We don't get the Outdoor Channel, some of you may have watched the guy's programs.

https://www.pjstar.com/news/20...l-hunting-violations

Former cable hunting show host accused of federal hunting violations

By Andy Kravetz
of the Journal Star

Posted at 2:53 PM
Updated at 7:21 PM

PEORIA — An East Peoria man and host of a cable TV hunting show was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury for allegedly killing more deer than he was legally allowed.

The indictment against Christopher Brackett, 41, alleges that in 2013, he engaged in illegal hunting by killing two bucks in Indiana and then brought them back to Illinois. At the time, Indiana allowed hunters to kill one antlered deer per season.

Brackett, whose program, “Fear No Evil,” aired on the Outdoor Channel, allegedly filmed a hunt in December 2013 in the Hoosier State for an episode of his show that featured him killing an 11-point deer that he nicknamed the “Unicorn Buck.” But on that same day, the indictment alleges, he shot and killed a smaller, eight-point deer, which was the illegal act. The so-called “Unicorn Buck” was registered with the state of Indiana under his license, and he transported it to Illinois. But the other deer, the indictment alleges, wasn’t registered and was not included in the edited footage of the show.

A day later, on Dec. 22, 2013, the indictment alleges, Brackett purchased a second non-resident deer muzzleloader permit under his cameraman’s name and then registered the smaller buck with the permit purchased in the cameraman’s name.

A date for Brackett to appear in court has not yet been set. If convicted of conspiring to violate the Lacey Act, he faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Andy Kravetz can be reached at 686-3283 or akravetz@pjstar.com. Follow him on Twitter @andykravetz.

I guess i am confused..... Killing more deer than the state limit is a federal crime?

Crossing state lines is a Lacey Act violation and the Feds get involved.

Seems like much ado about very little. Cite him fo the 2nd deer, maybe the camera man for his complicity, and life goes on.

Most state laws mirror federal game laws. Our F&W guys have federal jurisdiction as well.

This tagging fraud is common, nobody gives a fuck, but I’d say beings this is a commercial program that’s why the grand jury smack down.

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Originally posted by FN in MT:
Seems like much ado about very little. Cite him fo the 2nd deer, maybe the camera man for his complicity, and life goes on.

The camera man is the one who turned him in I believe. The story goes that is was berating the camera man which apparently wasn’t well recieved so the footage of him killing both deer was released.

He won’t serve any jail time but the fines are likely to be substantial and may lose hunting privledges for a bit.

they might throw the book at him since he's a "celebrity." otherwise I'd guess a plea deal and a $1500-2000 fine. carrying it across state lines might bump it up past that, though, I don't know.

Fuck him, he's a poacher not a hunter and he deserves as much punishment as the law allows. His crimes were committed due to greed and that second buck was taken away from someone who actually had respect for the rules or (had it survived the season) could have lived to pass it's genetics to future generations.

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Originally posted by pulicords:
Fuck him, he's a poacher not a hunter and he deserves as much punishment as the law allows. His crimes were committed due to greed and that second buck was taken away from someone who actually had respect for the rules or (had it survived the season) could have lived to pass it's genetics to future generations.

meh... game limits are an arbitrary number that the government settles on after a bunch of biologists and lobbyists get a hold of them.