Feds Ban Carolina Man From Hunting Anywhere on Planet Earth
- Posted on September 15, 2011 at 2:40pm by
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SALISBURY, N.C. (The Blaze/AP)– A North Carolina man has been banned from hunting anywhere in the world for two years as part of an agreement with federal authorities on charges that he illegally killed wildlife in Kentucky.
The Salisbury Post reported Thursday that Rodney Poteat agreed to the deal in Kentucky last week. The Salisbury man declined comment.
Federal prosecutors said Poteat last November carried a 14-point white-tailed deer from Hart County, Ky., to his home without reporting the kill. He also pleaded guilty to transporting a dead bobcat without a non-resident hunting license.
He agreed to pay the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources $5,300 in restitution for fees he would have paid for hunting in the state between 2002 and 2011.





















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mikenleeds
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:26pmOne world order ….
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 6:23pmIt was not his sentence to not hunt anywhere on Earth. This article was incomplete in its analysis of what actually happened. He was facing jail time and very large fines for his poaching crimes. He was given an offer to agree to these terms to avoid the punishments for his crimes and he took them. It was a voluntary agreement that he made to avoid the jail part of his sentence. If you can‘t do the time don’t do the crime.
Report Post »WeeDontNeedNoSteenkeenBadges
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 11:41pm“If you can‘t do the time don’t do the crime.”
What if the “crime” isn’t a crime?
Report Post »What if the true criminals are government tyrants?
DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:13amWhat crime? Don‘t kill the king’s deer? God gave animals to mankind not to government so they could issue the appropriate tags. You’re the type of pathetic *** that would pay $10 a year for a walking license if gov says you must.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 7:33amWell, you can‘t kill the king’s deer, even if you are hungry.
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 8:00amRabididiot
What crime? Don‘t kill the king’s deer? God gave animals to mankind not to government so they could issue the appropriate tags. You’re the type of pathetic *** that would pay $10 a year for a walking license if gov says you must.
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Report Post »Gold is the currency of royalty.
Silver is the currency of gentlemen.
Debt is the currency of slaves.
smithclar3nc3
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 8:06amThe Federal Government hasn‘t the authority to ban anyone’s activities outside of America.
Report Post »Carolina Infidel
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 8:40amGold is the currency of royalty.
Silver is the currency of gentlemen.
Debt is the currency of slaves.
Well said. I am stealing that.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:31pmHow many of you think Clyde Dallas is a hero?
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 7:30amIt would be one thing if he could prove he was starving. But I doubt that could be proved. Poachers usually are driven by lust for trophy sized animals. Even if he could prove he was starving, killing the ‘Kings’ animals out of season, without paying the tax (license) would become rampant if it was permitted.
Just like the IRS, an ‘example’ has to be made.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:22pmHow can they claim to have jurisdiction beyond the borders & territories? Would have made sense if they prohibited him from TRAVEL outside the U.S. But they cannot claim to supersede the laws of other sovereign nations.
Stupid move on his part to not report a kill or get proper licensing.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 6:04pmDon’t you think that the current administration is about the most childish acting adults you have ever seen.
Report Post »woodyb
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 6:18pmI don’t think that a state court could even prevent him from leaving the US — the state, yes, but not the country! . I think that would have to be the decision of a federal court!!!
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 11:29pmmacpappy – I would would disagree with the term adult. You are right they are acting childish, but it’s because they ARE children.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 1:22amThey don’t have jurisdiction, but it wasn’t a sentence. It was an agreement he made to avoid jail time. I have no idea why they asked him not to hunt anywhere on the planet, they can’t enforce anything outside of the US, and if they tried to invalidate his plea deal because he hunted in Africa it wouldn’t fly.
