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PINEDALE - On October 27th, 1999, Zacherre Murray, 21, of Alpine pled guilty to knowingly taking an antlered moose without a license in the court of Judge Frank J. Zebre. Murray was sentenced to serve a 90 day jail term, pay a $730 fine plus another $2,500 restitution for the moose, $95 reimbursement for a public defendant and $20 court costs. Murray also had his hunting and fishing privileges revoked for six years.
Murray illegally shot the bull moose on October 16, 1999, while hunting elk along Stewart Creek south of Alpine. Murray initially told his hunting partners and a nearby landowner that he had watched the moose get shot twice and wounded by another hunter. He claimed that after watching the wounded moose for a while, he decided to put it out of its misery.
Suspicious of the story, the landowner told Murray to report it to the Game and Fish Department immediately or he would, When initially questioned, Murray gave a similar story to local Game and Fish Warden, Duane Hyde. After further questioning and investigation, Murray admitted to firing all three times at the bull moose, killing it on the third shot. It was also found that Murray was illegally hunting elk without a license.
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GREYBULL HUNTERS CONVICTED OF ELK OVERLIMIT
Dennie Hammer (307) 527-7125
Greybull- On February 3, five Greybull area residents plead guilty before Park County Judge John Housel for their involvement in a hunting incident that involved the killing of five cow and one calf elk.
According to Greybull game warden, Bill Robertson, the violation occurred on January 16, 2000 in elk hunt area 61 west of Meeteetsee. Robertson said the hunters were planning to take an overlimit if the opportunity presented itself. And it did.
"During their hunt, Jason House and Cody Cannady split up to hunt a piece of timber. One hunter went high and one went low. House killed four elk on his license, while Cannady killed two on his," said Robertson. Wyoming law allows only one animal to be taken per license.
Statements made by the hunters indicated that they were attempting to fill the licenses of Donette Martin and Toyna Gordon, as well as their own. Martin possessed one license and Gordon possessed two. Both women illegally transferred their licenses to the hunters.
In the fray to fill five licenses, six elk were shot. "This is a classic case of party hunting," said Robertson. Party hunting is the illegal activity of killing an animal to fill another person's license. Although legal in some states, party hunting is illegal in Wyoming.
Transferring a license to another hunter is also illegal in Wyoming. The women transferred their licenses to House and Cannady by giving them their carcass coupons to tag the elk. The coupons accompanied the hunters to the field; the women did not.
Robertson said that a third man, James Noling was pulled into the situation when House and Cannady searched for a third person to tag one of the illegal elk. Noling also assisted in retrieving the elk.
Game wardens Jerry Longobardi and Tom Desomber assisted in the investigation. Longobardi had contacted the hunters on their way to retrieve the downed game. "Three men going in to retrieve six elk seemed a little suspicious," said Longobardi.
Further investigation revealed that the elk were shot late in the day on January 16, field dressed and then left in the field. The hunters did not return until January 22 to retrieve their game, a full five days after they were killed.
According to Wyoming law, it is illegal to leave game in the field for more than 48 hours if the carcass is reasonably accessible. Fortunately, the weather remained cold enough to keep the meat from spoiling.
House pled guilty to taking an overlimit of 3 elk. He was fined $1160 and must pay an additional $1800 in restitution to the State of Wyoming. His hunting and fishing privileges were revoked for two years. In addition, he was given written warnings for accepting a transferred license and for failure to retrieve a game animal from the field within 48 hours.
Cody Cannady pled guilty to taking one elk overlimit. He was fined $400 and must pay an additional $600 in restitution. His hunting and fishing privileges were revoked for one year. He too, was given written warnings for accepting a transferred license and for failure to retrieve a game animal from the field within 48 hours.
Donette Martin pled guilty to the transfer of a license and was fined $400. Tonya Gordon also pled guilty to the transfer of a license. Judge Housel suspended her fine of $400 and sentenced Gordon to 24 hours of community service. James Noling pled guilty to aide in an overlimit of elk and was fined $100.
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A North Carolina man has forfeited $1400 for his involvement in four big game violations.
Charles J. Hagaman of Lenoir, North Carolina admitted to taking an overlimit of deer and the waste and abandonment of three deer during this past falls hunting season.
The overlimit violation occurred on November 2, 1999 near Burlington according to Worland game warden Matt Lentsch.
The investigation began when a concerned citizen reported finding the carcasses of three deer in a ravine near Dorsey Creek. All three carcasses were found whole, with only their heads removed.
" I noticed that one of the deer had a leg injury very similar to a deer I had checked earlier in the week at a ranch near Burlington," said Lentsch. He then photographed the tire tracks and obtained meat and blood samples from the carcasses. A bullet was also recovered.
Lentsch was able to locate the truck he suspected had been used to dump the carcasses. Lentsch and warden Bart Morris served a search warrant on a Burlington area residence. During their search, enough physical evidence was obtained to clearly link Hagaman's hunting party to the violations.
