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$53K fine levied for the 278" Texas buck
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Originally posted by mudkat View PostI'm going to start off by say yes the guy did wrong and poached this deer , but there are some circumstances here that is not like he cut somebodys high fence went in and shot this deer ,it was on land he had permission to hunt and the other track of land is owned by people from Sweden that have probably never even seen the land ,as far as I can tell he hit the buck the first time legally on his lease.
And a buck that size can make a man go insane,and be completely obsessed and consumed.
YES he went to far and did wrong but to have the man lose his career and pay 53000 in fines for a deer is out of line to me,10000 fine and lose the deer should be enough
It wasn't a lease. He had permission to hunt in somebody's backyard. That back yard backed up to about 100 acres of uninhabited land. His stand was on that uninhabited land, not in the back yard where he had permission. That stand was found by the person that the landowner appointed to take care of the place. Notes were left on that stand telling him to remove them in years prior. Those notes were ignored.
Even if you leave out the fact that he shot it at night, every shot he took was still illegal.
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Originally posted by switchbackxt View PostAnd this guy probably gets to ride around with it to show it off.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texa...arges-kept-job
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Originally posted by Texastaxi View PostWell said, Curt.
The article that I read was a little confusing because at first it made it sound like the game warden was calling him a habitual poacher, when it wasn't that at all. I'm not defending him, but there is no proof that he's done anything else wrong, and if you assume that, you're probably one that starts that type of rumor.
I still think he's a good guy that made a bad decision, and now he's paying for it.
It's a shame that there's a guy that's written a book about his poaching exploits, and is making money off of it without even a slap on the hand.
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Originally posted by stinkbelly View PostI guess the deer will get 2 years to grow bigger before he comes back. I didn't see anywhere where he can't run feeders and game cameras for the next two years. He will need to be on the proper land next time.
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Originally posted by Smart View PostI wonder if w hile he is working in a fellow hunter's house.....if he gets....
"Do I know you from somewhere?...you look familiar?... Man I swear I have seen or met your somewhere. Were you on TV?"
"Hey hey! you are that 278 dude!!"
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