Amador County man guilty of deer poaching
A Plymouth man has been convicted in Amador Superior Court on multiple deer poaching charges.
Gary Michael Creason Jr., 24, was fined $19,520 for activities involving the take of trophy deer out of season.
Acting on a tip, wildlife officers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife contacted Creason at his home in July 2013, where they found him in possession of several sets of trophy deer antlers and deer meat. Creason admitted to taking deer out of season, using another person’s tag and to pursuing trophy bucks outside the hunting season.
The $19,520 fine was on top of three years of probation, loss of all hunting privileges during that timeframe and forfeiture of all wildlife evidence seized.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
What is a Trophy deer? What do trophy deer antlers look like? I don’t know, pretty sensationalized by the author, typical BS on this blog. I do know the poacher got off way to easy, he should have been sentenced to jail time, loss of hunting privileges for life, weapons and vehicle should have been confiscated,
I’m with you hunter; I learned to hunt from in-laws in Montana, who also knew how to properly prepare deer steak which is, after all, why we predators hunt.
Back in California, I carried my .308 around for several seasons without taking a single shot. I thought about heading toward the coast and wild ham on the hoof, but even that didn’t work out. So I’m no longer a hunter (although I love shooting my Winchester, and am not about to give that up).
But, apparently like you, I truly don’t get the “trophy” business. Hunting for food someplace other than MacDonald’s is one thing. Hunting for no other reason than to kill a trophy – a prey animal that has been smart enough and tough enough to survive long enough to become the stud of the forest, is, at least in my world, simply immoral. The only point I can think of would be if the so called “hunter” is attracted to one of his does and is simply eliminating the competition. Let me know if the killing of an alpha male works one of you up and allows you to somehow feel superior; we may be able to find a therapist for you – if we can get him to get over his revulsion.
Trophy hunters are like the guys with the 4′ lift kits on their trucks. Making up for a shortage in other places…
Mel, thats what I was gonna write!
This hunter should have to face the woods and all its critters unarmed for the rest of his miserable life as part of his consequences. No more guns to play with too.
So he can’t legally hunt in Calif. How close is Nevada ? Yeah, his punishment is a joke.
This was a good bust by Wardens of a poacher who deserved a long jail sentence. These type of people poach out of season and at night and with spotlights and really do damage. What is seen these days as a usual case, is the poaching for sale of deer meat in cities to certain ethnic groups and this is usually an operation that results in hundreds of poached animals. In this case, it was the trophy poacher, which is another extreme. People should be encouraged to report all suspected poachers of fish or game.
Well. This deer “hunter,” Gary Creason, got more then what he wanted.
Hang the bastard! Poachers suck, as a hunter the meat is the goal and it is always a bonus to get a trophy class buck. I like the mounts hanging over the fireplace. Don’t dog on the term trophy, hanging a great specimen is impressive to look at, look at it this way if you are driving down the road and you see a giant “trophy” buck you might stop and look more impressed than if it was a small forked horn, or not to each his own but hunters would understand. I hope this person never has the right to hunt again, doesn’t deserve the American privilege.
The term trophy is bugging me. Think of fishing use the term trophy like I caught a big fish : )