Report Post »Oldtimer2
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 12:37pm@TH30PH1LUS – How can they claim to have jurisdiction beyond the borders & territories? Would have made sense if they prohibited him from TRAVEL outside the U.S. But they cannot claim to supersede the laws of other sovereign nations. Have you had a city or county “visioning for 2020” meeting in your area lately or in the past few years? If you have, I can guarantee that some where in the final doctument is a sovereignty clause. Is your city or county involved in “sustainable development” or “smart growth” ? If these terms are familiar to you, you need to do some study on Agenda 21 and LA21 and ICLEI. I sincerely believe that these are a major threat to our freedoms and many cities and counties with clueless politicians have already jumped on the band wagon because it is presented in such warm and fuzzy terms and comes with free grant monies with unelected NGO’s pulling the strings and making the laws for YOUR community. PLEASE educate yourselves on this issue!!!!! It is the local back-door approach to and framework for introducing international law at the local level. Educate yourselves on Agenda 21 if you cherish freedom and believe in the Constitution. Here is a link to the activity of ICLEI is the area of North Carolina where the ruling mentioned in this article happened. Check it out http://gaspeegazette.wordpress.com/sustainability-iclei-local-governments-for-sustainability/
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:20pmIn The Future when Mrs. Obama has us all eating Tofu on a stick,this guy will be as famous as Robin Hood.The Problem is $5,300 in restitution for fees he would have paid for hunting in the state between 2002 and 2011.The fees are part of the Disarm US agenda.I am not a fan of shooting critters just for the Hell of shooting something,but hunting fees are ridiculous.Government prefers we take our unarmed butts to the grocery store and buy tainted $7.00 a pound meat.
Report Post »korbin
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 7:04pmBrother couldn’t agree more. Levies, fines and penalties are so unconstitutional it’s getting sick. the constitution says don’t quote me its not in front of me but along the lines of any type of penalty etc has to be commensurate with the act. The fines for everything is out of whack. how do you fine a person $400 for not wearing a seat belt, I know because I got one. Funny thing is I was wearing it, grey shirt grey seat belt and grey jeep. I went to fight it and was told I had to pay up front and if I lost the case I would also have to pay additional court costs. I know you are all saying what does this have to do w the above story? well its the fines? for what the 1,000.000 fish and game employees writing tickets to kids for drinking near a river? or maybe they find a 1/8″ long roach to boot. its all out of whack.
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 7:26pmThey should have taken his vehicle and guns also bows.
Report Post »WeeDontNeedNoSteenkeenBadges
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 11:48pmMay he was hunting the wrong kind of animals …
Q: What is the difference between a skunk and a government thug, laying dead in the road?
Report Post »A: There are skidmarks with the skunk.
bhelmet
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:20pmIf I NEED food – I shoot ANY deer ANYWHERE!
Report Post »meamerican
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:47pmI agree, when and if you need food and there is no other way to acquire it then you do what you have to do to survive. It doesn’t sound to me like this guys life depended on it, it sounds like he just did it for the fun of it.
Report Post »GENEPAGLIARI
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:48pmAMEN to THAT
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 5:35pmYou Guy’s eat Bobcat ????
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 5:39pmArgh…can‘t poach the king’s deer! Argh…
Report Post »quicker
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 8:23pmAnd some of these poachers do it for profit .I have no problem with trying to feed your family ,but to do it for profit is wrong.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 8:29pmAnd it also pis se s me off to see hunters that shoot an animal and let the meat go to waste.I like to hunt but I also use the meat .If youy don`t use the meat at least give it to somebody that will.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:29amyou will eat bobcat if that’s all you got.
Report Post »carnifex
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:46amYou don’t shoot a bobcat or a 14 pointer for food. It was trophy hunting. I speak as a hunter, from Kentucky. If you need to eat there are better selections than his choices. A yearling doe for example, or any yearling for that matter. And bobcats aren’t near numerous enough for subsistence hunting. My Dad was a Federal Game Warden for decades, and the crap stories poachers told him would make Obama blush for their sheer repetition. Everyone of them had the same stories… I was lost, I didn‘t know it wasn’t the season yet.. I didn’t know the season was closed. Hell, he would catch people trespassing on other peoples farms, and they would tell him ” well my (Pappy, Grandpappy, Uncle, Cousin, wife, you pick) used to hunt here all the time, so I can too!” My god as a child I could lie better than these people. Poachers are generally lazy, unimaginative rednecks who think that because they have a gun, they know how to hunt, and its their RIGHT to kill anything that takes their mind to kill. They are disrespectfull of others, and slovenly in their hygene. The Fish and Wildlife should have taken this guys guns, fishing rods, 4×4, and 4 wheeler ( cause he has them all, I guarantee it) That would be better than emasculating him, in his world.
