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Here is a deer for ya
Sawz
Member Posts: 6,049
Guy shot this on a National Guard base illegally then took it to a taxidermist, I guess it was a well known deer, did he not think he would get caught?
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=18926344&title=man-charged-with-killing-deer-at-camp-williams
SALT LAKE CITY - An Duchesne County man has been charged with shooting a deer in an area closed to hunting.
Gunshots were reported at Camp Williams the night of Oct. 24, 2011. A military sergeant responded to the gunshots and found a headless mule deer carcass, according to charges filed Wednesday in the 3rd District Court.
The sergeant believed the carcass was that of a mule deer nicknamed "the Rabbi" because of its "very large and uniquely shaped antlers" that measured 37 inches, making it a trophy deer, according to prosecutors. The antlers were valued at $8,000.
Nearly a month later, authorities received an anonymous tip that a set of antlers resembling those of the Rabbi were at a Sandy taxidermy shop. Officers questioned the taxidermist, confirmed the antlers were from the Rabbi, and determined who had brought in the deer head, the charges state.
Stephen Dick Rueckert, 46, of Altamont, was questioned and told investigators he knew he was not allowed to hunt at Camp Williams, the charges state.
"That's my deer; I killed that deer," he allegedly told investigators.
Reuckert was charged with wanton destruction of protected wildlife, a third-degree felony.
Email:hschwarz@desnews.com
Photo courtesy: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=18926344&title=man-charged-with-killing-deer-at-camp-williams
SALT LAKE CITY - An Duchesne County man has been charged with shooting a deer in an area closed to hunting.
Gunshots were reported at Camp Williams the night of Oct. 24, 2011. A military sergeant responded to the gunshots and found a headless mule deer carcass, according to charges filed Wednesday in the 3rd District Court.
The sergeant believed the carcass was that of a mule deer nicknamed "the Rabbi" because of its "very large and uniquely shaped antlers" that measured 37 inches, making it a trophy deer, according to prosecutors. The antlers were valued at $8,000.
Nearly a month later, authorities received an anonymous tip that a set of antlers resembling those of the Rabbi were at a Sandy taxidermy shop. Officers questioned the taxidermist, confirmed the antlers were from the Rabbi, and determined who had brought in the deer head, the charges state.
Stephen Dick Rueckert, 46, of Altamont, was questioned and told investigators he knew he was not allowed to hunt at Camp Williams, the charges state.
"That's my deer; I killed that deer," he allegedly told investigators.
Reuckert was charged with wanton destruction of protected wildlife, a third-degree felony.
Email:hschwarz@desnews.com
Photo courtesy: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Comments
And I agree,He could have waited for it to leave that property and hunted it.The guy's a POACHER!!! Pure N simple!!!
Charged with a felony....charge sticks and so long guns. Going to have to take up archery.
Or cap fired BP.
Charged with a felony....charge sticks and so long guns. Going to have to take up archery.
On wildlife violations he will be losing hunting privlages also, not sure for how long but I'm guessing a pretty long time
Didn't you notice the dreadlocks?
quote:Originally posted by hunter86004
Charged with a felony....charge sticks and so long guns. Going to have to take up archery.
On wildlife violations he will be losing hunting privlages also, not sure for how long but I'm guessing a pretty long time
Just 3 years[:(]
I'll miss him, I use to go watch him all the time, In fact Redwood Road, where he hung out by Camp Williams had a line up of vehicles waiting for him to show himself. He had some pretty big friends also.. they were a magnificent sight to see so close to a bigger city.[xx(]