Misdemeanor charges filed against former FWP director, MOGA lobbyist, legislators

[Elky Welky]

Former FWP director, GOP lobbyists charged in Big Horn County hunting case

Former FWP director Dustin Temple and conservative lobbyists Scott Boulanger and Jason Priest have been cited for misdemeanor hunting violations in Big Horn County.

billingsgazette.com

 

[Irrelevant]

Ya don't say...

 

[rogerthat]

Everyone always wants to jump on these guys but per my reading just looks like an unclear situation with another typical jerk landowner. I guess they could have maybe violated the if you don’t know don’t go creed. I’m kind of getting sick of jerk landowners in this state but I’m not real astute on tribal hunting rules so maybe I’m way off here.

 

[Gerald Martin]

If I were betting a nickel I’d bet against a conviction in this case.

 

[mtmuley]

Boulanger used to be an outfitter and I believe he ran a guide school also. Won' take your bet @Gerald Martin. mtmuley

 

[Hunting Wife]

Are laws pertaining to public/private roads different in the Rez? I honestly have no clue.

 

[Rack Daniels]

I have a couple of tribal friends that enjoy hunting and would take me on the rez TO HUNT and get me proper licensing, let alone a semi-private road…. This is exactly the treatment I’m worried about…

 

[El Jason]

Hunting access issues down there are bad, given the tribal land and deeded inholdings. That said, something doesn’t smell right.

 

[Forkyfinder]

A recent fwp director is "hunting buddies" with the moga lobbyist .

I hope they are held to the same legal standards as anyone else. I have my doubts.

 

[Forkyfinder]

If I were betting a nickel I’d bet against a conviction in this case.

"FWP investigators later confirmed the road is on private property with no public easement."

"Region 5 warden Sgt. Connor Langel phoned the Big Horn County Sheriff to assess the status of South Fork Coulee Road. The sheriff talked to the Big Horn County road superintendent, who said it was not public and there was no easement for public access."

I would take that bet - but as you know.... MOGA has the connection$ - so i cant waste my money.

Seems like this is the place:

45.42307, -107.87476

Looks like a road that i wouldnt mess with if posted.

 

[Bighorner]

Spot burner...

 

[MTLabrador]

Bird hunting on the Crow reservation is sketchy at best, which is why I’ve never messed with it. I might buy a tribal license for bears if they offered one and their local government wasn’t a dumpster fire. As it is now, that’s pretty much the only hunting there is on the reservation, except for tribal members sneaking across the line into Wyoming or onto private land for big bulls.

 

[Hem]

Maybe Jersey Greg will put in a kind word for a bird of similar feathers.