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Posted by cartwright on 12-07-2013 03:19 AM:

Logan County Man Arrested and Fined for Illegal Buck Deer Kill

LOGAN W.Va. – A Logan County man was arrested and fined on charges of illegally killing a trophy buck deer in Logan County, according to Lt. Bobby Cales of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Section.

Camron Stover of Lake in Logan County admitted in Logan County magistrate court to killing two antlered deer in Logan County in violation of wildlife regulations. Stover had already killed one antlered deer in Logan County during archery season, the legal limit.

Nov. 17, 2013, DNR Natural Resources Police Officers responded to a tip of the illegal second kill, and upon questioning, Stover admitted to killing the second deer with a bow Nov. 16, 2013. Logan County has a one-buck bag limit per year and no deer firearm hunting season.

He was issued citations for exceeding the season bag limit, illegal possession of wildlife, hunting after killing legal deer, and failure to check game. Because the buck exceeded an inside spread exceeding 20 inches, he will have to pay the enhanced penalty of $2,500 in addition to the $200 replacement fee and any associated fines and court costs. The 11-point buck had a gross score of 180 2/8 and a net score of 169 3/8.

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Photo Courtesy of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Camron Stover was charged by WVDNR Law Enforcement with illegally killing this 11-point buck in Logan County.

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Posted by Jordan120 on 12-07-2013 07:48 AM:

He had told them the truth about it and they still took it away from him. Who wouldn't shoot a deer like that if it walked out in front of them

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Posted by hillbilly56 on 12-07-2013 02:07 PM:

they have had gun season closed down there for long as i can rember id think y'all outa have enough deer over this period to have a gun season would be hard to pass up 1 like that

Posted by Tully on 12-08-2013 07:36 AM:

Perfect!

I hope horns taste good! I'm so sick of trophy hunters in my area! They want to boast BS about herd management, yet every deer walks by unless it is a wall hanger. In the meantime 3 guys lease the hunting rights together on most of the ground to keep it as a sanctuary, and most times they only still drop their "beloved" hogs my means of poaching! It's pathetic!

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Posted by cartwright on 12-08-2013 09:04 PM:

February 2, 2013

DNR's 'Wall of Shame' intended to curb poaching of big-antlered bucks

By John McCoy

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Most of the antlers in the West Virginia Natural Resources Police's Wall of Shame exhibit came from deer confiscated from poachers in Mingo and Logan counties. Officers Larry Rockel (left) and Terry Ballard were responsible for most of the arrests that led to the confiscations.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- If it's an honor for athletes to have their sports trophies displayed in a Hall of Fame, is it a dishonor for poachers to have their deer trophies displayed on a Wall of Shame?

Not necessarily.

Law enforcement officials who maintain West Virginia's "Wall of Shame" - a traveling exhibit of trophy antlers confiscated from convicted poachers - say poachers sometimes show up to admire their handiwork.

"Sometimes when the people who have had antlers confiscated hear their rack is being shown in our exhibit, they show up to see it," said Sgt. Jerry Payne of the West Virginia Natural Resources Police. "I've had them ask to have their pictures made, standing there with their 'trophy.'"

For the most part, though, poachers whose racks show up on the Wall of Shame tend to maintain a low profile. That's exactly what officials had in mind when they created the exhibit.

"We wanted to show the quality of some of the bucks that were being lost to poaching," said Capt. Kaven Ransom. "We wanted people to know that we were catching the poachers, and that we were confiscating the racks of poached animals."

The exhibit dates back to the late 1980s, when trophy buck poaching in southwestern West Virginia became epidemic. Four counties in the region - Logan, McDowell, Mingo and Wyoming - had been closed to firearm hunting for deer since 1979. Left relatively undisturbed, bucks in the area were able to live long enough to grow bragging-sized antlers.

The temptation proved to be too much for poachers, who either shot trophy bucks illegally with firearms or shot them out of season with bows and arrows.

"Once in a while, we would confiscate a trophy buck, and we'd take it to sports shows to display it," Ransom said. "As we began to accumulate more and more racks, it grew into an exhibit, and it kind of took off from there."

Along the way, someone tabbed the display the "Wall of Shame." The name stuck. Today the exhibit contains 40 sets of antlers, almost all of them from Logan and Mingo counties.

"[Natural Resources Police officers] Terry Ballard and Larry Rockel [who serve the two counties] are responsible for probably 98 percent of the arrests that led to us confiscating those trophies," Ransom said.

