From Idaho F&G:

Six men – four from Idaho, one from Pennsylvania and one from Arkansas – have been sentenced on elk poaching charges, following a two-year investigation.

In August 2007, Idaho Fish and Game received several reports from landowners in the Pahsimeroi Valley of a group of elk hunters using illegal and unethical hunting methods.

The reports initiated a two-year investigation that resulted in the seizure of five illegal elk and the prosecution of six individuals with 24 misdemeanor counts in Bingham, Lemhi and Custer counties.

The case was wrapped up in July.

Charged and prosecuted in the case were Gary L. Ward of Blackfoot, Gary D. Ward of Fort Hall, William L. Mathews of Blackfoot, John D. McLean of Pocatello, Darrell D. Ward of Fayetteville, Pa., and Charles N. Sexton of Flippin, Ark.

The group was involved in hunting in closed areas, transferring tags, purchasing resident licenses while residing outside of Idaho, hunting without the proper tag, killing elk in excess of the bag limits, and hunting with the use of motorized vehicles.

Gary L. Ward was sentenced to 10 days in jail, fined $2,082 and loss of hunting and fishing privileges for nine years.

Charles N. Sexton was fined $990 and loss of hunting privileges for two years. Gary D. Ward was fined $652 and loss of hunting privileges for two years. Darrel Ward was fined $418 and loss of hunting privileges for one year. William L. Mathews was fined $338 and loss of hunting privileges for one year. John D. McLean was fined $333.

Just curious, how do they come up with the arbitrary numbers for the fines?
Doesn't sound like much of a punishment to me, a few hundred bucks and two years no hunting. Is that no hunting in only Idaho or nation wide?

A slap on the wrist.Makes me wanna Puke.

Some of the fines are pretty dismal, but...

I'm not sure how it is in Idaho, but in some states, the laws make it hard for judges to go beyond certain levels of fines/jail, etc., especially when the infractions amount to misdemeanors -- akin to traffic violations.

As for the hunting privilege suspensions, Idaho is a member of the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact, which allows states to share suspenion information. Thus it is illegal to hunt in any of these states if a person's privileges are suspended in any other one.

Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact member states include:

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

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Originally posted by Outdoor Writer:

As for the hunting privilege suspensions, Idaho is a member of the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact, which allows states to share suspenion information. Thus it is illegal to hunt in any of these states if a person's privileges are suspended in any other one.

Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact member states include:

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

That means that these slobs can still hunt 18 states legally? That sucks.

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Originally posted by Kamo Gari:
That means that these slobs can still hunt 18 states legally? That sucks.

Yup, or in any other country.