Some may call me a rat but..... Pics included.
Feb 25, 2016 21:00:17 GMT -5
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Post by earthdog on Feb 25, 2016 21:00:17 GMT -5
You just can't fix stupid, I mean rock-hard stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard stupid. So stupid that it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid, trans-stupid stupid. Meta-stupid.
Ok, now the story goes as follows;
This morning I was looking on line for stuff to buy, looked at this website called Wallapop.
I scroll down and find a guy selling hawk wings and claws in my area for $100. As most people know, it's highly illegal to possess and even sell birds of prey since they are federally protected. So I call DNR and talk to the game warden. He asks me if I can help set him up for a buy.
Now I have a sting operation going on here at the farm.
The warden called the county sheriff to also come here in case the guy runs and they have a chase.
So now I have two squad cars and a DNR truck parked behind the barns and the DNR warden hiding in my garage.
The seller and I had been texting for a while and this dude wants to get rid of these hawk parts fast.
I texted him to come out here and within 10 minutes he was here. I met him out on the deck so the warden could video tape him from the garage and plus the warden gave me a digital recorder to put in my pocket to record the deal.
I'm stoked and a bit scared all at the same time.
Well, he got here, pulled right up to the garage, got out of his hunk of shit he called a minivan with a Walmart bag. I looked in it and there was all the hawk parts. He asked what I wanted them for and I told him, "the ole' lady makes dream catchers"
I asked if he had any more and he said he'd have to check back at his house if he had more. I got all this on tape for the warden. As soon as I handed him the $80 that we agreed on the warden comes out of my garage and the sheriff pulls around from behind the barns.
The look on the dudes face was one of "I'm busted"
The warden and I talked about that he might be a tweeker and selling stuff for drugs after we saw the other stuff he had for sale on this website like 2 bibles a vending machine with no keys and some other stuff that could very well be "hot"
After they got him in cuffs he admitted that he got the hawk in Illinois and brought it just over the state line here in Wisconsin.
Bam! Now the federal game warden will be involved. They threw his dumb ass in back of the squad car and searched his van, found drug paraphernalia, as in syringes and a spoon.
Warden told me when they put the cuffs on him they saw "track" marks on his arms.
So now this dumbass gets to go to the pokey for drug paraphernalia, being in possession of federally protected animal parts, along with trying to sell federally protected animals for profit.
They sat in my driveway from 8:30 this morning til about 12:30 pm. The warden told me they were taking him to the station to book him in and the county narcotics squad was coming down to talk to him and maybe get more drug charges and that he,(warden) had to contact the federal and Illinois wardens so there will be more felony charges against him for transporting across state lines.
The guy got two felony charges from Wisc. warden and drug paraphernalia charges from the county sheriff. Once the other two wardens get done with him tomorrow, he will have two more felony charges.
I feel bad for the dude but not so bad for a dumbass that is meta-stupid.
I am and always have been an ethical hunter and can't stand a poacher or someone that goes out hunting just to shoot animals for the shear fun of killing or for profit.
Here are some of the pictures from today.
Ok, now the story goes as follows;
This morning I was looking on line for stuff to buy, looked at this website called Wallapop.
I scroll down and find a guy selling hawk wings and claws in my area for $100. As most people know, it's highly illegal to possess and even sell birds of prey since they are federally protected. So I call DNR and talk to the game warden. He asks me if I can help set him up for a buy.
Now I have a sting operation going on here at the farm.
The warden called the county sheriff to also come here in case the guy runs and they have a chase.
So now I have two squad cars and a DNR truck parked behind the barns and the DNR warden hiding in my garage.
The seller and I had been texting for a while and this dude wants to get rid of these hawk parts fast.
I texted him to come out here and within 10 minutes he was here. I met him out on the deck so the warden could video tape him from the garage and plus the warden gave me a digital recorder to put in my pocket to record the deal.
I'm stoked and a bit scared all at the same time.
Well, he got here, pulled right up to the garage, got out of his hunk of shit he called a minivan with a Walmart bag. I looked in it and there was all the hawk parts. He asked what I wanted them for and I told him, "the ole' lady makes dream catchers"
I asked if he had any more and he said he'd have to check back at his house if he had more. I got all this on tape for the warden. As soon as I handed him the $80 that we agreed on the warden comes out of my garage and the sheriff pulls around from behind the barns.
The look on the dudes face was one of "I'm busted"
The warden and I talked about that he might be a tweeker and selling stuff for drugs after we saw the other stuff he had for sale on this website like 2 bibles a vending machine with no keys and some other stuff that could very well be "hot"
After they got him in cuffs he admitted that he got the hawk in Illinois and brought it just over the state line here in Wisconsin.
Bam! Now the federal game warden will be involved. They threw his dumb ass in back of the squad car and searched his van, found drug paraphernalia, as in syringes and a spoon.
Warden told me when they put the cuffs on him they saw "track" marks on his arms.
So now this dumbass gets to go to the pokey for drug paraphernalia, being in possession of federally protected animal parts, along with trying to sell federally protected animals for profit.
They sat in my driveway from 8:30 this morning til about 12:30 pm. The warden told me they were taking him to the station to book him in and the county narcotics squad was coming down to talk to him and maybe get more drug charges and that he,(warden) had to contact the federal and Illinois wardens so there will be more felony charges against him for transporting across state lines.
The guy got two felony charges from Wisc. warden and drug paraphernalia charges from the county sheriff. Once the other two wardens get done with him tomorrow, he will have two more felony charges.
I feel bad for the dude but not so bad for a dumbass that is meta-stupid.
I am and always have been an ethical hunter and can't stand a poacher or someone that goes out hunting just to shoot animals for the shear fun of killing or for profit.
Here are some of the pictures from today.