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