January 26, 2016
From Reformer.com
ROCKINGHAM – On Jan. 19, Christopher Brough Sr., 45, of Rockingham, appeared in Windham Superior Court and pleaded guilty to taking big game by illegal means, taking deer in closed season and giving false information to a police officer.
On Dec. 7, 2015, Vermont State Game Warden David Taddei noticed a deer hanging from Brough’s front porch. As he inspected the deer for compliance with Fish and Wildlife regulations, Taddei noticed that a wound on the deer was inconsistent with an arrow wound and believed that the deer was shot with a bullet. Brough did not have a muzzle-loader tag for an antler-less deer. A necropsy was performed on the deer and it was determined that the deer was shot with a bullet.
Wardens were able to obtain confessions that on Dec. 5 the deer was shot by Brough with a muzzleloader from inside his vehicle. Wardens also discovered that the deer was shot before legal shooting hours and that Brough’s son used a flashlight to illuminate the deer from inside the vehicle.
Brough pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to six to seven days in jail. He will lose his right to hunt, fish and trap in Vermont for three years and he will also need to take a remedial hunter ethics course in order to regain these rights.