When I was in Missouri .....

[Spider]

Stopped off at a truckstop on I 55 , waiting in line ot pay for fuel I heard 3 guys spouting anti Barak **** , they was truck drivers from Arkansas , but I got talking to another guy that lived in MO , he goes out to Kaycee Wyoming every year for hunting , he actually told me he got busted last year for throwing away an Antelope he had killed ....... I flat out told him he was damn lucky we Wyoming people didnt shoot his ass , we hate trophy Hunting up here ,if you kill it , you eat it , or give it to someone that can use the meat and will eat it , you dont kill just to kill and if Trophy hunting is accepted in MO , no wonder Hunters are getting a bad rap .......

[Meck77]

Big difference between a hunter and a poacher. You were talking to a low life poacher.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Meck77

Big difference between a hunter and a poacher. You were talking to a low life poacher.

He had a hunting licenses , permission etc ..... or does Poacher have another meaning ? but judging from your answer , you are against trophy hunting I can assume

[Meck77]

Having a license doesn't exclude you from being poacher. Here is a list of examples what could make you a poacher.

Basically as soon as you knowingly break the law and kill an animal you've crossed the line from being a hunter to a poacher. Yes spider I'm not a trophy hunter. I actually just enjoy being in the woods and have even passed up on shots if it's too difficult to harvest the meat.

Poaching is the illegal hunting, fishing or harvesting of wild plants or animals. It may be illegal because:

* The game or fish is not 'in season', usually the breeding season is declared as the closed season when wildlife species are protected by law.
* The poacher does not possess a license.
* The poacher is illegally selling the animal or animal parts or plant for a profit.
* The animal is being hunted outside of legal hours.
* The hunter used an illegal weapon for that animal.
* The animal or plant is on restricted land.
* The right to hunt this animal is claimed by somebody.
* The means used are illegal (for example, baiting a field while hunting quail or other animals, using spotlights to stun or paralyze deer, or hunting from a moving vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft).
* The animal or plant is protected by law or that it has been listed as extinct or an endangered (see for example the Endangered Species Act for the USA)
* The animal or plant has been tagged by a researcher

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Meck77

Having a license doesn't exclude you from being poacher. Here is a list of examples what could make you a poacher.

Basically as soon as you knowingly break the law and kill an animal you've crossed the line from being a hunter to a poacher.

Poaching is the illegal hunting, fishing or harvesting of wild plants or animals. It may be illegal because:

* The game or fish is not 'in season', usually the breeding season is declared as the closed season when wildlife species are protected by law.
* The poacher does not possess a license.
* The poacher is illegally selling the animal or animal parts or plant for a profit.
* The animal is being hunted outside of legal hours.
* The hunter used an illegal weapon for that animal.
* The animal or plant is on restricted land.
* The right to hunt this animal is claimed by somebody.
* The means used are illegal (for example, baiting a field while hunting quail or other animals, using spotlights to stun or paralyze deer, or hunting from a moving vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft).
* The animal or plant is protected by law or that it has been listed as extinct or an endangered (see for example the Endangered Species Act for the USA)
* The animal or plant has been tagged by a researcher

thanks .. I will use this