My issue is, there’s one measurer in Illinois that has 3 game violations against him and plead guilty. I called the Club about it and they said they’d look into it. Nothing.
Searched a guy who used to own Midwest Trophy Bucks down the road from me. He has 8 bucks entered. He has been sued multiple times, charged with transporting live deer without a permit, has several OPs in the past. He has so many violations against him that he had to sell his business because if he was seen taking money from a client, he’d go to prison.
Guess my question is, if the Club has such high moral standards, why do they let guys like this measure and enter animals? Do they just want the money? Before I sign up for regular membership, I’d like to know where they stand.
First the club has to have proof of violations, what the details surrounding them are and when they happened. As with everything these days everything takes time to check out and verify so maybe that is why you have not seen anything happen. Do you know if this measurer is still listed on the clubs list of official measurers.
As for the former outfitter are his violations game law violations or something else? Not sure if the club looks into anything but game law violations.
While hunting last month a guy called me to tell me about a problem. I didn't have a way to take notes so I asked the guy to send me what proof he had. Now, 6 weeks later, I've not received anything. That happens a lot. Someone raises a concern but never provides any documentation. Then he is upset because nothing happened. We don't have the resources to pay someone to peruse the newspapers searching for poachers. You have to do that for us.
The Club has to have proof of a conviction before it can take final action. We can't go by rumors or unsubstantiated accusations. If you are aware of a violation that we should know about, please take the time to help us through the process.
We never want our membership or our records tainted by unethical individuals.
You also need to be aware that we seldom publicize it when someone has been removed. Doing so creates another level of liability which we normally try to avoid.
Thank you to everyone that reached out. It has reinforced that fact that the Club is the place I need to be.