Report Post »And no I am not anti hunting, as I said I hunt…not as often as I would but as often as I can.
Ghostrider
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 8:22amI agree, however if he needed food, he could have bought it with all the gas money he spent driving from NC to Ky.
Report Post »brokenwolf
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:25pmnobody drives from NC to ken to shoot a deer for food i shoot all mine within 5 miles of home
Report Post »Rob
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:18pmOne of my favorite experiences as a child was going with our neighbor, who was in tough financial straits, hunting for a deer out of season. We drove in the pickup through the fields until he saw one, a doe, he got out of the truck, shot and killed it, quickly threw it in the back of the truck and raced home and into the barn where he butchered it. We ate venison for the next two weeks with every meal… it was all he had except for the potatoes and vegetables he grew. Man, was that venison GOOD! Venison with eggs for breakfast, venison sandwiches for lunch, stewed venison for dinner! I sure remember that…. mmmm mmmm good!
Report Post »duhwut
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:24pmim hungry now
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:56pmfried deer steak
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:56pmAt least it wasn’t an abandoned horse. Those are supposed to die a slow, painful death by starvation. That’s why the slaughter of horses for human consumption was banned by the Feds, right?
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 5:05pmWhen and where was this and what is your friends name?
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:35amyeah man, people live on hunting alone, this violates his right to life.
Report Post »Rob@AmPre
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:17pmThere are reasons for these laws and avid hunters are big sticklers for conservation. They understand the need to manage population levels to ensure the health of the species. Where I disagree with these laws is where it is about a person feeding their family (and by this I mean the poor, not someone looking for an excuse). The progressives have done their best to diminish Americans’ ability to provide for themselves. Case in point, the homeless guys in California who were sent to prison for catching a protected fish from the LA.Canal. The sentence is laughable, but it is enforceable. They cannot enforce the law in other countries but as it is a condition of his probation, all they need do is prove that he violated those restrictions. The Feds wouldn‘t be involved if he hadn’t crossed state lines, taking it out of the jurisdiction of the local/state authorities. The law is the law. If we don’t agree with the law, we still must obey it and we must work to have it changed.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 6:37pmUnless……you are a bit of an Outlaw. If my family was hungry, and I was at the point of hunting for food, the law be damned; and the enforcer of said law be damned.
Report Post »Of course as long as I can go down to the local store and get my food with no problem, I all for law to protect the species.
Best way to keep everybody happy is keep a strong economy and plenty of work, for with a bit of outlaw in em.
SgtB
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 7:35pmI disagree. If a law attempts to limit or deter you from having a God given (or natural) right, it is not a valid law and you should not abide by it or defend any person who supports or abides by it. This is how we as a nation were able to put Japanese into camps like Hitler did the Jews and how 27 states were able to get away with forced sterilization laws for nearly a half century. When government does not serve to protect your rights it does not serve you at all and it doesn’t deserve your respect. The Constitution is the law of the land and it is not the bureaucrats in Washington that give us our rights and liberties!
Report Post »inspectortroy
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:16pmWelcome to UN Agenda 21…. Look it up . Animals are the higher life form and have more rights. Oh and by the way this is more about the Kings Land, The Kings Water, The Kings Deer than you know. And it is a Global Agenda also
Report Post »Ghostrider
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 8:50amI remember when I first started to hunt deeer in Ohio in the late 1970′s. It was buck only, and it had to have antlers at least 5 inches in length. Maybe 100 deer would be harvested in my county. Now, we can hunt from Oct to Feb. we can harvest 6 deer, only one a buck. If people were allowed to hunt anytime they wanted, King’s deer or not, then we would not have any deer for anyone to hunt. It took decades to bring back the deer from over hunting when people REALLY did have to hunt for food. Kings deer or not, man must use a little bit of common sense when hunting. In Ohio there are probably 400,000 in state hunters every year going after deer, not including out of staters. If these same 400,000 hunted anytime they wanted, there wouyld be no deer, whether they belonged to the king or not.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 9:56am@ghostrider, what we need to do is limit hunting for sport in which only the rack is taken, or the backstrap, and let people who want to hunt for subsistence hunt when they want. If someone wants to go hunting just to kill, that shouldn’t be allowed and people who just want to hunt for the thrill of it should learn to fish and practice catch and release.
