Here was another recent illegal guiding/poaching case out of Shoshone county. Guys like this probably have a pretty drastic effect on the moose and elk populations. Hard to imagine how many other illegal animal kills they were involved in. Minimal punishment.
Poachers sentenced at Law Day
WALLACE – The first Shoshone County Law Day of July had District Judge Scott Wayman addressing the criminal cases of roughly 30 individuals this week.shoshonenewspress.com
I also had the same reaction when I read this. I lived in St Maries for a couple of years in the eighties. Twenty-three years of "investigating" complaints? More like twenty-three years of ignoring them. I won't be singing the praises of local law enforcement if it took them that long to shut him down. Hauling a poached goat across state lines undoubtedly got the feds involved and they lit a fire under local LE that couldn't be ignored any longer.
They keep New Mexicans from getting disappeared by the locals.
Damn straight. It is not worth trying to explain to NRs how big this is in GMUs 5 & 6. Half the hunters have tribal rights and the rest have 5'x8' Gasden flags mounted on their F350 trucks.
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Yes I did JLS but what does that mean investigator ? How many officers does he have in his department , what is their training level . You do not understand what I was saying , here in Maryland I have worked with the DNR to catch poachers and here is the problem ; the DNR are state police but get treated as second class law enforcement ! I have often heard them referred to as the fishy police by their LEO peers ! Yes they do a great job but they are spread thin and are under trained in investigation ! Unlike state police that come into a crime scene and turn it over to CSI officers many times they do all the investigating and follow up on their own. I have listened to these guys , I have watched the states attorney roll her eyes like this case was beneath her ! This is the very reason a guy goes on breaking the law for twenty plus years because the investigation of these crimes is archaic and not up to real law enforcement ability.
People will find this hyperbolic. If you know, you know. The 5 northernmost counties are so unique, it's almost unfathomable. The Three S's existed up there, long before wolves and bears made their respective comebacks.
