WI: Illegal hunting bust leads to several charges
December 17, 2012 From WSAU.com MERRILL, WI (WSAU) – 26-year-old Dustin Carl Elsholtz was caught bow hunting after dark. Along with illegal hunting, Elsholtz admitted driving to that location on a revoked driver’s license. A…
LA: State agents cite 7 deer hunters for violations in St. Mary
December 22, 2012 From AmiteToday.com AVOCA ISLAND–Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited seven men for deer hunting violations on Avoca Island in St. Mary Parish on Dec. 8. Agents cited the…
NV: Northern NV trapper convicted in bighorn’s death
December 12, 2012 From Fox5Vegas.comdate Nevada wildlife officials said a man, who has been a repeat trapping violator, was convicted for the trapping deaths of two animals, one of which included a bighorn sheep. According…
ME: Turner man pleads guilty to illegal hunting, drug trafficking
December 12, 2012 From BangorDailyNews.com Everett T. Leonard enters a guilty plea on numerous charges including deer poaching and night hunting in Androscoggin County Superior Court Tuesday morning. AUBURN, Maine — Everett T. Leonard of…
CT: Middlebury Man Arrested for Illegal Trapping
December 10, 2012 From Woodbury-Middlebury.Patch.com The arrest is the result of a complaint received by EnCon Police, that two beavers and a blue heron were found dead at Hop Brook. Trail cameras at Hop Brook…
SD: Failure to check muskrat traps costs Columbia man $3,786
December 8, 2012 From Articles.AberdeenNedws.com A Columbia man who faced more than 70 counts of failing to properly check muskrat traps has admitted to six misdemeanor violations. State law requires trappers to check their traps…
OH: Night hunters charged by ODNR
December 6, 2012 From MountVernonNews.com MOUNT VERNON — Two Butler area men have been charged with several violations from a hunting incident on Nov. 13, near Nunda. Michael Lyon, 47, was charged with hunting wild…
VT: Family dog shot and killed by hunter in Vermont
December 29, 2012 From Examiner.com A hunter’s assumption that a family’s dog was a coyote has left that dog dead from a gunshot wound in Jericho, Vt. According to Saturday’s Burlington Press, Richard T. Blondin…
CA: California Man Loses Leg After Shooting Self During Bear Attack
December 28, 2012 By Gayne C. Young, OutdoorLife.com An unidentified California hunter lost his leg Saturday. The man was bear hunting with friends when the group treed a black bear. When someone shot at the…