my post got ate lol ...bottom line the artical said they sold a total of less then 4 grand in fish ! so we as tax payers should pay a min of 330 grand to jail them ,pay the court system and appeals ,pay for there court appointed attornys , pay for the local state law enforcement ,pay for the FBI,pay for welfare for there familys pay for parole after and welfare till they get on there feet ....and you think this is a good deal? this is stupid is what it is..... but we don't have the money to balance a budget or keep the parks open ....and in NH don't they toss perch on the ice anyways ?
well i say hit them with a gigantic fine and i mean huggge. then make them do community service with the dec to help maintain trails and road upkeep! make them work there butts off so they understand how much time,money and effort goes into upkeeping our land and waters! i dont think prison is the answer for this kind of illegal activity. they wont learn and we wont bennifit from it one bit as sportsman.
Best of the BEST right here!!! Good call BML!! Make them work 12-16 hour days and force feed them what hard work really is!! God knows mine and many others on here backs ache everyday.....I have two kids of my own to support and bring up right in this world. Definitley don't want to have to support any other that want to continuosly break the law!! Real sad!!The parents of these poachers should be slapped, physically, for not showing these kids what is right and wrong!!Everybody here has some real good posts and info to share!!--KP
I am a believer in alternative sentencing, its too expensive for taxpayers to put these guys in some federal prison. I think they should pay large fines and have to do an *** load of conservation related community service. It's no wonder the Fed is 14 trillion in debt. The whole system is upsidedown, from the way we allow the Chinese to walk all over us to the screwy federal sentencing guidelines.
The vehicles they were driving were fairly new and not Kia Rio's ! One was a brand new Chevy pick up, another was a late 2000's Lincoln Navigator ! (Esox V knows the Red Chevy truck and it's owner)