$10,000 for two private property guided elk hunts, and didn't have to buy a license. He skated!



CHEYENNE—An Oregon hunter received two years probation and $10,000 in penalties today for going on illegal hunts on a Ten Sleep family’s land.

Matt Robinson is the fourth person to be sentenced so far in one of Wyoming’s largest illegal hunting cases in years.

So far, two members of the Carter family, a prominent ranching family, have been sentenced for their roles in charging out-of-state hunters about $7,500 each to shoot animals on their property from 2003 through 2009.

Carter family members illegally used their landowner tags on the animals shot, then helped transport the animals back to the hunters’ homes in violation of federal law.

The final defendant in the case, Richard Carter Sr., will be sentenced later today in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne.

Robinson was found guilty in April of killing bull elks in 2005 and 2008 without an archery license. He also was found guilty of illegally transporting the elk antlers back to Oregon.

In addition to a two-year probation sentence, U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal also ordered Robinson to pay a $2,500 fine and $7,500 restitution. During Robinson’s probation, he’s not allowed to possess a hunting license.

Last week, Ten Sleep outfitter Richard “R.C.” Carter was sentenced to five months in prison for organizing the illegal hunts. Professional snowboarder Mark Carter, R.C.’s brother, received three years probation for his role in the operation, while Oregon hunter Steven Farah was sentenced to 30 days home confinement

Actually, as the article stated, that only adds up to $10,000 and unless we don't know enough particulars about the case, it would appear he did skate if he didn't even have any licenses with the NR prices as high as they are. Very disappointing for me and I hope you post a better outcome when the old man ring leader gets sentenced later today!

Yeah $10k, math wasn't my favorite! LOL!

That makes two of us, LOL! I hope you can come back tomorrow and post a biggie fine, costs, and restitution for the old man!

No such chance! The old man got off even easier! This one makes me sick. I guess it pays to poach and cheat the system. They didn't even take his outfitters license. Why put in for the draw and waste money on fees.



CHEYENNE—A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a Ten Sleep rancher and an Oregon hunter to probation and tens of thousands of dollars in fines and restitution, bringing an apparent end to one of Wyoming’s largest illegal hunting cases in years.

Four others have already pleaded guilty in the case, in which several out-of-state hunters paid thousands each to shoot animals on the Carter family’s ranch, illegally use the family’s landowner tags on the animals, and take them back home.

Richard Carter Sr. was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal on Wednesday to four years of supervised probation for helping with the scheme and allowing other hunters to use his landowner tags. Carter also received a $5,000 fine and has voluntarily paid $10,000 in restitution to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

Freudenthal also sentenced Oregon hunter Matt Robinson to two years probation, a $2,500 fine and $7,500 restitution to Game and Fish for killing bull elks in 2005 and 2008 on the Carters’ property without an archery license.

During Robinson’s probation, he’s not allowed to possess a hunting license. Carter was also banned from hunting for three years.

Three others have already been sentenced in the case: Richard Carter’s sons R.C. and Mark, as well as Steven Farah, another Oregon hunter. All except Robinson pleaded guilty earlier this year to reduced charges.

R.C. Carter, an outfitter who helped organize the hunts from 2003 until 2009, was sentenced last week to five months in jail. Mark Carter, a professional snowboarder who prosecutors said played a minor role in the operation, received three years probation. Each voluntarily paid $75,000 restitution to Game and Fish.

Farah was sentenced to 30 days home confinement.

At his sentencing hearing, R.C. Carter said that since high school he had been led to believe that swapping out hunting tags wasn’t that big of a deal.

“I think the best use for me is to spread the word that these crimes are taken seriously,” he told Freudenthal at the time.

Richard Carter is also involved in an ongoing 2010 federal lawsuit accusing him and a Utah man of misusing a federal drought program to make millions.

The lawsuit, currently pending in Missouri, alleges that Carter and Jerry Goodwin of Ogden, Utah, received more than 28 million pounds of nonfat dry milk in 2002 and 2003 under a U.S. Department of Agriculture program.

The milk was intended to be mixed with livestock feed in areas affected by drought, but the lawsuit alleges that instead Carter and Goodwin sold the milk overseas for $5.8 million.

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Richard Carter is also involved in an ongoing 2010 federal lawsuit accusing him and a Utah man of misusing a federal drought program to make millions.

This is the key to the whole thing! Crime does pay!

That sucks and the other deal on the dry milk doesn't surprise me as locals have told me the whole family are a bunch of crooks! FYI they were operating on their own property so they didn't have an outfitting license to lose because Wyoming doesn't require one if you're on your own property. IMHO, that is another thing that needs to be changed because if they had to have one with the threat of losing it and not being able to do anything but hunt the property themselves that would be a good deterent to stop shit like they got caught at.