Big Muddy
12-11-2015, 12:38 PM
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Don't screw with the feds, down here....NO body can afford to fight them, and they know it....they will always find another charge to dump against you, even if they have to make one up. !!!
What amazes me about this law is, you can legally hunt doves(federal migratory bird, too)over a manipulated grain field, but return to that same field a few weeks later, to hunt ducks, and get your azz busted.
Hunter fined $30,000 for knocking down corn stalks
Brian Broom, The Clarion-Ledger 3:29 p.m. CST December 10, 2015
Hunter gets steep fine for riding ATV through duck hole and toppling stalks of corn:
"""A Greenville, MS man pled guilty in federal court on December 8 to one count of taking migratory birds with the aid of bait and aiding and abetting others to do the same.
According to a media statement from the U.S. Attorneys Office, Northern District of Mississippi, Gene Stock, 36, had planted corn in a duck impoundment in Washington County. During the 2014-15 season, the statement said Stock used an all-terrain vehicle to retrieve downed ducks and to go to and from his blinds and moving blinds from one location to another. In doing so, he illegally knocked down corn stalks and scattered grain.
According to the U.S. Attorneys Office, "Federal law makes it unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl over any area where agricultural crops have been manipulated, including manipulation by any motorized vehicle, unless the manipulation consists of a normal agricultural practice as defined by the state extension service."
Stock was ordered to pay $30,000 in fines."""
Don't screw with the feds, down here....NO body can afford to fight them, and they know it....they will always find another charge to dump against you, even if they have to make one up. !!!
What amazes me about this law is, you can legally hunt doves(federal migratory bird, too)over a manipulated grain field, but return to that same field a few weeks later, to hunt ducks, and get your azz busted.
Hunter fined $30,000 for knocking down corn stalks
Brian Broom, The Clarion-Ledger 3:29 p.m. CST December 10, 2015
Hunter gets steep fine for riding ATV through duck hole and toppling stalks of corn:
"""A Greenville, MS man pled guilty in federal court on December 8 to one count of taking migratory birds with the aid of bait and aiding and abetting others to do the same.
According to a media statement from the U.S. Attorneys Office, Northern District of Mississippi, Gene Stock, 36, had planted corn in a duck impoundment in Washington County. During the 2014-15 season, the statement said Stock used an all-terrain vehicle to retrieve downed ducks and to go to and from his blinds and moving blinds from one location to another. In doing so, he illegally knocked down corn stalks and scattered grain.
According to the U.S. Attorneys Office, "Federal law makes it unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl over any area where agricultural crops have been manipulated, including manipulation by any motorized vehicle, unless the manipulation consists of a normal agricultural practice as defined by the state extension service."
Stock was ordered to pay $30,000 in fines."""