Poachers' names used to be exhibited alongside the racks they were responsible for, but officials soon decided against the practice. Today the officer manning the exhibit has a list that tells where each deer was killed, when it was killed, and its measurements using the Boone and Crockett Club trophy-scoring system.

Most of the antlers are simply that - antlers attached to small wooden plaques. A few of the trophies are classic taxidermists' "shoulder mounts."

"We've had a few taxidermists donate the work to mount an especially nice rack," Payne said. "Most of the ones that were already mounted when we confiscated them were home-done mounts and weren't very attractive."

The display makes two major appearances a year, at January's West Virginia Hunting and Fishing Show, and at July's Chief Logan Hunting and Fishing Expo. "Other [DNR law enforcement] districts will borrow it from time to time for shows in their areas, but for the most part we keep it here in District V," Ransom said.

People who see the exhibit generally have one of two reactions, Payne said.

"One of the first things we get asked is, 'Are they from West Virginia?' because people have a hard time believing the state has places that grow bucks that big," he added. "And then, when they learn they are West Virginia bucks, folks are outraged by the fact that people are killing trophy bucks illegally."

Occasionally that outrage leads to further arrests.

"We get a lot of people saying, 'Well, you got this guy, but I know of this other guy that did thus-and-such," Payne said. "So the exhibit sometimes helps us get leads to other violators."

Killing trophy deer used to carry only minor penalties, but a law passed in 2010 increased the "replacement fees" charged for killing big-antlered whitetails. Poachers convicted of killing trophy bucks are now assessed fees that range between $1,000 and $2,500.

Despite the enhanced penalties, Payne said he and his fellow officers still have no shortage of poaching cases to investigate.

"The bottom line is that poachers don't think they'll get caught," he said. "But at least with the bigger penalties, I don't think we'll be seeing very many repeat offenders."

And those who are caught just might end up seeing their ill-gotten trophies hanging not over a mantelpiece, but on West Virginia's big-antler Wall of Shame.

Reach John McCoy at johnmc...@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1231.

Posted by Tully on 12-08-2013 11:27 PM:

Iowas fines

1. For each antlered deer, reimbursement shall be based on
the score of the antlered deer as measured by the Boone and
Crockett club’s scoring system for whitetail deer as follows:
(a) 150 gross inches or less ......................$2,000 to $5,000
and 80 hours of community service or, in lieu of the
community service, a minimum of $4,000 and not more
than $10,000, in an amount that is deemed reasonable by
the court.
(b) More than 150 gross inches ..............$5,000 to $10,000
and 80 hours of community service or, in lieu of the
community service, a minimum of $10,000 and not more
than $20,000, in an amount that is deemed reasonable by
the court.
2. For each deer .......................................................$1,500

Posted by GA DAWG on 12-08-2013 11:43 PM:

I poached one once. Got a ticket. Cost me $250.

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Posted by Jordan120 on 12-09-2013 12:19 AM:

The wall of shame is in chief logan state park. One of those deer on the wall of shame is a 22 point that was killed where I use to live

Posted by smartin0022 on 12-09-2013 01:33 PM:

I am not a proponent of killing deer illegal by any means but here is my question. Why would one deer fine be more then another who cares how big it's rack was. Shouldn't they replace that deer with a comparable size deer in the area it was killed for the fine to be legitamit. I mean here's my point you pay 10,000 for killing a 150+ inch deer illegal and then what happens to the money they prolly put it into a fund for ducks, squirrel or bear etc. I doubt they are replacing that deer with a farm raised comparable genetic pool deer with your money. Nope they just gonna take your money and think to themselves we taught him a lesson and now ppl will hear about it and think twice. Nope if somebody is a poacher they don't care bout the trouble they gonna keep poaching regardless because to them bragging rights mean more than respecting gods creatures and the law of the land. JMO whether it's a doe or a button buck or a booner the fine should be $2500, $5000 whatever it may be but it ought to be set one price.

Posted by Randy B on 12-11-2013 04:12 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Jordan120
He had told them the truth about it and they still took it away from him. Who wouldn't shoot a deer like that if it walked out in front of them

An ethical law abiding hunter maybe????

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Posted by Jordan120 on 12-11-2013 05:31 PM:

It might be that Randy lol

Posted by Scary Creek on 12-15-2013 02:23 AM:

he should've said and checked it in over in boone county !!!!

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