Originally Posted by daylate
Originally Posted by hallb
Originally Posted by Pwyse
What did they do wrong besides use cameras and bait to locate deer and transport dead animals across state lines?


Was trying to figure out the same thing. That article doesn't make it very clear.

Sounds like baiting is the core offense. Taking any game that was killed using an illegal method across state lines is a felony. Stems from the days of market hunting that nearly wiped out all game in the early 1900s. Was a good idea and necessary back then but is a bit extreme now. Now, don't get me wrong. I am not defending them at all. They knew they were breaking Nebraska law and they got caught.


I think 39 people total were indicted and charged, including the outfitter who is in prison but detailed everything to prosecutors. Hundreds of charges among the 39 ranging from illegal baiting, hunting at night with lights, illegal hunting from the road, use of suppressors, failing to tag animals, using other hunters' tags -- just a wide range of stuff. The Bowmars had, I think, most of their charges related to poaching and baiting.

They claimed they did not "knowingly" poach or bait anything and thus were fighting those charges. Said they were unwitting and didn't know.

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