AGFC officers bust road hunters
JONESBORO (AP) Arkansas wildlife officers are warning hunters that taking game from the road is illegal.
Game Warden Cpl. Mike Ryan recently received a complaint that two men had shot a dove from the road. Ryan arrived at the location and spoke with the witness and got a description of the suspects' vehicle and collected empty shotgun shells from the road as evidence.
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Within an hour, Ryan saw a car matching the landowner's description pulled over so a passenger could step out and shoot at the dove from the road. As soon as the shot was fired, Ryan confronted the three individuals riding inside the car.
When questioned, the suspects denied ever shooting from a county road, only woods roads. When Ryan told them he had witnessed the last shot, the hunters said nothing. Feeling they had learned their lesson, Ryan issued the hunter that fired a ticket for hunting doves with the aid of a vehicle and let the other two go with a warning.
Within hours, another resident a few miles away called in a complaint that some hunters in a had shot a dove from the road in front of her house. When Ryan arrived at the home, the woman gave a description of the men involved. Though she said she saw four men, the details pointed directly to the suspects Ryan dealt with earlier.
Ryan located the car and the three suspects involved in the earlier incident and called the sheriff's department. One of the sheriff's deputies immediately recognized two of the suspects as convicted felons and placed them under arrest for possession of a firearm.
By continuing to take game illegally, the road hunters may face jail time. All guns, ammunition and hunting equipment were seized as evidence.
Record talapia caught
LITTLE ROCK (AP) Philip Easterly is the new state-record holder for the largest tilapia caught.
Eeasterly, of Little Rock, caught the state-record tilapia Sept. 24 from Mallard Lake in Mississippi County. Easterly's catch of 2 pounds, 4 ounces broke Herman Hangii's record of 1 pound, 14 ounces set last year. Hangii, also of Little Rock, is Easterly's father-in-law.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission stocks Nile tilapia in Mallard Lake and Lake Hogue each May. The African fish grow fast until they die in cold water, usually in late November.
Philip Easterly said the family caught fish from both lakes this year, although tilapia from Mallard Lake appeared to be larger.
Originally published October 22, 2005
JONESBORO (AP) Arkansas wildlife officers are warning hunters that taking game from the road is illegal.
Game Warden Cpl. Mike Ryan recently received a complaint that two men had shot a dove from the road. Ryan arrived at the location and spoke with the witness and got a description of the suspects' vehicle and collected empty shotgun shells from the road as evidence.
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Within an hour, Ryan saw a car matching the landowner's description pulled over so a passenger could step out and shoot at the dove from the road. As soon as the shot was fired, Ryan confronted the three individuals riding inside the car.
When questioned, the suspects denied ever shooting from a county road, only woods roads. When Ryan told them he had witnessed the last shot, the hunters said nothing. Feeling they had learned their lesson, Ryan issued the hunter that fired a ticket for hunting doves with the aid of a vehicle and let the other two go with a warning.
Within hours, another resident a few miles away called in a complaint that some hunters in a had shot a dove from the road in front of her house. When Ryan arrived at the home, the woman gave a description of the men involved. Though she said she saw four men, the details pointed directly to the suspects Ryan dealt with earlier.
Ryan located the car and the three suspects involved in the earlier incident and called the sheriff's department. One of the sheriff's deputies immediately recognized two of the suspects as convicted felons and placed them under arrest for possession of a firearm.
By continuing to take game illegally, the road hunters may face jail time. All guns, ammunition and hunting equipment were seized as evidence.
Record talapia caught
LITTLE ROCK (AP) Philip Easterly is the new state-record holder for the largest tilapia caught.
Eeasterly, of Little Rock, caught the state-record tilapia Sept. 24 from Mallard Lake in Mississippi County. Easterly's catch of 2 pounds, 4 ounces broke Herman Hangii's record of 1 pound, 14 ounces set last year. Hangii, also of Little Rock, is Easterly's father-in-law.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission stocks Nile tilapia in Mallard Lake and Lake Hogue each May. The African fish grow fast until they die in cold water, usually in late November.
Philip Easterly said the family caught fish from both lakes this year, although tilapia from Mallard Lake appeared to be larger.
Originally published October 22, 2005