Further investigative efforts by Lentsch revealed that Hagaman had also taken an overlimit of deer. Hagaman had killed a 4x4 buck mule deer on the morning of Nov. 2. Later that evening he killed a large 5x5 buck whitetail deer. Hagaman used a 16-year-old resident's youth license to tag his overlimit. Transferring a license from one hunter to another is illegal in Wyoming.
Hagaman admitted killing two deer as well as taking the carcasses out to the ravine and dumping them. When questioned about the waste of the game meat, Hagaman stated that the hunters did not have room in a freezer trailer for all of the meat and their luggage. Three of the other hunters in the party thought the meat was given away.
In pleading guilty by forfeiting his right to a trial, Hagaman was fined $400.00 for his one deer overlimit violation, $600.00 for three counts of waste or abandonment of big game, and $400.00 for illegal transfer of a hunting license.
"This case is another good example of citizen participation in wildlife law enforcement," said Lentsch.
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PINEDALE -- With antlered deer season over for three weeks, a fresh-looking buck?s head in a pick-up truck Nov. 24 in Farson caught the attention of a concerned citizen. That observation resulted in a Pinedale woman receiving penalties for what's known as Wyoming?s ?winter range statute.?
In Sublette County Court Dec. 16, Linda K. Strock, 42, pleaded guilty to knowingly taking an antlered mule deer without a license. Strock was fined $5,000 with $4,000 suspended, and ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution to the state of Wyoming and $20 court costs. Judge John Crow also revoked her hunting privileges for five years and banned her from any hunting activity for one year.
In a written statement, Strock confessed to shooting the 5-by-7 mule deer about 2:30 p.m., Nov. 24 on her way home from work in a hay meadow along the Green River Road near Pinedale. The deer was field-dressed, hung up and the head was removed before Strock and a friend headed for Lander.
When Strock stopped at a Farson store around 5 p.m., the concerned individual noticed the head with a 24-inch antler spread and reported it on Wyoming?s ?STOP POACHING? line.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol stopped Strock at the intersection of Wyoming Highway 28 and U.S. Highway 287, 8 miles south of Lander until Game Warden Bob Trebelcock arrived.
Strock initially told Trebelcock she killed the buck for the meat a few weeks earlier and the head had recently thawed. However, after further questioning, Strock confessed she shot the buck that day and said, ?I wanted those horns.?
Here's just a few stories from this website!!!
Where idiots enter and STAY!!!
PINEDALE - On October 27th, 1999, Zacherre Murray, 21, of Alpine pled guilty to knowingly taking an antlered moose without a license in the court of Judge Frank J. Zebre. Murray was sentenced to serve a 90 day jail term, pay a $730 fine plus another $2,500 restitution for the moose, $95 reimbursement for a public defendant and $20 court costs. Murray also had his hunting and fishing privileges revoked for six years.
Murray illegally shot the bull moose on October 16, 1999, while hunting elk along Stewart Creek south of Alpine. Murray initially told his hunting partners and a nearby landowner that he had watched the moose get shot twice and wounded by another hunter. He claimed that after watching the wounded moose for a while, he decided to put it out of its misery.
Suspicious of the story, the landowner told Murray to report it to the Game and Fish Department immediately or he would, When initially questioned, Murray gave a similar story to local Game and Fish Warden, Duane Hyde. After further questioning and investigation, Murray admitted to firing all three times at the bull moose, killing it on the third shot. It was also found that Murray was illegally hunting elk without a license.
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GREYBULL HUNTERS CONVICTED OF ELK OVERLIMIT
Dennie Hammer (307) 527-7125
Greybull- On February 3, five Greybull area residents plead guilty before Park County Judge John Housel for their involvement in a hunting incident that involved the killing of five cow and one calf elk.
According to Greybull game warden, Bill Robertson, the violation occurred on January 16, 2000 in elk hunt area 61 west of Meeteetsee. Robertson said the hunters were planning to take an overlimit if the opportunity presented itself. And it did.
"During their hunt, Jason House and Cody Cannady split up to hunt a piece of timber. One hunter went high and one went low. House killed four elk on his license, while Cannady killed two on his," said Robertson. Wyoming law allows only one animal to be taken per license.
Statements made by the hunters indicated that they were attempting to fill the licenses of Donette Martin and Toyna Gordon, as well as their own. Martin possessed one license and Gordon possessed two. Both women illegally transferred their licenses to the hunters.
In the fray to fill five licenses, six elk were shot. "This is a classic case of party hunting," said Robertson. Party hunting is the illegal activity of killing an animal to fill another person's license. Although legal in some states, party hunting is illegal in Wyoming.
Transferring a license to another hunter is also illegal in Wyoming. The women transferred their licenses to House and Cannady by giving them their carcass coupons to tag the elk. The coupons accompanied the hunters to the field; the women did not.
