A friend of mine found a dead buck behind a dirt pile at the end of a dirt road with its antlers cut off and the rest of the deer just left there to rot. The buck wasn't gutted at all, no meat taken; not even the backstraps.... just the antlers taken.
We have 'big city' so-called hunters come up and they think they own the woods. Hell, the even shoot a cow now and than thinking they just shot one hell of a deer. Anybody out there know when deer start looking like Holsteins let me know, because I would like to see a black and white deer with utters.
A few years ago I saw a dead deer along the side of a dirt road, sure it was a doe, backstraps cut out and the rest of the deer just left to rot. Thrown out like it was garbage.
Poachers and unethical hunters are worthless, good for nothing slime. Gum stuck to the bottom of my boot has more of a purpose in life than a poacher or unethical hunter.

yes this numbskull is an example of greed as in wanting the biggest buck.this has nothing to do with the decline in deer population still see alot of does along the road if road hunters were killing the deer along the road then we would not see any deer.i know one thing in west virginia the deer kill is down and and we need to find out why because i recall hereing my dad say if they saw a deer track that was a big event in our county.i dont want it to come to that today!

500$ LOL! What a fine that could be. I saw it all over the years nothing surprise s me anymore seems to me there is more poachers then hunters in 2009! The feeling you get in the stomach when you find a fresh kill with the head choped off is like when you walk in a public bathroom and the last one to use it didnt flush and left a pile floating just for you too smell soon as the door opens you know that feeling in your stomach when the smell rushes up your nose! But thats poachers for you

Poachers have been around since the dawn of recorded time - Like hemorrhoids they will have to be endured.

I do not believe the economy is a major force in driving poaching activity. Hunting licenses in Michigan are cheap for residents (less than the cost of a box of the cheapest rifle ammunition) and multiple licenses are available for most of the state. Seasons are long and public hunting lands are abundant. The major force driving poaching activity is the incessant emphasis on killing large antlered bucks. WHen I started my career as a game warden thirty years ago I would encounter people killing deer illegally in order to add to the supply in the freezer- and, for the most part, when they were caught, they were caught- and courts took that into consideration. There are no Robin Hoods left, though- today's poacher shoots once in the night- if that buck drops in its tracks, it is thrown in the truck. If it is poorly hit, which is likely at night in bad light from a vehicle window, it is left to run off and die in the back of the field where the farmer finds it in the spring.

Yes, i am so f***ing sick of poachers. This fall a family was caught taking 10 deer off our land while shining. All bucks. We shot one 10 pointer this year as oppose to 7 nice bucks last year. I just dont get whats going through their head.

Poaching has always been common in my area south central Mo. However it seems to be quite a bit worse this year. I have seen three deer with the backstraps cut off left to rot less than a half mile of my house. This was early archery season. I frequently hear shots both night and day. The most disturbing are the semi auto 22 at night cause I know there is a deer, or sometimes a calf that suffers a inhumane death. These poachers have no regard for the lives of the animals and no respect for the law or anyone. Spotlighting is a very dangerous activity and criminal charges should be severe, not a joke.

Poaching a trophy buck is wrong! My family owns some acres and there is not a decent buck on the whole property due to a**holes that neighbor it. I have always told myself if I encounter a poacher it will be all I can do not to shoot him down in his tracks, until about a year ago. I was grouse hunting (on my land) and came upon a young man (about my age) with an old single shot .22 and a deer at the bottom of a cliff that I frequently sit on to deer hunt. I walked to the top of the cliff and hollered,"What the @#*k are you doing?!". He turned and looked up at me. His face was dirty and his clothes too small. He then began begging me not to get him in trouble with the law, and explained that his pa was laid off and that his family could not afford to buy all their food. He had only shot a doe (which over populate the property), so I walked down and helped him gut the deer (he had no idea what he was doing). I then set up a "deal" with him to allow his family
to harvest a doe once a month on my property and to make sure to process the meat correctly(so they didn't get sick). He is now one of my best friends and he says thanks to my (and my family's) understanding, his family is back on their feet and his pa is working. According to the law he was poaching, but according to me he was providing. If you are having trouble with money listen up, there is no real hunter or land owner that will turn down a request to provide for your family, but make sure you fallow their requests. If you are a horn poacher, I think I speak for the true sportsmen and women out there, NOBODY'S IMPRESSED!

I get pissed off just as much as the next guy with road hunters and the deer layin around with antlers cut off. I can understand why potching would be up with all the jobs leaving the state of Michigan and the licenses going way up in price. I can unterstand to an extent hunting without licenses for the meat, but there is no excuse for the lights, atv's, road hunting, and leaving carcuses layin around with antlers off. The people that kill for the rack and leave the rest to rot need a good beat down when there are people out there risking fines just to put food on the table.

Poaching run rampant is South Central Oklahoma. One poacher bragged that he killed 40 deer last year and even traded some for truck parts. I used to have deer, turkey, and a couple of hogs next to me. Some how this bunch got permission to hunt it. Now there is nothing left. Last year someone called the game warden to tell him about spotlighting that was going on. He told them that he didn't work after five pm., but you let a kid get caught rideing a 4-wheeler on goverment land and they will take his 4-wheeler and write him a big fine. They think they're traffic cops. I am so ashamed of the game wardens in Oklahoma. It's enough to make one sick.

Here in Alabama you can gift wrap poachers for the Game Wardens and they still do nothing. I dropped a pine tree across a road after the poachers drove in(ONE WAY IN/ONE WAY OUT)and called the Game Warden and nothing was done. The poachers got away with poaching on my property by acessing it through Federal land and I got a ticket b/c I cut down a F#@%ing tree.Now the poachers think it's funny and they have even told me there is nothing I can do about it. After all the B.S I'm starting to believe them thanks to the Game Wardens who never show up when called. I almost think we need to get back to the old ways of protecting our lands(start shooting first and asking questions later)but the county coroners might not like it if you know what I mean.