Gary Finch


Earlier I posted a story out of Florida where hunting TV personality Gary Finch of the TV show Gary Finch Outdoors was charged with multiple hunting violations in Florida. More information is coming out and official records from FWC have now been posted. In the arresting officers official reports we see where Layton the cameraman told the officers what had taken place but Gary Finch attempted to lie his way out of the situation.

I confirmed this from Layton. He gave me the following post Miranda information:
- Two turkeys were killed yesterday.
I taped both hunts.
- One turkey was given to the landowner and one is in the truck in an ice chest.
Gary killed both of them.
- I knew it was wrong after the first one was killed and we were going back.
- Alabama has a season bag limit of 5, but a daily bag limit of 1 also.
Layton’s statement made sense and was consistant with the evidence present. I felt at this point
that Finch gave one turkey to the landowner so he could continue to hunt and film without being
caught attempting to take over the bag limit
I then interviewed Gary Finch and he told me the following post Miranda information:
- I shot this one here yesterday morning at about 0730hrs.
- It ran off in the woods and got away, I could not find it.
- I got all scratched up chasing it. (showed scratched on hands and arms)
- We went back in the afternoon and I killed the other one.
I felt like Finch was not being truthful so I went back to Layton and confirmed that I had heard him
correctly. I asked him if two turkeys were taken the day before (March 20, 2010) and both were
harvested. He told me that was correct.
I then re-interviewed Finch. Finch then admitted that he did find the turkey and had taken one
during the morning hunt at around 0730 hrs, and one during the evening hunt at approximately
1700hrs. This exceeded his daily bag limit. He told me he lied because he was scared and that it
would not happen again.
I then went to the location from the evening hunt on March 20, 2010. I was accompanied by
Layton. He showed me the ground blind that they sat in. There were still turkey decoy’s present.
They were 22 yards from a feeding station with feed present. I took photographs and went back to
the vehicles to gather some further identification information.
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Unbelievable and this guy has a TV show? I would hope his sponsors will look long and hard to see if they want their names and products associated with a liar and a poacher.

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