Robertson said that a third man, James Noling was pulled into the situation when House and Cannady searched for a third person to tag one of the illegal elk. Noling also assisted in retrieving the elk.
Game wardens Jerry Longobardi and Tom Desomber assisted in the investigation. Longobardi had contacted the hunters on their way to retrieve the downed game. "Three men going in to retrieve six elk seemed a little suspicious," said Longobardi.
Further investigation revealed that the elk were shot late in the day on January 16, field dressed and then left in the field. The hunters did not return until January 22 to retrieve their game, a full five days after they were killed.
According to Wyoming law, it is illegal to leave game in the field for more than 48 hours if the carcass is reasonably accessible. Fortunately, the weather remained cold enough to keep the meat from spoiling.
House pled guilty to taking an overlimit of 3 elk. He was fined $1160 and must pay an additional $1800 in restitution to the State of Wyoming. His hunting and fishing privileges were revoked for two years. In addition, he was given written warnings for accepting a transferred license and for failure to retrieve a game animal from the field within 48 hours.
Cody Cannady pled guilty to taking one elk overlimit. He was fined $400 and must pay an additional $600 in restitution. His hunting and fishing privileges were revoked for one year. He too, was given written warnings for accepting a transferred license and for failure to retrieve a game animal from the field within 48 hours.
Donette Martin pled guilty to the transfer of a license and was fined $400. Tonya Gordon also pled guilty to the transfer of a license. Judge Housel suspended her fine of $400 and sentenced Gordon to 24 hours of community service. James Noling pled guilty to aide in an overlimit of elk and was fined $100.
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A North Carolina man has forfeited $1400 for his involvement in four big game violations.
Charles J. Hagaman of Lenoir, North Carolina admitted to taking an overlimit of deer and the waste and abandonment of three deer during this past falls hunting season.
The overlimit violation occurred on November 2, 1999 near Burlington according to Worland game warden Matt Lentsch.
The investigation began when a concerned citizen reported finding the carcasses of three deer in a ravine near Dorsey Creek. All three carcasses were found whole, with only their heads removed.
" I noticed that one of the deer had a leg injury very similar to a deer I had checked earlier in the week at a ranch near Burlington," said Lentsch. He then photographed the tire tracks and obtained meat and blood samples from the carcasses. A bullet was also recovered.
Lentsch was able to locate the truck he suspected had been used to dump the carcasses. Lentsch and warden Bart Morris served a search warrant on a Burlington area residence. During their search, enough physical evidence was obtained to clearly link Hagaman's hunting party to the violations.
Further investigative efforts by Lentsch revealed that Hagaman had also taken an overlimit of deer. Hagaman had killed a 4x4 buck mule deer on the morning of Nov. 2. Later that evening he killed a large 5x5 buck whitetail deer. Hagaman used a 16-year-old resident's youth license to tag his overlimit. Transferring a license from one hunter to another is illegal in Wyoming.
Hagaman admitted killing two deer as well as taking the carcasses out to the ravine and dumping them. When questioned about the waste of the game meat, Hagaman stated that the hunters did not have room in a freezer trailer for all of the meat and their luggage. Three of the other hunters in the party thought the meat was given away.
In pleading guilty by forfeiting his right to a trial, Hagaman was fined $400.00 for his one deer overlimit violation, $600.00 for three counts of waste or abandonment of big game, and $400.00 for illegal transfer of a hunting license.
"This case is another good example of citizen participation in wildlife law enforcement," said Lentsch.
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PINEDALE -- With antlered deer season over for three weeks, a fresh-looking buck?s head in a pick-up truck Nov. 24 in Farson caught the attention of a concerned citizen. That observation resulted in a Pinedale woman receiving penalties for what's known as Wyoming?s ?winter range statute.?
In Sublette County Court Dec. 16, Linda K. Strock, 42, pleaded guilty to knowingly taking an antlered mule deer without a license. Strock was fined $5,000 with $4,000 suspended, and ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution to the state of Wyoming and $20 court costs. Judge John Crow also revoked her hunting privileges for five years and banned her from any hunting activity for one year.
In a written statement, Strock confessed to shooting the 5-by-7 mule deer about 2:30 p.m., Nov. 24 on her way home from work in a hay meadow along the Green River Road near Pinedale. The deer was field-dressed, hung up and the head was removed before Strock and a friend headed for Lander.
When Strock stopped at a Farson store around 5 p.m., the concerned individual noticed the head with a 24-inch antler spread and reported it on Wyoming?s ?STOP POACHING? line.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol stopped Strock at the intersection of Wyoming Highway 28 and U.S. Highway 287, 8 miles south of Lander until Game Warden Bob Trebelcock arrived.
Strock initially told Trebelcock she killed the buck for the meat a few weeks earlier and the head had recently thawed. However, after further questioning, Strock confessed she shot the buck that day and said, ?I wanted those horns.?
