Fish and Game officers bust would be poachers

The fact that hunting in the Inland Northwest is done in remote areas makes it difficult to monitor. So when fish and game officers want to know if sportsmen are abiding by the rules, they create a situation where the hunters come to them. KXLY4's Jeff Humphrey has more.

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• hunting
• north idaho
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[stupidkaydoo]

all poachers should get their fishing/hunting licenses suspended for 5 yrs.. completely revoked if caught a 2nd time

[dwidthekid]

sucks to be that kid. bet he lost his gun, license, atv, and got a nasty fine. thats why you Hunt like real men, LEGALLY and ETHICALLY

[58xivi]

@58xivi

Got ya. Thanks for the clarification.

[1340dwhite]

@58xivi Im saying every sale made by the department goes to the department and that many states do NOT have the 1/8 tax that goes to the conservation department, most game and fish departments are strictly revenue based.

[58xivi]

@1340dwhite

Just to clarify because I don't quite understand your response. In Missouri money from the sale of licenses AND a 1/8 cent tax on ALL sales goes 100% to the Conservation Department. Example: I buy a hunting license for $19.00 then buy $100 more in items from a store. The Department gets the $19.00 license fee PLUS 13 cents from the tax on the items. Is that what you are saying happens in other States too?

[1340dwhite]

@58xivi Revenue is what I said, what's sold through the department goes to the department, revenue. Not many states have that.

[58xivi]

@1340dwhite

The statement you make about taxes not going to fish and wildlife departments is only partly true. I live in Missouri and we have a 1/8 cent per dollar general revenue tax that goes 100% to the department. It is a voter supported tax that has been renewed (by popular vote) atleast once to my knowledge. Not sure if other States have a general tax, but it would not surprise me if there were more. The department also benefits from the sale of licenses and user fees.

[desert1cop]

If assholes were not riding their lazy asses up and down the road illegally hunting you would not need game officers,those animals that legal hunters pay for license to hunt them belong to legal hunters not asshole poachers who say they trying to feed their families which is BS,if you so hard up you should be walking not hunting from a truck with a rifle that cost $500.00 and burning up $4.00 gas.You need to loose whatever it takes to get your lazy ass straight.

[1340dwhite]

@dwidthekid he didn't shoot, he only glassed, therefore did not commit a violation and will lose nothing.

[1340dwhite]

@tronclay Game and fish agencies are funded by revenue, the hunters paying for tags are the hunters paying for the wildlife mangers, taxes do not go to game and fish departments even though they are a state agency. If a man were to feed his family with an elk, he would take it anytime of the year without a tag or license because tags are $100+ for elk.

[tronclay]

this is why we pay so much taxes everyyear, so these fucking assholes can justify their jobs by going out and trying to trap people and trick them into shooting something the DAY before the season opens? So a guy who feeds his family with that animal should pass it up because its the DAY before the season starts? What a fucking waste of time and money.

[sparklerbombg]

DERR HUNTING WHATEVER.

BEAR AND WOLF HUNTING IS JUST SICKENING.