IN: Hunter charged with taking wild turkey
June 24, 2013 From JournalGazette.net A Roanoke man faces a misdemeanor charge for shooting a wild turkey out of season. A resident reported hearing a gunshot about 8:40 a.m. Sunday and then seeing the man…
ID: Twin Falls Man Convicted of Possessing Illegally Taken Pronghorn
June 20, 2013 By Alison Gene Smith, MagicValley.com TWIN FALLS, Idaho After three days of testimony from Fish and Game officers, veterinarians and hunters, a jury found a Twin Falls man guilty of possessing an…
NC: TV hunting show host fined $1,500
May 15, 2013 By Chad Simmons, TheSmokyMountainTimes.com Brian Quaca – host of the “Pig Man” TV hunting series on the Sportsman Channel – on Tuesday admitted to failing to obtain a permit to film a…
CO: Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger demoted, not fired, for poaching
May 15, 2013 By Ryan Parker, DenverPost.com A Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger was fined and demoted, but not terminated, for using artificial light while poaching a trophy mule deer after legal hunting hours last…
MO: Five Year Missouri Poaching Case Against 46 Ends Tuesday, April 25
14 May 2013 By Candice Davis, InfoZine.com Cape Girardeau, MO – infoZine – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently wrapped up a major special investigation involving…
MD: Bear Poaching Charges Lead To Hunting Suspension
May 15, 2013 From Baltimore.CBSLocal.com CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — A western Maryland man has had his hunting privileges suspended for two years to resolve charges that he shot two black bears out of season. The…
AK: Wasilla hunting guide indicted over alleged swapping of Dall sheep horns
May 14, 2013 From ADN.com Anchorage Chad A. Reel of Wasilla-based Reel Alaska Trophy Hunts has been indicted by an Anchorage grand jury. Reel is accused of felonies for falsifying a business record, tampering with…
IA: Two Pennsylvania Residents Plead Guilty to Hunting Violations in Taylor County
May 2, 2013 From NCNewsPress.com BEDFORD, Iowa — After a more than two-year long investigation, two Pennsylvania residents who were part owners of Whitetail Fantasies, a hunting guide business, have pleaded guilty to illegal deer…
SD: South Dakota Men Accused Of Multiple Hunting Violations
May 1, 2013 From Keloland.com TIMBER LAKE, SD – According to court papers 39-year-old Douglas Kraft of Timber Lake and 32-year-old John Tschetter of Yale organized, led and encouraged a group of hunters to break…
NV: White Pine County man fined $4,000, 3 years’ probation for illegal elk killing
May 2, 2013 From TheRepublic.com ELY, Nevada — Judge Gary Fairman sentenced Joseph Holiday, 35, last week to up to three years’ probation and ordered him to pay $4,000 in fines. He also suspended his…