Oh, and don’t think that subsistence hunters would rid the world of game animals overnight. If you are able to clean a deer to 80 lbs of meat, it will provide a family of four with the protein they need for 40 days assuming each eats a half pound of meat every day . And after 40 straight days of deer they wouldn’t want to go right out and get another, they would go get some fish or fowl or even feral hog. Hell, they might even raise their own chickens. So in the end, a family of four would probably harvest 4-8 deer a year to provide them with all of their protein needs. That is usually well within the limit for 4 people in a single year in my state.
Whether these men were hunting for meat or trophy I don’t know, but subsistence hunting should be legal everywhere and at any time.
Report Post »jueta
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:13pmPeople who don’t abide by the law mess it up for those who do. Here is a funny story though. My father, who runs a production plant in Ar. had an employee who got caught by a game warden for shooting at a mechanical buck of a main HWY and was taken to jail. Got out and the very next night shot at the same mechanical buck in the exact same spot and of course there was a game warden watching that buck but I bet he never guessed he‘d be pickin’ up the same Dumb Ars!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:10pmWhat’s going on with TheBlaze.com today? It’s running slow and I keep getting “Server busy” errors.
Report Post »I haven’t been on all day, so forgive me if it’s been addressed earlier.
True American66
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:31pmI‘m sure it’s some Soros funding venture trying to crash the site…….GOOD LUCK WITH THAT, YOU COMMIES!!!
but really, I don’t know, it’s been this way all day….
Report Post »True American66
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:31pmI‘m sure it’s some Soros funding venture trying to crash the site…….GOOD LUCK WITH THAT, YOU COMMIES!!!
but really, I don’t know, it’s been this way all day….
Report Post »Azreal
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:34pmIt started overloading when they posted the obamas at the 9/11/11 ceremony thread, from what Beck said on the radio. Said it was the first time the servers had been overloaded on the Blaze lol.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:57pmIt’s payback for the “attackwatch” fiasco. Obamas little civilian internet army.
Report Post »I was forced to watch TV for hours. Went and washed the car. Took a nap.
kentuckypatriot
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:59pmHey Anomymous….. you and I live in the same area, but me in NKY. Did you hear about Obummer having a JOB SPEECH on the Brent Spence Bridge?????????
Report Post »OneBuckeye
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:08amMaybe wishful thinking, but the slow down could be Lefties jumping ship and switching sides!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:00pmwhitetail deer breed like flies, starve, lose their homes, and we’ve all seen the results of deer commiting suicide by leaping out in front of cars and trucks.
Report Post »420 Patriot
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:50pmI knew a guy and his dad who were out deer hunting in an area that was closed to elk. It was foggy and they fired toward the sound of hoofs running. They accidentally shot two cow elk. They had their weapons confiscated, fined $1500 for each elk and lost their hunting priveledges for 6 years. They understood the penalty and said that is what they get for shooting blindly into the fog. By shooting blindly, they could have shat another hunter as there were several hunters in the area.
Report Post »DrFrost
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:08pmA friend of ours went to his back yard to get firewood in Montana…. less than 25 feet from his house. He was wearing a brown corduroy coat and got shot by a hunter (bear season). They went fairly easy on the hunter since he immediately came to his aid and called for help… and our friend lived (the shot went through and shattered his pelvis but missed the major arteries).
Always be sure of your target.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 6:41pm@drfrost
Report Post »You definetly don’t want to dress like the target. I guess if I were your friend, I would come out of the house during hunting season after firing a warning shot. Not many bears have guns.
Azreal
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:41pmIm sure that’s one of the Centralists commandments, going all the way back to England:
Thou shalt not kill the King’s deer.
Just kidding, that was the first thought I had.
Report Post »We have seasons and liscences and kill reporting in place for a reason. There is nothing wrong with being responsible stewards of our dwindling wildlife. Anyone going into the woods with a gun has a resposibility to uphold the laws involved with hunting. The only fine was what he would have otherwise had to pay, which is actually quite lenient.The worldwide ban seems a bit excessive and rather unenforcable, but in lieu of what poachers usually get, it seems a fair enough trade to me.
paulusmaximus
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:37pmWhat we have here is a failure to communicate. White tails are not migratory, just another example of the Federal bureaucracy’s intrusion into state matters!
