Large Turkey Poaching Ring Busted

[Remturkey]

Group killed over 100 turkeys in one season.  Hopefully they get a stiff penalty


https://t.co/bDpDoRXuuR

[Louisiana Longbeard]

Sickening

[Greg Massey]

Thank goodness they were finally caught and hunting privileges lost. These are some sorry people who were doing all this poaching.

[Dtrkyman]

Their poachers, many of them will continue doing the same, hopefully being caught will slow them down!

All to common from what I have heard in the south!  I had a client that had sole rights to a large tract in Alabama, he was whining about bird numbers, then in the same conversation he said he averaged a dozen birds a year of the place when it was "good".   Idiot!!!!

[quavers59]

  I don't  know why the other 13 almost idolized the Ringleader?
   I think the Penalty  Time off from Hunting should have been Stiffer for all 14.
  That said- some will sneak around this Spring no dought.

[Turkeybutt]

It's a shame we have people in our ranks that feel the need to poach.
The lost of hunting privileges means nothing to somebody like that, they will continue to poach!

[El Pavo Grande]

The penalties for poaching should include jail time.  Second offenses should include castration.  Would slow it way down. 

[TurkeyReaper69]

Can't say I understand what revoking a poachers hunting privileges accomplishes... sounds about like those gun free zones to keep people safe lol. I guess they can't post on social media anymore so now they might actually quit, I know some folks probably wouldn't hunt if they couldn't gloat to strangers on the internet about their kills.

[roberthyman14]

2 of them still went turkey hunting even while being investigated.

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[Meleagris gallopavo]

Sickening


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[Cottonmouth]

We need a tag system with stiff penalties for violations here in Mississippi.

[roberthyman14]

We need a tag system with stiff penalties for violations here in Mississippi.

Tags only work for honest folks.  Poachers gonna poach.  But yes a true tag system would help.  Even here in Florida we need 1 for deer as well. 

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