WIwhitetailhunter Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Found this while purusing the news tonight. What a waste!! BARABOO, Wis. -- Four Sauk County men, all family members, face multiple counts for deer poaching -- Michael Huebsch, 23; Daniel Draves, 21; Kenneth Ellestad, 47; and Blaine Maybee, 47. State wildlife officials said they have been unable to comment on the deer killing spree in Sauk County until now because charges had not been filed. For the past couple of years, many residents had a sense that the solitude of the countryside was being violated after dark near Baraboo. Information trickled in to DNR wardens, until enough tips came in to make a case. "Some of (the deer) were laying on a garage floor, have been laying there for months, and some of them were in a camper trailer that was out next to the garage," said Mike Green, DNR conservation warden. "I mean, it's a sad sight. I've never seen this many deer in anything that I've worked on before, and it's too bad." The four men were cited after dead and spoiling deer were found at a home outside Baraboo. One of the deer was a buck with a nine-point rack of antlers, at least 19 inches wide. Wardens recovered 16 deer, several wild turkeys, two spotlights and a rifle with a home-made silencer. "They were shooting them to shoot them," Green said. "After they got into the story, it was more of a bragging story than anything." The four men face multiple counts for deer poaching, involving thousands of dollars in fines and revocation of hunting privileges. "This is not hunting," said John Buss, DNR conservation warden "It's poaching, and it's thrill killing. Most of these deer were shot from the road, out of vehicles, out of windows of cars. There are other roads around. There were other houses. There are people. There's a huge safety aspect. We're really thankful nobody got hurt." Owners of the land where the deer were shot told wardens the alleged poachers are lucky they weren't caught in action. As Wisconsin learned last fall when a man is alleged to have shot several hunters in northern Wisconsin, trespassing can be deadly business. "I mean the landowners that have contacted Mike and I, and the landowners we have talked to about this, after this case broke are extremely upset," Buss said. "A couple of them said to us, 'You're lucky that I didn't catch them out there.'" Many had a sense something terribly wrong was happening, but serenity has now returned. The wardens said they could not have put this case together without citizen help and hope it will serve as a deterrent to others who might think about poaching. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to channel3000's website for photos and more: http://www.channel3000.com/news/4267400/detail.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bronco_mudder Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation Unfortunately the revocation of hunting rights doesn't mean much to this type of people. What they were doing wasn't hunting anyway, so if given the chance, unless severe enough other penalties are levied, then it is likely they will do it again. I feel that maybe their rights too own firearms should be revoked, making poaching alot harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut_Buster Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation Glad to see these scumbags get caught Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshM Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation [ QUOTE ] Glad to see these scumbags get caught [/ QUOTE ]Yea glad to see them caught! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation This is stupid. I hate people like this. This is why I want to be a conservation officer to help end this sort of thing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation Lock em up for a few years, and fine them, and take away their vehical, guns, gun rights, hunting rights, etc. Glad they got caught, but our courts are too weak. They will get charged with all these fines, but probably never pay a cent and taking away their hunting priviledges, never stopped a poacher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest buckchaser Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation MY HAT'S OFF TO THE CO'S AND THE PEOPLE WHO CALLED IN THE TIPS GREAT JOB GETTING RID OF MORE SLOB HUNTERS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Glad to see these scumbags get caught [/ QUOTE ]Yea glad to see them caught! [/ QUOTE ] Amen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation wow! what a waste! i sure am glad them idiots got caught! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisconsinboy Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation that really is to bad, i hope it doesnt put a bad name on us(wisconsin) hunters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoat Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation This whole deal sounds like a terrible situation for everyone involved... hope they hang um. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James7xChamp3 Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation Scumbags! I wish the landowners had caught them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addct2hntng Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation [ QUOTE ] Scumbags! I wish the landowners had caught them! [/ QUOTE ] same thought here !!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation Scumbags is too nice of a word for the criminals. The fact that they had a home made sliencer on a rifle should bring the BATF into this case. Hope they put them where they can pound rocks with a hammer for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mach1 Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation Prosecute em to the fullest extent of the law.....and then some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation Good thing nobody was hurt. Good they caught them, hope they get some jail time and the max penalty that the law allows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Re: WI DNR Busts Massive Deer Poaching Operation I always said there is more of this going on than we can imagine! I just heard of a guy that was bragging about two turkeys he shot during our gun season here. These are the ones the dnr dropped off last year to get a flock established up here in the north! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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