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NE: Hunter Fined For Killing Snow Geese

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September 30, 2012

From WOWT.com

Connor Marcoe pleaded guilty to unlawfully hunting migratory birds the night of March 6, 2011. Otoe County Sheriff’s Department deputies found 86 dead snow geese.

Marcoe testified that he shot and collected nine of the birds. He was fined $250, plus damages of $50 per bird.

Nyle Bartling, ran when deputies arrived, leaving the dead birds in the lake. He was sentenced to probation, fined $2,000 and ordered not to hunt for two years.