Great idea. Burden is on the state to prove real corn/ wrong doing. I know some folks use fake corn to lure in ducks, which is legal.

I'd say "your honor, they call me Del-monte"

Ford150man. I don't know why you cant see it I just checked and it's still there. I'm not worried at all about that picture. I can post a picture of a 8point buck in the crosshairs at night. What's the difference in that and a game camera, still just a picture.

Aldeer detectives strike again. I went back and looked at the picture and by golly I think that deer was alive. He should have just gotten it to stand up and walk to his truck and then finished it off.

Again, I’m not jumping on you either way.

Personally, I dont think Id go commit the crime of PERJURY, which is a Class C FELONY in the state of Alabama over a freaking game violation!

Alabama Code 13A-10-101. Perjury in the first degree
Current as of: 2016 | Check for updates | Other versions

(a) A person commits the crime of perjury in the first degree when in any official proceeding he swears falsely and his false statement is material to the proceeding in which it is made.

Chances are the warden has lifted and copied every picture on your facebook page as well as your posts wording. He most likely has copied ALL this thread as well. I know I would.

Also, in your interview with him you told him you drug the deer to a bait site. Your words....

He most likely pulled any metadata from your pics and KNOWS the exact GPS coordinates of where it was taken.

He more then likely went to the site and looked for climbing stand marks on trees within 100 yards as in your facebook posts you mention using a climber. He could easily have taken photos of them , as well as marked them all on a map as well as your bait site, and have the distances noted.

Showing up with fake corn and LYING would more then likely cause you way more trouble. A felony perjury conviction could possibly cost you your right to own a firearm as well as put a serious limitation on your deer hunting..bow, x bow or muzzle loader only.

I would mark this down to experience, pay the fine and move on rather then use " fake corn" and /or lie in court in sworn testimony. The cover up is what get folks most times...not the crime. I wouldnt commit a felony to try to get out of a VIOLATION.

Just my opinion. Now if there are no climbing stand marks within 100 yards of the feed site, nor any stands hanging within 100 yards ( or sign that there were and they were pulled) and you TRULY did not shoot the deer in the bait and you feel it is worth a chance, then do what makes you feel better.

But if you were in anyway guilty..Id pay the fine and learn a lesson. The way the law is written with the "affected area" and whether the "deer was going to the feed" is very ambiguous as well and up to the wardens discretion. The chances are you would lose the fight in court anyway.

Only you KNOW what the real facts are, but after all this posting if I was the warden, Id figure you might try to fight it so Id do due diligence and go to the bait site, copy all posts and threads as well as any pictures...then if you did try to fight it and I had the proof ( only you know if he will..but if I were to guess.Id say he will) Id prove you wrong in court and if you perjured yourself, Id have you charged with that too.

Id also make sure to visit your property next year, camera with date and time stamp in hand and see if you learned your lesson.

Some time it is just better to let things go. This might be one of those cases. Just trying to help...but some of the advice your getting here could seriously jam you up.

ODO

It’s a night scope. Granted it doesn’t do near as well without the IR illuminator but IS a night scope and it IS illegal to hunt with. And don’t say I’m uninformed because I owned one.

If I’ve been accused of doing something I didn’t do, all bets are off. I’d so or say anything to keep from being prosecuted of a crime I didn’t commit; with the exception of harming someone innocent.

^^^ totally agree.


Also agree with others that the OP totally shot himself in the foot by posting those pictures on FB.
While it is a crummy way for GW LEO to operate, the pics arguably establish probable cause for a ticket.
Which is now been done.

The pics alone probably do not get to beyond a reasonable doubt for a conviction.
But there is no telling what the OP may have said to the LEO, and he certainly has said too much here.
He better hope he doesn't have a certain kind of district court judge because the Court of Criminal Appeals would rubber stamp any conviction.

And as others have said, he *obviously* killed the buck over corn and the scope pic was taken immediately after the shot.
Looks like a neck shot and he has the crosshairs still on the neck where he shot him.

Hogwild's observations are impressive too.

I would suggest to the OP to stop posting.
And read up on BrentM's "Corn Baiting for Dummies" book, lol.

that's why you shut your mouth it ain't perjury if you dont say anything and refuse to testify against yourself it would be pretty easy to beat if the OP woulda been silent. GW would need to know exact location, time, date etc... without any evidence except a picture he posted if he had kept his mouth shut which I'm sure he didnt it could have just been a prank picture for all the court knows. the court would have to prove jurisdiction so they would have to know location not possible with a picture. I dont think a facebook picture saying I killed this deer is exactly a sworn statement either could probably have it struck from evidence if you didnt tell the GW any different. my opinion is pay the ticket you already entrapped yourself then learn from it and live your life.

Now lets take guesses on how much this GOOF, is gonna cost the OP if (as many believe) he is convicted?????

I just realized in your opening statement you aren't denying baiting. You just don't think you can get a ticket because the GW did not physically catch you. Maybe you corrected this later in the thread.

Lots of dumbarses get caught by the po po because they post pictures or can't keep their pie hole shut and brag on Facebook, Twitter, etc. I'm sure the police are always looking on these sites for leads, and this is another example.

Yes, social media has become a major tool for law enforcement.
And it is totally legitimate.

Went and relooked at the pics, if OP did drag did as he said, how are the legs still straight out. I went and looked at deer I had killed and then drug and all their legs were Folded back not straight out.

OP, for future reference the term "supplemental feeding" might serve you better than "bait" or "baiting" or "corn". It's the same thing but it's different. Like wetback and Mexican are the same but different.

Gkelly the problem is that cell phone camera pictures these days have a lot of information attached to them. The time, the date and even the GPS location through geo tagging.

Ask of Timber2. He posted pics of a buck he shot before the season on here , with a story about how he shot it during the season. The picture contained the date, time and the exact GPS coordinates.

The guys here pulled that data..exposed Timber 2 on here about it. Wardens took note, investigated and he was charged AND found guilty of three offenses...based solely on the pictures.

Also, I dont think the wardens go though everyone's facebook posts looking for hunting pictures...and then corn in them. The OP was no doubt reported to the warden over the pictures on Facebook, then the warden investigated the lead he was given I would guess. One of his "Friends" on Facebook...may not be such a good "Friend"..lol.

Modern technology is a two sided sword.

Most folks don't know how to disable it on their phone or either didn't know it existed.

I’m telling you, it was there and now it’s not.

One more question. I’m curious why did you change the batteries in your scope just to take a pic of the deer after you had drug him out of the woods? Obviously the scope pics aren’t very good. So what was the point of going through that trouble?

I think he posted the Facebook picture and sent in his Game Check within a minute or so, too quick.