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:30pmI believe what he was illegally hunting in Kentucky was actually sheep…and by accident…he killed the local magistrates love interest. This explains the harsh punishment.
Report Post »tvr54
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 9:06amToo funny—- LOL
Report Post »CONSERVATIVE SUMMER
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:25pmThis is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard!!! There are a million comments flying through my head right now about this story, but I just can’t get past the stupidity!!! I wonder if this guy laughed when he got his “sentence.”
Report Post »Wingnut80
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 8:32pmFor such a short article, its amazing how few people actually read it. As part of a plea bargain, he agreed not to hunt anywhere in the world for two years. This prevented a presumably tough “sentence”.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:22pmI don’t believe any US court has jurisdiction in any area outside of the land it claims. This guy could immigrate to China, become a chinese citizen and start hunting again.
Report Post »Brent
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:00pmCause that’s what I would do if I wanted to hunt again. lol. But i agree, not really enforceable outside the US I suppose.
Report Post »jackbauer
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 8:17pmDon’t forget the Gibson Guitar thing. It has to do with the US writing a law that says buyers of Indian wood must obey all Indian Law. Via the Lacey Act which states that US manufacturers have to procure their materials in keeping with obedience to all laws from the country from which they come.
Report Post »I tell you “One World” governance is breathing down our necks.
Wingnut80
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 11:54pmAs long as no one had evidence of his hunting and he didn’t return to the states, you’re right. But he voluntarily signed the agreement to avoid a harsher sentence (possibly jail time). If he violates the agreement and is caught he could conceivably receive penalties in excess of the those for the original crime.
Report Post »bhelmet
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:18pm“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!”
Report Post »-BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
freeweever
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:21pmThat is awesome, what an awesome analogy thank you.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:29pmI understand why we it used to be seen as necessary to limit the hunting of animals back when people everywhere ate them as a staple and their numbers were rapidly declining. But it still is apalling to me that it is illegal to provide your family with food from nature, even when it wanders into your yard. On top of that, the number of deer in the US hit by cars every year is more than the total number of deer that were alive on this continent at the turn of the 20th century. So there is no need to regulate the hunting of deer except to ensure that most if not all people must rely on the commercial meat trade for their daily needs and I’m sure they back it up under the commerce clause like they are trying to do with healthcare.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:09pmGuess they don’t just want to rule US here in America now… They’re spreading their jurisdiction to the whole PLANET???
I think this rises to “cruel and UNUSUAL” punishment.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:18pmIn this case I have to say the punishment exceeds the crimes, and is cruel and unusual punishment unless there is more to the story than anyone has been able to unravel yet.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:24pmKind of like the left wanting to save the environment, or “save the world” when we only control a portion of it.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 11:33pmIt‘s amazing the feds know what planet we’re ON.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 11:33pmIt‘s amazing the feds know what planet we’re ON.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:08pmGuess they don’t just want to rule US here in America now… They’re spreading their jurisdiction to the whole PLANET???
I think this rises to “cruel and UNUSUAL” punishement.
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cessna152
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:07pmThe libs are always saying how there is life on Mars….just sayin’
Report Post »AlansTigg
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 2:51pmhow exactly do you enforce that?
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 2:50pmSucks for him. Venus is the closest neighbor.
Report Post »GHill7.62
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 2:49pmguess he shouldn‘t have killed the King’s deer…
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:33amexactly.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 2:49pmROFLOL What a riot! Is it possible “anywhere on Planet Earth” is a tad beyond the Feds’ jurisdiction?
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:33pmI guess that covers fishing as well…since that is “hunting” on/in water.
Report Post »Countrygirl1362
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 4:04pmObama seems to think he can rule the world guess the Feds are just following the leader.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 2:48pmThat’s a ridiculous penalty. It’s almost harsher than what one would receive for manslaughter.
People’s fettishes for animals needs to end, or we’re gonna have people marrying them in the future.
Report Post »DrFrost
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 3:59pmHunting rights revoked for two years seems a bit light to me. It‘s not like he’s going to prison.
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