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Don't know it this has been posted or not. Got this from another site. I think it is easy to say wyoming has all the other states beat.
POACHER TO PAY $30,030, LOSE HUNTING AND TRAPPING PRIVILEGE FOR 10 YEARS
CASPER ? Casper resident Timothy J. Alme was ordered to pay $30,030 and has lost his privilege to hunt or be in the field with anyone hunting for the next 10 years after poaching two mule deer near Lusk.
On Nov. 23, 2008, Game Warden Shawn Blajszczak received a phone call from Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Andy Jackson concerning a possible poaching case. Trooper Jackson and fellow officer Karl Southam were investigating a traffic accident involving a guard rail and a pickup truck on Highway 89 near Alpine. They discovered that the bed of the pickup truck, a white 2008 Dodge, had a lot of blood and deer hair in it. The truck was left abandoned along the highway, and a check of the license plate revealed it was registered to Timothy J. Alme of Casper.
A consented search of Alme?s residence revealed deer meat in the freezer, several sets of deer antlers and pronghorn horns in the garage and a number of deer and pronghorn carcasses in a draw on the property. Four of the deer carcasses ? three mule deer and a white-tailed deer ? were fresh kills and had the skull caps and antlers removed. Blajszczak determined two of the mule deer appeared to have been killed within the past week, while the other mule deer and the white-tailed deer were killed a few weeks earlier. Blajszczak and game warden Aaron Kerr collected the four carcasses and antlers that matched them as evidence. They also collected other biological evidence from the property. While executing a search warrant in Jackson, game wardens collected additional evidence from the 2008 Dodge pickup. All evidence was sent to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Laboratory for DNA analysis and genotyping.
During an interview with Alme and his attorney, Alme confessed to poaching two mule deer along Highway 270 in Niobrara County on Nov. 14, 2008. There was no open season for mule deer in this area during that time and Alme had no license for either of the animals he shot. Alme said he was alone at the time and confessed to shooting the deer from the cab of his 2008 Dodge while stopped along the highway.
Alme said he loaded the deer into his truck and later field dressed them at home. He said he then butchered the animals and put the meat in the freezer in his garage. Alme said all the other carcasses found in the draw on his property were legally taken and explained each kill to the wardens. Various other interviews were conducted, and other evidence was also collected. During the investigation Blajszczak learned that one of the buck mule deer and the whitetail deer were legally harvested.
Alme was charged with the illegal killing of antlered big game animals without a license and during a closed season. He was also charged with shooting a big game animal from a vehicle and for hunting, shooting and killing wildlife from a highway. Alme was also issued numerous warnings for various wildlife violations as part of the plea agreement.
In Niobrara County Court he was sentenced to two years suspended jail time, $22,000 in fines, $8,000 in restitution and $30 in court costs. He also forfeited the .270 caliber Winchester rifle, which he used to poach the two mule deer. In addition, Alme lost all trapping and hunting privileges for 10 years and cannot accompany any individual on any hunting venture during that time. The Game and Fish Department thanks Niobrara County Court and County Attorney Ed Buchanan for their assistance with the case.
"blaming guns for violence is like blaming spoons for Rosie O'donnell being fat."
POACHER TO PAY $30,030, LOSE HUNTING AND TRAPPING PRIVILEGE FOR 10 YEARS
CASPER ? Casper resident Timothy J. Alme was ordered to pay $30,030 and has lost his privilege to hunt or be in the field with anyone hunting for the next 10 years after poaching two mule deer near Lusk.
On Nov. 23, 2008, Game Warden Shawn Blajszczak received a phone call from Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Andy Jackson concerning a possible poaching case. Trooper Jackson and fellow officer Karl Southam were investigating a traffic accident involving a guard rail and a pickup truck on Highway 89 near Alpine. They discovered that the bed of the pickup truck, a white 2008 Dodge, had a lot of blood and deer hair in it. The truck was left abandoned along the highway, and a check of the license plate revealed it was registered to Timothy J. Alme of Casper.
A consented search of Alme?s residence revealed deer meat in the freezer, several sets of deer antlers and pronghorn horns in the garage and a number of deer and pronghorn carcasses in a draw on the property. Four of the deer carcasses ? three mule deer and a white-tailed deer ? were fresh kills and had the skull caps and antlers removed. Blajszczak determined two of the mule deer appeared to have been killed within the past week, while the other mule deer and the white-tailed deer were killed a few weeks earlier. Blajszczak and game warden Aaron Kerr collected the four carcasses and antlers that matched them as evidence. They also collected other biological evidence from the property. While executing a search warrant in Jackson, game wardens collected additional evidence from the 2008 Dodge pickup. All evidence was sent to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Laboratory for DNA analysis and genotyping.
During an interview with Alme and his attorney, Alme confessed to poaching two mule deer along Highway 270 in Niobrara County on Nov. 14, 2008. There was no open season for mule deer in this area during that time and Alme had no license for either of the animals he shot. Alme said he was alone at the time and confessed to shooting the deer from the cab of his 2008 Dodge while stopped along the highway.
Alme said he loaded the deer into his truck and later field dressed them at home. He said he then butchered the animals and put the meat in the freezer in his garage. Alme said all the other carcasses found in the draw on his property were legally taken and explained each kill to the wardens. Various other interviews were conducted, and other evidence was also collected. During the investigation Blajszczak learned that one of the buck mule deer and the whitetail deer were legally harvested.
Alme was charged with the illegal killing of antlered big game animals without a license and during a closed season. He was also charged with shooting a big game animal from a vehicle and for hunting, shooting and killing wildlife from a highway. Alme was also issued numerous warnings for various wildlife violations as part of the plea agreement.
In Niobrara County Court he was sentenced to two years suspended jail time, $22,000 in fines, $8,000 in restitution and $30 in court costs. He also forfeited the .270 caliber Winchester rifle, which he used to poach the two mule deer. In addition, Alme lost all trapping and hunting privileges for 10 years and cannot accompany any individual on any hunting venture during that time. The Game and Fish Department thanks Niobrara County Court and County Attorney Ed Buchanan for their assistance with the case.
"blaming guns for violence is like blaming spoons for Rosie O'donnell being fat."
