December 8, 2011
From Fox43.com
33 year old Scott Garner, of Bainbridge
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY—
A Lancaster County hunter is cited for poaching a record-book class
buck, according to charges filed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission on
Wednesday.
Wildlife Conservation Officers Mike Doherty of Dauphin County, and
John Veylupek, of Lancaster County, filed the charges against 33 year
old Scott M. Garner of Bainbridge. Garner was charged with exceeding the
bag limit for antlered deer in a license year by killing a second buck.
Under long-standing bag limits, Pennsylvania hunters are limited to one
antlered deer per license year.
On December 1, Garner killed a 14-point buck in Londonderry Township,
Dauphin County, during the two-week firearms deer season after having
killed a five-point buck in archery season on October 31. He re-used and
altered his buck tag, originally used on the buck taken on October 31,
to tag the second buck illegally harvested on December 1.
For killing the 14-point buck, Garner faces penalties of up to 90
days in jail and an enhanced fine of $6,500 since the size of the deer's
antlers are considered trophy class under Game Commission regulations.
He also faces up to three years revocation of his hunting and trapping
privileges in Pennsylvania.
Had the 14-point buck been lawfully taken by a hunter, with a Boone &
Crockett green-score of 172.5 inches, it would have placed it in the top
25 for typical deer taken with a firearm in Pennsylvania's All-Time Big
Game Records.
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