January 25, 2012
From Chicoer.com
OROVILLE — Three local duck hunters and one from San Jose, took
unfair advantage of the best shooting weather of the season last
weekend, allegedly taking a total of 108 birds in two days.
California Department of Fish and Game wardens cited Todd Gregory
Owen, 48, and Cody Lee Owen, 21, both of Biggs, as well as Clint
Matthew Owen, 24, of Richvale, and Jeffrey Delte, 24, of San Jose.
California regulations provide for a duck hunting limit of
seven ducks per day with 14 in possession if taken over two or more
days.
Collectively, the four men had an over-limit of 52
ducks, with additional individual species violations, wardens said.
A warden observed the men for several hours over a two-day
period, and believed they might be taking killed ducks to another
location, then returning to hunt more.
When contacted at two
residences in Butte County, wardens said the men had freezers full
of duck meat in various stages of processing.
Authorities
said the recent purchase of high-quality binoculars and a spotting
scope through the Butte County Game Commission made it possible to
collect evidence in the case.
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