And the "people", if you can call them that, more like MONSTERS..:(, are getting hungrier and more brutal.. Is this the trend, Faber, Celente, etal, have been warning us about, now developing?..
I SURE HOPE NOT.
"""Last year, two arrests were made in the Elko area, he said. While there were 43 confirmed poaching cases last year compared to 71 in 2008, wardens said earlier this year that poaching seems to be on an upswing."""
"""Nevada game wardens are looking for poachers who killed three deer west of Carson City on February 25, including one doe who was pregnant with twins. Two does were found killed, with nearly all of the meat taken, and a buck was also discovered nearby in Voltaire Canyon, Rob Buonamici, Nevada’s chief game warden said. Two near-term embryos were found discarded near the gut pile of the animals."""
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Two Nevada men arrested for alleged poaching of antelope in Washoe County
Two men have been charged with poaching a pronghorn antelope last year in Washoe County, accused of killing the animal outside the hunting area specified on their tags, authorities said.
The arrests last week of Sean David O’Halloran, 34, of Clark County, and David Anthony Ebarb, 32, of Elko County, demonstrates the state wildlife department’s crack down on hunters who allegedly shoot and kill animals in coveted areas where other hunters have waited up to a decade for the privilege. Hunters enter a lottery to be able to obtain the hunting tags.
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Last year 150,000 applications were received by the Nevada Department of Wildlife, that ultimately issued more than 22,000 tags for elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep, antelope and mountain goat.
But officials said some hunters obtain tags for less-desired areas and then illegally hunt on the more prized spots. While few poachers are caught, NDOW spokesman Edwin Lyngar said wardens are on the lookout.
Last year, two arrests were made in the Elko area, he said. While there were 43 confirmed poaching cases last year compared to 71 in 2008, wardens said earlier this year that poaching seems to be on an upswing.
“People who shoot these animals illegally are taking them away from the honest sportsmen who waited, often many years, to get a tag for that area,” said Lyngar, adding the department manages herd populations and that illegal shootings impacts the area’s biology.
“You can’t just go and shoot populations of animals,” he said.
Sometimes poachers leave dead animals to waste, which is a felony offense.
Nevada game wardens are looking for poachers who killed three deer west of Carson City on February 25, including one doe who was pregnant with twins. Two does were found killed, with nearly all of the meat taken, and a buck was also discovered nearby in Voltaire Canyon, Rob Buonamici, Nevada’s chief game warden said. Two near-term embryos were found discarded near the gut pile of the animals.
There was a rash of poaching in November outside city boundaries of the Reno-Sparks area. A mule deer buck was found dead Nov. 6 near Mustang. Its antlers were taken but nothing else. About a week later, a doe was found dead north of Reno. Prior to those incidents, two bucks and a male pronghorn were illegally shot and left to rot outside Reno.
Ebarb and O’Halloran were contacted at their camp in August by a state game warden who determined they allegedly had unlawfully killed and possessed a pronghorn antelope, Lyngar said. The animal was shot near Findman Spring, in north Washoe County, which was outside the area where their tags allowed them to hunt.
On April 9, Ebarb and O’Halloran were booked into the Washoe County Jail on a warrant charging them with unlawful killing and possession of the antelope. They were released on their own recognizance and could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
Operation Game Thief is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone responsible for poaching. Anyone with information should contact OGT at (800) 992-3030. Callers will remain anonymous.
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