I hate poachers..

[coobie]

I don't know why everybody is taking poaching so personal I mean to some people that can't afford to go and spend $12 for freaking steak or whatever you know and it's not hurting you or anything like that so and the Animals there going to be no shortage of animals so I don't know what the **** everybody is getting so bent out of shape for

Serious?You have no problem with someone shooting at your house at 11:00 pm at night?If you don,t you have some screws loose in your head.Talk all you want I bet you would be pi$$ed to.

 

[JerryK]

Neighbor down the road has to poach to keep his bear dog's fed. It cuts down on his drinking, smoking, and drunk driving / lawyers fees if he has to buy food for them..... Plus, he would not have money to buy vehicles to sit and rust all over his property.... Have a heart...!!!!!

 

[coobie]

Next door neighbor has to poach to keep his bear dog's fed. It cuts down on his drinking, smoking, and drunk driving / lawyers fees if he has to buy food for them..... Plus, he would not have money to buy vehicles to sit and rust all over his property.... Have a heart...!!!!!

Don,t forget his bridge card and social security disability payments because he,s to dang lazy to work.

 

[Shaneard]

Serious?You have no problem with someone shooting at your house at 11:00 pm at night?

I don't want em shooting at my house at 11 in the morning either!

 

[coobie]

I don't want em shooting at my house at 11 in the morning either!

++1 fully agree.

 

[Geosankie]

You need to drink some more cool aid out of your jug.

I used to LOVE poachers. They made me laugh many ,many time as they grovelled, snotted, and bawled as I was hooking them up to take to the District Justice at 2am. The DJ on call was not amused with them though , being called out of a warm bed in the wee hours. It really got funny when the defendants had to call someone to come pick them up ( usually out of state) at the courtroom at 3am to take them home or back to their vehicle ( if we didn't seize it for evidence). Excuse # 27 was " I just need to feed my family" ,on my list of excuses in the note book, while they were driving a new 4wd P/U with a $600 rifle and case of beer on the back seat.
This thread brings back a lot of memories of a 28 year career doing wildlife law enforcement. I could write a book. Thanx for the memories fellas. :thumbsup:

 

[Shaneard]

I used to LOVE poachers. They made me laugh many ,many time as they grovelled, snotted, and bawled as I was hooking them up to take to the District Justice at 2am. The DJ on call was not amused with them though , being called out of a warm bed in the wee hours. It really got funny when the defendants had to call someone to come pick them up ( usually out of state) at the courtroom at 3am to take them home or back to their vehicle ( if we didn't seize it for evidence). Excuse # 27 was " I just need to feed my family" ,on my list of excuses in the note book, while they were driving a new 4wd P/U with a $600 rifle and case of beer on the back seat.
This thread brings back a lot of memories of a 28 year career doing wildlife law enforcement. I could write a book. Thanx for the memories fellas. :thumbsup:

Thank you for your service!

 

[roadhunter]

I used to LOVE poachers. They made me laugh many ,many time as they grovelled, snotted, and bawled as I was hooking them up to take to the District Justice at 2am. The DJ on call was not amused with them though , being called out of a warm bed in the wee hours. It really got funny when the defendants had to call someone to come pick them up ( usually out of state) at the courtroom at 3am to take them home or back to their vehicle ( if we didn't seize it for evidence). Excuse # 27 was " I just need to feed my family" ,on my list of excuses in the note book, while they were driving a new 4wd P/U with a $600 rifle and case of beer on the back seat.
This thread brings back a lot of memories of a 28 year career doing wildlife law enforcement. I could write a book. Thanx for the memories fellas. :thumbsup:

Oh you aren't' getting off that easy. We want some stories. Poaching stories are just so darn entertaining. Any funny stories of landowners fighting back?

 

[JerryK]

Don,t forget his bridge card and social security disability payments because he,s to dang lazy to work.

He was even ' disabled ' so he could use a cross bow even back when they were not used by the general public..... Been caught poaching several times and he just plays with the DNR now. " You can't prove nothing "

 

[Geosankie]

Got a call one night from a landowner about someone just shot and went down to the edge of their swamp trying to drag out a deer. It took me 15 minutes to "suit up" and get to their farm. Farmer and son had one culprit cornered against the barbed wire fence and the 2nd defendant took off on foot into the swamp. #1 bad ***** told me he was sooooo glad I got there as the farmers looked like they starred in "Deliverance" and he was really afraid for his well being. The 2nd "swamp runner" kept on going, through the swamp and thornapple grove without any light and we couldn't catch up with him. However, since a search of the vehicle not only turned up the rifle and light but a nice baggie of grass, ugh "weed", the #1 was more than willing to provide the name of #2 ( and the car was also registered to #2 the "swamp runner" ). State Police came on over and took the vegetative matter and the vehicle was impounded by the police ( we got the deer ). The next day, "swamper runner" and his daddy ( both from out of state ) appeared at State Police barracks and did some dancing. Don't know what the police got out of it but we got $1400 and the farmers had some very fresh venison. Gosh, I miss it.:cool2: