Felony over a 161" deer???

Lhedrick1 · Mar 10, 2023

That's like getting a DUI for having 1 beer......

Muley Freak Erik Van Woerkom Faces Felony Charges for Possession of Trophy Mule Deer

Erik Van Woerkom of Muley Freak has received felony charges for possession of a trophy mule deer from the state of Idaho.

www.bowhunting.com

yotebuster17 · Mar 10, 2023

Ooof. You came to the wrong place.

antlerradar · Mar 10, 2023

More like getting the felony charge on DUI number four.

travishunter3006 · Mar 10, 2023

Lhedrick1 said:
That's like getting a DUI for having 1 beer......

Muley Freak Erik Van Woerkom Faces Felony Charges for Possession of Trophy Mule Deer

Erik Van Woerkom of Muley Freak has received felony charges for possession of a trophy mule deer from the state of Idaho.

www.bowhunting.com

Terrible example and false equivalency. (I hope Founder doesn't think I'm being too rude)

elkassassin · Mar 10, 2023

He Faces A Felony Charge!

But He Hasn't Been Charged On The PISSCUTTER Yet Has He?

LIK2HNT · Mar 10, 2023

Anyone who poached for social media fame and glory should have their sentence tripled.

Iddogguy · Mar 10, 2023

Something doesn’t add up to me, I believe there’s more to the story that’s not public knowledge. Trespassing while hunting in Idaho is a mandatory loss of license for one year but not to exceed three years.

If the guy had a valid license & deer tags I don’t see the felony charges for poaching an animal he had a tag for? Again, might be more to the story that’s not public knowledge at this point??

If what he did was true. I hope he receives the maximum sentence for his crime. I know from past experiences that [some] people south of Idaho, feel trespassing laws don’t apply to them. They have a bogus list of excuses, hoping you won’t go through with prosecuting them.

Honest mistakes can be made. But if this guys guilty of all the trespassing charges he’s been alleged to have committed in the past. I hope they throw the book at him!

Lhedrick1 · Mar 10, 2023

I think some of you missed my point......

I'm not saying he shouldn't get a felony.

I'm saying why would you risk a felony on a 161" pisscutter????? If your gonna go big make it be a 200" deer

hawkbill · Mar 10, 2023

The felony comes from shooting a trophy animal, which comes from the Sampson Law, which derived from a Trophy Bull Elk poached in Colorado.

Iddogguy · Mar 10, 2023

hawkbill said:
The felony comes from shooting a trophy animal, which comes from the Sampson Law, which derived from a Trophy Bull Elk poached in Colorado.

If he had proper tag & license he never poached an animal. He trespassed to shoot an animal he had a tag for.

travishunter3006 · Mar 10, 2023

Lhedrick1 said:
I think some of you missed my point......

I'm not saying he shouldn't get a felony.

I'm saying why would you risk a felony on a 161" pisscutter????? If your gonna go big make it be a 200" deer

I am one who missed your point. I agree with your amended statement. Lol

dgfavor · Mar 10, 2023

I saw a pic of the buck on day this went down, granted it was laying sideways over an ATV but sure looked much bigger than 161" to me and others.

I had F&G call me couple years ago to see if I'd be willing to press charges on a guy they had caught shooting "trophy buck" on my place. I had just spent ~35 days hunting a "lifetime" draw tag for a trophy buck and ate my tag seeing only one 180sh buck so I was pretty griped and hell yah I'll press charges! When I saw pics of the buck it looked like about a 150" 2-3yo 4pt that I'm sure I'd seen a gazillion times. At the time I kind of scoffed at the trophy buck description not realizing it was an actual legal descriptor/modifier for the charges. Apparently after shooting buck at my place the fellar shot a couple more deer in a neighboring unit and his family turned him in.