Photo & Quotes courtesy of NCWRC
Thanks to some quick work by Orange County Sheriff’s Office and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Enforcement Division four men were apprehended on multiple game and drug charges.
The case began in the early morning hours of Oct. 5, with reports of shots fired in the Efland/Brookhollow community. An Orange County deputy made a traffic stop of a pickup truck matching the description of a vehicle seen in the area where shots were heard. Wildlife officers Justin Mathis and Forrest Orr quickly arrived to assist the deputy and began an investigation.
Visible were two rifles, a shotgun and a bloody knife covered in deer hair inside the passenger compartment. A freshly-killed, antlered buck head was found in the pickup bed. Upon questioning the two men in the truck, officers learned two other men had been dropped off in the woods to look for additional deer that had been shot. These suspects were later apprehended at a nearby store.
These unnamed men face multiple charges;
The following charges were made:
• 10 violations of night deer hunting regulations
• Nine unlawful possession of deer violations
• One violation of hunting while impaired regulation
• One count of unlawful transportation
• One count of closed season deer hunting
• One count of hunting without a license
• One violation of big-game license regulations
A tip of the hat to the officers involved and their diligent work to take poachers and drug dealers off our streets. When a poacher fires a rifle in the dark there is no way he can know nor does he care what lies beyond the animal he is trying to kill. A house beyond the trees, a person driving down another road, or someone walking could be struck with the poacher’s bullet. We need to get these slobs off our streets and out of our fields & forests. Turn a poacher in… NC 24 hour hotline 1-800-662-7137… I’m sure if you’re from another state they have one as well.
Story by Dan McLaughlin AKA Moose
