Thread: Another poacher ... Martinborough

A young fella was sentenced last week for 'illegal hunting'. Basically him and a mate walked up a public track, shot a 19pt stag 3x through the fence in a deer farm. Climbed the fence, put a 4th shot in the poor things head to end it. Gutted it, realised they couldn't carry it so went off and got a 3rd guy. Came back 2hrs later, cut a hole in the fence and dragged it out along the track. Some locals saw them, asked where he shot it 'DOC land', they knew full well no deer on DOC land locally, but one was mates with the farmer, took photos and rang him, farmer rang cops. Cops arrived to find said 3 loading stag onto his ute. Only charge was illegal hunting. I queried the cops about why just 1 charge, reply was the bosses won't let them stack charges. I asked the little cnut what rifle he used, he proudly said it was a .22. Sentence, 2k reparation for stag and 210 for fence, 150hrs community work, seizure of the rifle. Other 2 are juvies, so discharges for them.