Good but not great
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From: deerslayer
25-Apr-17
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Interesting article - Poacher busted in Nevada. It's good they caught the guy, but suspended sentences are a joke.
I couldn't agree more with the statement at the end of the article: "as far as sportsmen are concerned (poaching one) is blatant theft,”
Thoughts?
From: donnybowhunter
29-Apr-17
poaching is theft.
From: Bowboy
29-Apr-17
This young man should be going to prison and band for life from hunting. The courts are definitely way to easy going on punishing these type of people IMO.
From: Glunt@work
29-Apr-17
$20,000 and a felony conviction? Sounds like a big enough penalty to me. If he would have punched his wife it would be a misdemeanor and $1000 max fine.
From: oldgoat
29-Apr-17
Yeah I agree with glunt, felony conviction is the real deal! Plus tax payers don't have to feed and house him and he can hopefully maintain a job to pay the fine! A felony conviction would end my life, can't vote, hard to find a job with one, can't keep your firearms and pretty sure you can't even own a bow, I'd probably just kill myself
From: drycreek
29-Apr-17
If the intention was to punish and keep him from repeating, I'll bet it works.
From: elkstabber
01-May-17
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oldgoate: a convicted felon can indeed own and hunt with bows. In Virginia (and four other states) a convicted felon can own and hunt with a gun. Since most people won't believe it I've attached the link.
From: ELKMAN
01-May-17
Poaching is a crime against nature, and shows you have no soul. It tells more about a man than "they" will ever comprehend...
From: 320 bull
01-May-17
Personally I think 20k and a felony is pretty fitting punishment. Pretty severe crime pretty severe punishment to me. AND as stated above we don't have to pay to incarcerate him.
From: bad karma
01-May-17
A deferred sentence means that anything worse than a 6 point traffic ticket is grounds to send him to prison. Or, if he shows up with a hot UA, or......32 months is the penalty.
From: deerslayer
01-May-17
Agreed that a felony is pretty dang serious... However, actually serving the sentence would be more fitting for the crime. $20K isn't small, but it still seems like he got off a tad light in not having to serve time. I think 2.5 years in the hoosegow would be more of a deterrent than the $.
