Iowa Poaching Case

[Elvis188]

Glidden man cleared in poaching case, questions DNR tactics - Radio Iowa

A Carroll County man who was recently acquitted of several poaching charges says he has a warning for deer hunters and questions the tactics of the Iowa DNR. Sixty-one-year-old Kenneth Snyder of Glidden was found not guilty on four counts of illegal possession of antlered whitetail deer. Snyder...

www.radioiowa.com

 

[hillrunner]

I'd like to hear the whole story from both sides. There's usually more to the story.

 

[Hardwood11]

From the limited information in that article, I would say, wow I hope they move on to bigger issues. A euro mount triggered this?

 

[Windlooker]

They operate primarily through informants who provide many times low hanging fruit. The DNR snitch in my hood was an Amish teen. Lol. No kidding. Made 10% of the fine, he was livin large.

Everyone needs to understand a stat is a stat to govt agencies. These numbers drive budgeting, manpower allocation etc. Most of the time they care less about the worthiness of a case, just that it’s a successful prosecution and number. Period.

Don’t get me wrong there are some good investigators that do great work, but there are a bunch of bottom feeders who are encouraged to generate numbers.

The 101 case that takes 2 weeks is a stat, and the 2 year long complex case is the same stat when done. They want numbers

 

[8bitnes]

I'd like to hear the whole story from both sides. There's usually more to the story.

This^

 

[Matthewfox_45]

If I remember right, this guy’s son got caught poaching some bucks a couple years ago, including an absolute toad that he posted to Facebook. And if I’m remembering right again, some of the deer were stashed at his dads place.

 

[Matthewfox_45]

I just googled “Snyder poaching case glidden ia”, I was remembering correctly.

 

[bigbuckhunter88]

If I remember right, this guy’s son got caught poaching some bucks a couple years ago, including an absolute toad that he posted to Facebook. And if I’m remembering right again, some of the deer were stashed at his dads place.

This. The charges on the dad were basically just piled on cuz they had no idea which ones his son thermal'd/poached vs were legally taken

 

[Windlooker]

To my point. Don’t go for a 2 fer when it’s menial garbage. Apparently the deer weren’t stashed at dads place. Focus on the real violation.

 

[CottonwoodCanyon]

Sounds like the son is the real scumbag here. Whether dad had anything to do with it is hard to prove.

 

[Hardwood11]

I think it is a good idea to keep the tag on antlers long term, especially in Iowa where these issues seem to be more frequent. Some guys think it looks tacky...but hey the paper trail is right there.

 

[Ishi]

I’ve been cutting the tag off and stapling it to the back of the mount since Iowa started the two tag system. With tag on the back board and the record on our personal DNR account on harvest date and confirmation # could help if questions arrive in the future.

 

[Daver]

I’ve been cutting the tag off and stapling it to the back of the mount since Iowa started the two tag system. With tag on the back board and the record on our personal DNR account on harvest date and confirmation # could help if questions arrive in the future.

There's a good idea. ^^ I always remove the tag because I don't like the look...I never thought of simply keeping the tag too. Duh.

 

[150 Class]

I eat most of my tags.

 

[Matthewfox_45]

I eat most of my tags.

Same…at least the any sex ones anyway. I don’t seem to have a problem filling a doe tag though.

 

[Hardwood11]

I eat most of my tags.

A1 or a little ranch on the side?

 

[Handcannon]

I’ve been cutting the tag off and stapling it to the back of the mount since Iowa started the two tag system. With tag on the back board and the record on our personal DNR account on harvest date and confirmation # could help if questions arrive in the future.

Me too.