Game warden checks?

[benelli-banger]

I know of a guy, now deceased, who was a SD landowner that hosted pay hunters and was involved in lots of illegal stuff, including trapping and killing birds of prey. 2 wardens embedded with a group of his hunters for a few years in a row, hunted 2-3 times over successive years. The guy was busted, the judge sentenced him to jail for the first 20 days of the season for 3 years…don’t know the guy, he farmed 15-20 miles away from my area, but he’s the uncle of one of my farmer pals. Good penalty!

 

[Goosemaster]

The problem is no poachers go jail. The worst serial poachers just get a big fine like $20,000 and lose their license in that state for life. Jail time you need to be killing people not animals. Montana has around 100 game wardens to cover 147,000 square miles. Definitely need a lot more. It is a very tough job, and not a lot of pay.

That is exactly right.Good comment.More wardens, better pay.