. The buck he shot was only wounded......the game warden had to put him down......meat was given to local food bank.
Declare all your and surrounding properties to be a National Wildlife Refuge. They might be too stupid to realize otherwise, and may not even be able to read, in which case there are even better methods available.
turnkey4099
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Here in Eastern Wa two game wardens were setting up a stuffed deer to arreast spotlighters. They had to dive for cover as the stuffed deer sstarted taking hits before the set up was complete.
We farmed on a mountain ridge above Orofino, Id back in the 50s. One night we saw a car coming down the narrow road running a spot light. Neighbor had already lost a cow to a spotligher. We waited until they passed out drive then when up and waited for them to come back, road deadended a mile past us. When they came back they were faced with Dad and us two teenagers holding rifles. "Freindly discussion" dthat involved taking names and an amicalbe agreement was reached that "No Sir! You will NEVER see us back here again".
We farmed on a mountain ridge above Orofino, Id back in the 50s. One night we saw a car coming down the narrow road running a spot light. Neighbor had already lost a cow to a spotligher. We waited until they passed out drive then when up and waited for them to come back, road deadended a mile past us. When they came back they were faced with Dad and us two teenagers holding rifles. "Freindly discussion" dthat involved taking names and an amicalbe agreement was reached that "No Sir! You will NEVER see us back here again".
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It is possible that they were hunting coyotes rather than deer? Is it legal to use a spotlight on coyotes? I would still imagine that it is illegal to shoot anything from a public road. Shooting from a public road is a big no no in IL.
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You cannot legally hunt coyote out of a car/truck here in Michigan.Plus when I shined my flashlight at there truck they took of like a bat out of H-ll.That to me proves your up to no good.I want to add to my post I am not a anti-hunter.I hunt deer,turkeys,rabbits and coyote myself.I follow the hunting laws and DONOT trespass on other folks property.It pi$$es me off when slob hunters/poachers give us other hunters a bad name.
buickanddeere
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Local Amish can spotlight all they want . MNR conservation officers and opp won't say a peep to them.
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Very true- running away when "caught" is a pretty good sign they shouldn't have been shooting.
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How do they do that from there horse & buggy?Not trying to be a smart arse just curious?
TheMan419
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Even if they were hunting something that was in season (or legal all year) they were still hunting from a public road onto property that was not their property. So no, there is no real way this turns out to be "good".
Not to mention firing in the direction of an occupied dwelling.
Dude is like the OP did not return fire rather than just shine his flash light.