re: Poaching when is it Ok? Gamewarden/No License.

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There's a difference between counting ducks or fish wrong and being 1 or 2 over the limit versus going out and killing a deer out of season or a doe during bucks only. All are wrong, but one is an obvious show of intent to poach.

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That's what I was saying. Lighten up Francis.

Let me ask this question.

Since limits/seasons are not set by elected officials what’s to say what is/isn’t poaching when it come to limits/seasons.

Treaspassing is one thing but what about limits/seasons?

Should limits/seasons be set by elected officials?
Perfect example is the red snapper. Commercial fishermen have a much longer season over rec fishermen.
Is that fair/justified? Plus, the northern gulf is about over run and the government could care less because in the keys they are few and far between.

Understand I do not and have never taken game by illegal methods or on property that I wasn’t allowed to hunt/fish. Never had a infraction at all.

Just asking if unelected officials should be making these decisions.

He is saying if the limits/seasons aren't based on science than is it really poaching. That is really another discussion altogether. Poaching is taking game against the law. Doesn't matter if the law is fair or not.

1) The wildlife and Fisheries Commission could not ban hunting. They could close seasons, but not ban it. Plus, it would take some serious payoffs and a general lack of concern for public input to do so. These Commissioners have proven they will cave to public pressure, even if it public opinion is against what the biologists recommend. By the way, they do base those decisions on recommendations from biologists.

2) It would be suicide to do such. You would kill LDWF if you banned hunting due to lose of revenue from license sales, and the ability to secure federal funding from Pittman-Robertson.

3) No one person could ban it. That is the reason for a Commission.

4) This still has nothing to do with what is and isn't poaching.

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Poaching when is it Ok?

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Never, unless you are so poor you are living off the game, then survive by how ever means necessary. I would think the numbers would be very low of someone actually having to do that.

What I don't agree with is the lite sentences for some and they throw the book at others. Wildlife convictions seem to come with stiffer fines and penalties than the damn meth heads stealing every ones shite, unless you have money.

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Say I have some farm land across the line in Miss. Pigs are destroying my hay fields and bringing desease around cattle troughs. I’m not paying 300 dollars for a license but I’d damn sure shoot one if it ran out in front of me

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I think it's ridiculous that you even need a license to hunt feral hogs. They are an invasive species, but we treat them like a game animal in that you need a license to hunt them legally. WMAs are one thing, because you have to have a license to enter one.

But on private land? Shouldn't need one for hogs. It's ironic that you need a hunting license to hunt something that has no hunting season.

As it is, killing a hog without a license is technically poaching (by the law). But given that there is no season, no limit, and no prohibited weapons, it shouldn't be poaching. The only limitation is on nighttime hunting during deer season.

I thought Hillary Clinton taught us that the “intent” of the committed crime was supposed to be important.

This thread was frickin retarded.

Buddy and I were sighting in our rifles in a cutover years ago the afternoon prior to opening day (not where we planned to hunt).

After I shot the target and started walking to see where I hit a 140 class 10 point jumps up and takes off running at 50 yards, if I'd had another shell I would have shot his arse.

Glad I didn't I think Still remember it like yesterday