plea deal...wth

[G-Man]

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[PREDATE]

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[G-Man]

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/2018/09/dec_uses_deer_dna_sample_to_nail_poacher_who_agrees_to_1500.html#incart_river_index

[Waldershrek]

Didn't know DEC was using DNA these days

[Nomad]

2 minutes ago, Waldershrek said:

Didn't know DEC was using DNA these days

Been for years . A good ten years ago we had a poacher issue, the DEC cop asked me to get sample from dead buck I found . Said he could take samples from  poachers saws,knives and so on and match them .

With what many spend on bows,guns,trucks,atvs land and so forth , I’m not sure  a $1,500 fine is much of a deterrent to,many .

[Core]

I'm torn between congratulating them on nailing this guy and questioning whether this amount of effort was worth it. I'm leaning toward the latter. 

[WNYBuckHunter]

5 hours ago, Waldershrek said:

Didn't know DEC was using DNA these days

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/2018/09/dec_has_been_using_dna_to_nail_poachers_other_lawbreakers_for_more_than_20_years.html#incart_river_index

[knehrke]

I suspect that as with most enforcement efforts, the largest contribution of adding this technique to the arsenal will be as a deterrent. 

[DDT]

23 hours ago, Waldershrek said:

Didn't know DEC was using DNA these days

Several years ago I had a tresspasser/poacher issue. DEC officer took sample from gut pile. Caught the guy later that day and confiscated the deer. DNA matched, guys got what they had coming.

Deer wasn't wasted, I told the officer to donate it. It was Thanksgiving day and he had a list of needy folks. He called me later to express their appreciation.

[dbHunterNY]

unbelievable the amount of work that went into increase the poaching fines just a little bit. even more to realize how much lawmakers neutered/lowered it to pass, plus the fact that one conservation group kept trashing the effort.  i just hoped that covered all the overhead to make the charges happen.

[LetEmGrow]

$1500.00.  LMAO.

In most other states it would be $25 - $50 per inch.

I would say that buck is ~120"

Bare minimum, it should be a $3,000.00 fine.  

Don't believe me?  In Ohio, a guy poached a 142 and 144 (total 286).  His fine was $7,100.00 and I still think that is too low.  
7100 / 286 = $25 per inch.

Some states are much more especially for elk out West.  Plus this guy shot it where you are not allowed to hunt.  That fine is a joke.

[Adkhunter1590]

Did the fine even cover the cost of the dna testing?