Suspected Poaching Search Turns Up Three 8-Point Deer Heads 🕵️‍♂️

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In the event that the weekend wasn’t quite long enough for you, here’s to hoping that your favorite dispatch from the outdoor world can give you 5-or-so minutes to prep yourself for yet another week.

So, without further ado, let’s grab that coffee or whiskey (no judgement) and get caught up on the outdoor news and views from the past few days. 

Here's what's worth reading about today:

EXPECT MORE CHARGES TO BE FILED
SUSPECTED POACHING SEARCH TURNS UP THREE DEER HEADS AND FELONY FIREARM POSSESSION CHARGE

Executing a search warrant in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 1st, Pennsylvania Game Wardens uncovered a bunch of fancy equipment and three nice deer heads stuffed in a freezer. Unfortunately at the time of the raid, officers were without enough solid evidence to file any Game Code violations but were able to write a felony firearms charge after wardens came across a muzzleloader the suspect should have never had in his possession.

Reports indicate that wardens, assisted by Pennsylvania State Police, served the warrant at around 7 a.m. at the residence of 55-year-old Michael L. Stine in the 600 block of Orchard Road in the Slate Belt. After being tipped off about some nefarious nighttime activities, investigators were looking into suspected deer poaching and now find themselves smack dab in the middle of an ongoing investigation…

Manitoba hunters fined $1,400 each for night hunting:  Four hunters from Manitoba were charged and fined after conservation officers from Hudson Bay and Greenwater investigated a spotlighting incident in the Porcupine Provincial Forest on Sept. 19.  Read the full story.

Oregon offers some of the most liberal turkey hunting seasons in the nation: Oregon, where turkeys aren’t native and introduced birds continue to spread across the landscape, has some of the most liberal hunting seasons in the nation (plural, spring and fall). Spring hunters can take three toms, and in much of the state also are allowed two more of either sex in the fall. Read the full story.

Three rescued after duck hunting boat capsizes on Mississippi River: Three people escaped injury after their duck hunting boat capsized on the Mississippi River near Brownsville on Saturday morning, according to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office. Read the full story.

Blind Gillette Teen Bags Mule Deer Buck, Wants To Hunt Bull Elk Next: Gillette 13-year-old Connor Gaston is legally blind due to a brain tumor when he was 3, but it hasn't kept him from developing a passion for hunting. Being legally blind “doesn’t really affect me, because I don’t know any different,” he said.  Read the full story.

Migration Alert: Waterfowl Numbers Strong in Michigan, Stagnant Weather Stalls Hunting: Michigan waterfowl hunters are in the thick of waterfowl season in all three zones. Many hunters enjoyed successful opening days around the Mitten State, but as the season progressed, conditions reverted to shorts and T-shirt weather and the hunting slowed. The weather is likely at least partly responsible for any lack of success. In many cases there are plenty of ducks present; they simply do not move consistently in warm conditions. Read the full story.

Deadly Chronic Wasting Disease found in Upstate NY wild deer, first since 2005 : The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced Friday that it has identified a positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease in a wild deer killed in the town of Sparta, Livingston County.  Read the full story.

📸 When the buck crashes your workplace. There’s a lot of guys and gals out there right now hoping a deer like this would walk by their stand.

And this fella just showed up at the job site…

Someone created a baseball walk up song database. When you picture Italian shepherds, we often picture wide open pastures and sheep as far as the eye can see. But in Rome, it’s actually quite an urban operation. How homebodies are content at home and the process of American photography being forged in the mines.

What a shot.

📸 by @arthurlefo

Oh, and one more thing…