Anybody post this up yet?

[Flatbrimmer]

Elk Season Is Now Jail Season: Oregon Poacher Hit with Creative Sentence

An Oregon man will spend the next three elk seasons in jail after a judge handed down a creative sentence for what law enforcement officials dubbed a “wildlife crime spree.” Walker Erickson, 28, of Pendleton, pleaded guilty to 22 charges stemming from an 18-month period in which he poached six...

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“All of this conduct, if it had occurred only a year before, before the legislature created these felony level poaching crimes, he would be facing only misdemeanor sentencing,” Hall said.
Wildlife poaching remains a problem in all 50 states, and Oregon is no exception. The state estimates that nearly 5,000 animals were poached in 2022 alone, and the real number is likely higher.”

So glad they got his dirtbag ass

 

[Bill Zent]

He got what was deserved since he was taking animals we honest hunters could have had a chance at harvesting!

 

[HappyCamper]

It’s good to see pouching treated a little More seriously. Other than the brief jail term he really got some gut punches.

 

[FI460]

I've seen it shared around pretty broadly. Glad they're using the new charges. We have a couple of prosecutors across the state that are wildlife crime specific now. It's slow but it feels like progress.

 

[gouch]

A month in jail spread out over three years seems a bit light to me. He will no doubt treat it as a joke with his friends. Doesn't seem like he was ever to worried about elk season anyway. But at least it is a felony conviction so maybe they will catch him with a firearm sometime in the future and the judge can get more creative.