Outfitter, guides and hunter charged in elk killing
#11
Typical Buck
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Now I will also state that I have ZERO respect for this so called hunter! Anybody that draws such a tag and then sits on their butt at home while the guide/outfitter looks for a big animals and awaits a phone call is not a hunter. That is a shooter and a killer but not a hunter. To sit around waiting for a call and then just making a 90 mile drive to the kill site isn't what I would call hunting. While it may not be illegal, it isn't ethical in my mind. Personally I would not allow an animal killed under those conditions to ever hang on my game pole. As always, feel free to disagree but the man didn't deserve that elk even if there were no violations. You earn elk through sweat and labor not a phone call.
As far as the hanging these guys it is interesting that their previous charges were dismissed and they have yet to be found guilty here but hey they should be hung anyways I guess !!
#12
Giant Nontypical
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So what about the guy in Michigan that after waiting for years finally draws an elk tag . He has no experience hunting elk because he can't. So there are guys that either own or lease private land where the elk are and basically do all the scouting etc because normal hunters can't even access that land. So the hunter calls one of these guys and they tell him where to meet and they will put him on the elk but he has to make the kill. Plus I bet alot of the elk hunt outfitters or scouts or what ever you call them would love to be able to just call a guy and say hey you drive 90 miles we have an elk here that is just standing around and waiting for you to get here and shoot it thats pretty much laughable !!
As far as the hanging these guys it is interesting that their previous charges were dismissed and they have yet to be found guilty here but hey they should be hung anyways I guess !!
As far as the hanging these guys it is interesting that their previous charges were dismissed and they have yet to be found guilty here but hey they should be hung anyways I guess !!
#13
So what about the guy in Michigan that after waiting for years finally draws an elk tag . He has no experience hunting elk because he can't. So there are guys that either own or lease private land where the elk are and basically do all the scouting etc because normal hunters can't even access that land. So the hunter calls one of these guys and they tell him where to meet and they will put him on the elk but he has to make the kill. Plus I bet alot of the elk hunt outfitters or scouts or what ever you call them would love to be able to just call a guy and say hey you drive 90 miles we have an elk here that is just standing around and waiting for you to get here and shoot it thats pretty much laughable !!
As far as the hanging these guys it is interesting that their previous charges were dismissed and they have yet to be found guilty here but hey they should be hung anyways I guess !!
As far as the hanging these guys it is interesting that their previous charges were dismissed and they have yet to be found guilty here but hey they should be hung anyways I guess !!
#15
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Join Date: Oct 2013
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Not surprising since they both require a little bit of common sense and basic reading ability. Having an IQ higher than 5 helps too. I suggest you go back and read them again and pay attention to what we are saying this time because you sure didn't grasp it the first time.
#16
Oltdimr, Way too much fluff and "wording" in that reporting! I boiled it down to this:
Richard Prentiss name was selected in the Aug. 18 drawing at the Elk County Visitors Center for a six-day fully guided Pennsylvania trophy elk hunt. On Wednesday, Sept. 11 — Prentiss drove over and hunted with guides that evening and the following day. Then, on the morning of Friday, Sept. 13, they located the elk on private property. Prentiss made a 136-yard shot and second time at 175 yards. The bull was down at 7:20 am.
After a four-month investigation, the Pennsylvania Game Commission filed charges earlier this month in a case involving the shooting of a trophy elk. On March 10, charges were filed with Magisterial District Judge Jerome Nevling in Kylertown, Clearfield County.
The charges:
1) using a motor vehicle to locate elk.
2) shooting at the elk after getting out from a vehicle while being within 25 yards of the traveled portion of the roadway.
In 2015, a different guide and hunter were charged with similar offenses, and Judge Nevling dismissed the case.
Last edited by RaySendero; 04-18-2020 at 09:42 AM.
#18
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Not surprising since they both require a little bit of common sense and basic reading ability. Having an IQ higher than 5 helps too. I suggest you go back and read them again and pay attention to what we are saying this time because you sure didn't grasp it the first time.
#19
That was the only link I had. Perhaps you could google a news story by just googling for PA Guides and hunter charged with illegally hunting elk.
Last edited by Oldtimr; 04-18-2020 at 08:14 AM.
#20
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