Hunter Illegally Shoots Yellowstone Bison

www.buffalofieldcampaign.org The hunter is being charged. Of course, were there bison habitat in Montana, the killing of one bull would not matter. The bison management plan makes it so that there are so few bison that most hunters are merely losing lots of money buying the right.

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[agadorfea]

Not a poacher. The facts are he shot the buff legally, but his last shot to put it down was after it crossed the fenceline. The last kill shot was the "illegal" shot. To remain legal, he would have had to let the wounded bison go. Ethically, he did the right thing. Easy to judge him as a poacher when you don't know the proper facts.

[PopTarts4830]

If the main object of poaching (aside from killing the animal) is to not get caught, then why is he wearing safety orange?

[moderoy]

You see an animal you kill it don't you? What a sportsman! Really superb. Why anyone would want to shoot an animal like this is beyond me. But the answer, unfortunately, is clear: Man can be the worst animal of them all. I don't wish anyone any ill, but I can't help but be glad to see this guy getting exactly what he deserved.

[kuemlerny]

@agadorfea:

"laws are laws ethics don't apply". Well - it did to this hunter who didn't want the animal to suffer. But you did. Is that ethical???

If you have been so unlucky to shoot an animal that don't die in your first shot, it's your duty as a hunter to end its suffering as quickly as possible if you can do it without causing further damage to other than this animal. Now thats ethical. You and your buddys are not!

[HalfLifeAMD]

@agadorfeain the footage the camera person mentions "villiage" and pans a bit to the right and you can see buildings.Does this mean the hunter took a shot in a built up area?Where im from there are laws for that too. min distances from built up areas before you can shoot. This hunter is unethical and should fry. No thought what so ever of what he was doing was wrong. Maybe he was was in your ethics class because you and the hunter appear to think the same you should ask for a refund

[HalfLifeAMD]

@agadorfea nice i get two posts from you i am not even going to get into a "lawyers and ethics" debate. lawyers are slime and no amount of ethics classes can fix them. end of that discussion. As for hunting, dont get me wrong ethics are important just as important as our laws. but if one breaks the law its going to be just the facts and how does the law apply to those facts/case. That hunter was unethical his split second bad shot turned into an infraction, that quick. the law is law.

[HalfLifeAMD]

@agadorfea does this ring a bell"be sure of your shot before you take it."? the hunter was a fool for trying to take game so close to the border. he didnt have a quick think about what could go wrong. Its way easier to say no to a shot then have to deal with tons of BS fall out from a bad shot. CO's only look at the facts and how the laws apply. That hunter is unethical becasue he took a bad shot and it snowballed into a shit storm from there. the ethical thing would be to not shoot.

[agadorfea]

HalfBrainDUH-Ethics don't apply?  I could have saved a ton of credits in pre-law if I would have known this. I would have rather taken fly tying instead of ethics classes. He did the right thing putting the animal down. I agree he should have taken a better shot in the first place but to let an animal suffer is as bad as willful wasting. Wow, can't believe the gene pool leaving comments here. Needs some chlorine.

[agadorfea]

HalfBrainDUH- So, ignornance abounds in these comments. Ethics don't apply because laws are laws? Guess I didn't need to take ethics classes after all in pre-law. Coulda saved myself a ton of credits and taken underwater basket weaving instead. To let an animal suffer is wrong. I'll agree that he should have taken a better shot in the first place, but to process hiim through the system as a criminal/poacher is ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as your comment that ethics don't apply.

[HalfLifeAMD]

@agadorfea laws are laws ethics dont apply..take game illegaly and its poaching..he should have notified the C.O about the wounded game and let the C.O advise him from there..

[LeviKaminski]

You are a retard you should also work on your aiming.

[bkrbkny13]

what was the outcome