Thread: Bloody Poachers!

Originally Posted by R93

Doesnt sound too wild west too me Sneeze. I have seen or heard of plenty of similar scenarios. Nicking deer out of remote traps/pens was a common one. Deer being run into fences by choppers on farms so they break their necks. Fences cut on back boundries and so on.
Some spiteful things still do happen from time to time. Some really funny things as well.

Yes we all heard about these terrible things but when investigated 99% proved to be just that, rumours and ...Paranoia.

I mean to say how visible is a helicopter hovering over a farm chasing deer around so they break their necks. Expensive fun as well. Surely going up and cutting the fences after dark would be a more sensible option if it was being done for spite.

The proof of how often this sort of thing happened, is in researching how many operators were ever actually ever prosecuted for such crimes.
I dont remember one. You see the standard of proof is quite high really, rightfully so, or I would have been prosecuted on just such rumours myself.

Or is the proof of a crime as easily decided in peoples minds, with as little proof, as we have seen here on this thread.