Here is the real story. No poaching going on, but 10 citations were issued for improperly tagged deer. Impressive picture and it got a lot of people riled up and a bit of jelousy too.
http://outdoornews.com/articles/2009/12/11/national_news/doc4b2264e4d2411086260389.txt
Well thank you kindly for that post and link Buckskin. I'll post the report below for those you don't like to click on links:Citations issued in Lake Michigan island ‘deer pole’ caseBy Bill Parker, Michigan Outdoor News Editor
Published: Friday, December 11, 2009 9:38 AM CSTLake Orion, Mich. - A series of pictures circulating on the Internet of a buck pole on St. Martin Island in Lake Michigan is creating a buzz among the hunting fraternity.
The tiny island is located off Wisconsin’s Door County Pennisula, in Michigan’s Delta County, just inside the Michigan/Wisconsin boundary.
Despite reports of a poaching ring, which are circulating with some of the pictures, detective Lt. Wade Hamilton of the DNR Law Enforcement Division’s Special Investigations Unit says the photos are bigger than the story.
Michigan COs visited the privately-owned 2 1⁄4-mile by 1 1⁄4-mile island on a routine patrol on Nov. 19, he said.
“We made contact with 20 to 30 hunters out there in numerous deer camps,” Hamilton said. “We issued 11 tickets for tagging violations and cited them into court in Delta County.”
Hamilton said all hunters appeared to have permission to be on the island and that there were no trespass issues or other game law violations.
“The pictures are accurate,” he said. “They had quite a buck pole.”
The trip to the island was not precipitated by a complaint, but was part of a routine patrol.
“Officers have always worked patrols on various islands when time permits,” he said. “We weren’t there on opening day, but we made it out there by the 19th. There’s an old adage that you never know when a CO will show up, and we like to keep it like that.”
http://outdoornews.com/articles/2009/12/11/national_news/doc4b2264e4d2411086260389.txt
