[michael rankin]

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OSP got one out of Elgin:

On October 1, 2022, the opening day of the rifle deer season, deer hunters contacted Oregon State Troopers to advise they had located a deceased bull elk. The bull elk was located on private timber company lands off Kingsbury Lane north of Elgin, Oregon in the Wenaha Wildlife Management Unit. Fish and Wildlife Troopers responded to the scene and determined the bull elk had been shot from Kingsbury Lane with a rifle and had been left to waste. The elk had been shot a couple of days prior and no part of the elk had been removed or any attempt to salvage the meat had been taken.

With the public's assistance, Troopers developed a suspect in the case. Cody Murrill, (42) of Elgin, Oregon, was interviewed, cited, and released to appear in court for criminal charges of Unlawful Take of a Branch Antlered Bull Elk and Waste of Wildlife.

On January 20, 2023, Cody Murrill appeared in the Union County Circuit Court and plead guilty to the charges. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail; 12 months’ probation; forfeiture of the rifle used in the unlawful taking, and $440 in fines.

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What a joke of a sentence

 

[michael rankin]

Still baffle on this one.

1.Looks to be a 6 point bull? 4th broke near main beam?

2.No tag

3.Shot outside of a legal season

4.Left to rot after shooting it

Even if it was a spike bull or cow the sentence is outrageous

Someone I know of got in more trouble over a turkey 10-12 years back

3 years no hunting, and around $1500 in fines

There was just a post on Ifish where a guy shot over his limit of ducks

Lost his hunting privileges, and 20 preference points.

I wonder if the post from OSP is missing some other parts of his sentence, like hunting right suspended