Troy Alan Reinke plead guilty. The accused poacher plead guilty to three charges & was sentenced to 1 yr in the grey bar hotel, stripped of hunting privileges for 5 yrs, pay court costs & pay $2000 in fines.
This jackhole was accused of illegally possessing an eight point trophy buck along with two other deer. Plea bargained to lesser charges, (originally facing 16 counts of illegal hunting) he was allowed to cop a plea.
The head of the Mn Deer Hunters Assoc. called it "a slap on the wrist."
The street value of the eight point rack would have been valued at over $100,000.
Reinke still a says he didn't kill the buck, he found it . If true, he should have reported the "find" to the DNR instead of planning to sell the prized rack (apologies to the late Jayne Mansfield) to a local sporting goods store.
Originally claiming that he shot the buck with a bow & arrow, he changed his story. The deer was shot killed with a bullet out of season.
The manager of the state DNR said " the judicial system worked"
Hold on a second.
I'm not a hunter. Have no desire to. There are too many unbalanced people out there with guns as it is. (Them not me.)
Regarding losing his hunting privileges for 5 yrs. I'm quite sure that after serving his time, this upright citizen can be trusted not to hunt for the the 5 yrs. He sure has shown his high regard for the law so far.
If this rack is valued at $100,000, isn't this considered a gross misdemeanor? One freaking year for a high stakes crime.
Score one for the judicial system my backside.
Bambi & Thumper must be aghast at the travesty.
Hopefully, while in the slammer, someone will make Reinke their personal Bambi & go all Thumper up his ass for the duration.
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