$74,000 For Poaching… That’s More Like It!

[lukew]

In a case that reads like a Hollywood movie script, Cody W. Davis plays the bad guy who is eventually apprehended and is fined a whopping $74,000 for poaching a 232-⅞” mule deer buck in New Mexico back in 2015. Read more...

https://blog.eastmans.com/74000-for-poaching-thats-more-like-it/

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

The one thing I didn't see was revoking his hunting privileges.

 

[buckbull]

Looks like he might be able to get out of alot of it via bankrupcy. The article states $54,000 as restitution to the state which according to the info i found could be swept away. Looks like the $20,000 penalty will have to be paid.

"Whether or not a fine is able to be discharged depends on if it was a penalty or reimbursement. Penalties cannot be discharged through Chapter 7 bankruptcy. This type of fine is given as punishment for disobeying the law, such as traffic violations. The best way to use bankruptcy, in this case, is indirectly."

 

[Bonecollector]

Looks like he might be able to get out of alot of it via bankrupcy. The article states $54,000 as restitution to the state which according to the info i found could be swept away. Looks like the $20,000 penalty will have to be paid.

"Whether or not a fine is able to be discharged depends on if it was a penalty or reimbursement. Penalties cannot be discharged through Chapter 7 bankruptcy. This type of fine is given as punishment for disobeying the law, such as traffic violations. The best way to use bankruptcy, in this case, is indirectly."

Excellent point

 

[D_Dubya]

$74k is enough to get peoples attention, though a public hanging would be a better way to get the point across…

 

[ScottR]

$74k is enough to get peoples attention, though a public hanging would be a better way to get the point across…

Funny that we are in a society that only values humans above animals in poaching cases...

 

[kidoggy]

The one thing I didn't see was revoking his hunting privileges.

doesn't really do much good to do that when the guilty has already proven themselves to have no regard for the laws anyhow. only things that matter to such are hitting their wallets and skinning their hides.

 

[kidoggy]

DUBYA
yes, but we are much to "civilized " for that. it is more likely that a vegan would show up to sup with him on a tenderloin meal.

 

[D_Dubya]

Funny that we are in a society that only values humans above animals in poaching cases...

A sad state of affairs to be sure. But these bastards had a chance and a choice on their own lives and bodies, they blew it. #getarope or at least some rock salt loaded 12 gauges