Oregon Poachers Facing More Than $162,000 in Fines for at Least 27 Big Game Animals

By Travis Smola The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division has charged four people with poaching at least 27 big game animals in a case that may result in huge fines. In a press release, the OSP F&W said criminal citations were issued to 34-year-old William Hollings, 39-year-old Nicholas Lisenby, 33-year-old Eric Hamilton and 37-year-old Amanda Hughes for … Read more

Just Deserts: Serial Deer Poacher Sentenced to Watch ‘Bambi’ Repeatedly For a Year

David Barry, Jr. and a group of his relatives were nabbed by the Missouri Department of Conservation after poaching hundreds of deer over the last few years. Worse still, as USA Today reports, “’The deer were trophy bucks taken illegally, mostly at night, for their heads, leaving the bodies of the deer to waste,’ said Lawrence … Read more

Father and Son Elk Poachers Get 10-Day Jail Sentences and a Lot More

The apple apparently doesn’t fall far from the corner-cutting tree in this family. According to the Reno Gazette Journal, a father and son from Wisconsin are in a White Pine County, Nevada jail and their hunting guide has been suspended for illegally taking an elk. The three men were sentenced this week in District Court … Read more

Rhino Poaching, The Death of a Nation and .375 Winchester

“With few exceptions, time has not been kind to big game cartridges designed for close to medium range shooting,” reloadbench.com writes. “The .375 Winchester is a good example of an excellent cartridge allowed to die. It was introduced in the Winchester Model 94 in 1978 and later available in the Marlin Model 336, Savage Model … Read more