The Dumbest Poacher of 2019

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

The Dumbest Poacher of 2019

Earlier this month, Dugan Traversie entered a plea deal with prosecutors for his role in a poaching case that dates back to last fall. Traversie was ordered to pay $9,000 in restitution to Timber Lake Elk Ranch, one-year probation, and one year without hunting. Since the judgement by the U.S...

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[Lyfter1013]

Wow that has got to be one of the dumbest people to ever commit a crime. Just wow.....

 

[kwyeewyk]

Every once in a while FB is good for something, a little more attention than he bargain for!

 

[Nick87]

What an idiot. Not to find of the jackwagon who paid 20k to hunt the deer on the ranch either.

 

[LuketheDog]

I have to disagree with Pat Durkin's line "deer make people stupid." I think it should be "deer make stupid people stupid-er..."

 

[Woodrow F Call]

Wow. Just wow.

 

[Laelkhunter]

Was he going to do a Euro mount? He certainly didn't take enough of the cape for a shoulder mount, but I guess he was in a hurry.

 

[Scrappy]

This is livestock murder, not poaching.

 

[NoWiser]

I’m with Scrappy. That wasn’t poaching, it was theft of livestock. Doesn’t make the guy any smarter, but it doesn’t bother me as much, either.

 

[Deleted member 22670]

So the cost to shoot a trophy deer legally is $20k, the fine to poach a trophy deer is $9k....