October 4, 2012
From RQI.com
Two brothers pled guilty Wednesday to poaching a pregnant mule
deer in Douglas County, a Nevada Department of Wildlife press
release said.
The mule deer was pregnant with twins when
Gonzalo Cossio and Jesus Cossio-Pitones shot the animal close to
their home near Holbrook Junction in March, the report said. After
shooting the deer, the brothers harvested, gutted and cleaned the
animal, the report said. A citizen saw the brothers disposing the
animal and informed authorities before the “game warden caught these
guys literally red handed,” NDOW Chief Game Warden Rob Buonamici
said.
“This is a classic poaching of opportunity,” Buonamici
said. “The real tragedy is that the doe was pregnant with twins, and
now three animals have been taken from sportsmen and citizens of
this state.”
Cossio pled guilty and was sentenced to 90 days
in jail. His brother, Cossio-Pitones, is prohibited from possessing
a firearm, hunt or purchase any hunting license or tag and must
forfeit the weapon used to kill the deer, the report said.
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