December 8, 2011
By Tim Unruh, SalJournal.com
TIPTON — A little as a fourth of an inch was the difference between
thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential total fines
faced by 16 hunters in Mitchell County.
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism officers ticketed
the hunters late last week for using radios and pickup trucks to
illegally take four deer. The hunters were not named Thursday, but
Mitchell County Attorney Mark Noah said they’re from the Tipton and
Hunter communities.
He added that one ticket was issued in Osborne County.
The hunters in Mitchell County were given notices to appear Jan. 10
in Mitchell County District Court in Beloit, he said, where they could
be fined a minimum of $500 for each count.
The antlers of one or all of the deer missed trophy status by as
close as one-fourth of an inch, Noah said.
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