About 5 or 6 years ago in Idaho a serial poacher was convicted and literally made an example of if caught for poaching. He got sentenced to 3 years in prison, a life time hunting and fishing ban, can’t own a firearm ever again, no voting rights, cannot associate with people in possession of firearms while he is present, can’t even walk into the sporting goods section of walmart without violating the terms of his sentence, and $250K fine. Plus lose of all his guns, obviously, truck, camping trailer, snow machines, and etc.
The new paper article estimated this guy ended up having $350K worth of assets lose, and not including prison time, and years of parole.
The fore mentioned deserved what he got. And basically, it will take him a life time to recover.
All this translates into, states like Idaho take poaching very seriously. Even something small offense, if caught automatically suspends your license privilages for one year, and that is the minimum they can do to you.
Also, it is a violation of state hunting laws for not making an attempt to recover all game and “use”, except certain non-game species. Depending on how you read the law.
I laugh at how people hunt in states like Texas, because if you used the same practices in many western states your ass would wind up in prison. I don’t consider the use of feeder stations real hunting. And don’t explain to me you do it because of thick cover. Try stalking a big horn sheep or bull elk for 3 days over rugged mountain terrain and still say hunting in Texas is harder.
