re: Baw bags record deer. Gets fined $53K.

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The deers nudes are on reddit.

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LOL dude. Wtf did you Google search to find that picture!?...maybe it's better not knowing

Could have got one like that on a high fence ranch for $20k.

The 53k is a hard number no matter what the charges were. Could have been out of season, at night, out of a truck, without a license and the restitution price is the same. Texas is one of the only states to operate like this.

That sounds like a racket.

Yeah, those fines could really mount up.

He'll get off with a slap on the wrist. People cheat in big bass tournaments all the time and they get chastised with threats. A month later nobody really cares including the law.

The trespass in Texas by a hunter is usually a Class C misdemeanor and max fine is usually $500 or less. I don't see how this would possibly fall into felony trespass, where someone's property or life was threatened.

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The 53k is a hard number no matter what the charges were. Could have been out of season, at night, out of a truck, without a license and the restitution price is the same. Texas is one of the only states to operate like this.

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Louisiana is the same way. The fines just aren't as steep.

I think you can even find in the statutes what the minimum fine is for each species. I think deer and turkeys are a minimum $1600 civil restitution. Should be (AT LEAST) twice that, and mandatory, and maybe people would think twice before poaching.

Louisiana fines just aren't steep enough, and every civil restitution is preceded by "Joe Smith COULD face", not "will be made to pay".

1. If you read this article it becomes a good bit clearer that the guy shot the dear at least as late as 8 PM, probably even later than that. Then he field dressed it but failed to cool or otherwise preserve the carcass, which was another violation for not preserving the meat in an edible state.

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Johnson claimed to have wounded the buck on Sept. 30, but was unable to retrieve it. When he saw the deer on images captured by his game trail camera a few days later, it exhibited entry and exit wounds. Since then, Johnson explained he began pursuing the animal in earnest in hopes of putting an end to its suffering, going so far as to spend the night in his hunting stand to avoid spooking deer. He said he got his opportunity at about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 and dispatched the buck with his bow.

After inspecting the deer carcass, game wardens then went to the area where Johnson claimed to have killed the big deer to confirm the details of his story. During a conversation with the landowner adjacent to the property where Johnson hunted, game wardens became suspicious about the timeline. The landowner recalled texting Johnson at about an hour past dark on Oct. 7 asking if he was okay since he noticed he had not returned to his vehicle. Johnson replied that he was safe, but made no mention of having successfully taken the big buck an hour earlier.

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2. As a landowner, the trespassing really is a major issue with me. Trailing a wounded animal isn't an issue, but we've had so many problems with people trespassing to hunt. Besides the fact that they are trying to steal your game and aren't harvesting according to the management plan you're trying to develop, it's dangerous as hell. My kid and his cousins ride their four wheelers on our property; we've got livestock on other parts. Trespassers create too much danger for everyone. No sympathy for him on that.

Where was the trespassing part mentioned? I cannot figure out what he did there.