While I think it should have been harsher, as far as I understand it here is the punishment:
-10 years lost hunting privileges (this is all states btw, atleast those worth hunting)
-$18,000 in fines
- he lost his job
- this is the big one. He is now a convicted felon. This one I think people are underestimating, including noballs350. This will likely cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars in the long run, banks most of the time won’t lend or if they do it’ll be at a higher rate, the job market is exceptionally small for convicted felons. He can never be in possession of a gun for the rest of his life which effectively eliminates all hunting but bowhunting for him. He likely will not be able to travel out of country (canada will not let him in). If he ever goes through a divorce it’s extremely likely he’ll lose his kids as judges look heavily down upon felony convictions. This thing is gonna follow him the rest of his life, the biggest being just his reputation around town. I got a minor in possession when in college and I remember feeling like a criminal anywhere I went in town, dumbest thing ever, I was 3 months from turning 21 but it did teach me that the shame of breaking the law, even a stupid law is something I personally have a hard time dealing with. Whether noballs350 is him or his brother, they are compensating hard by coming on here and making light of this. His hunting career is effectively over and he just added about 10 more years onto his working life as retirement is going to be that much harder to achieve as a felon. I wish the fees would atleast pay for all the trophy deer we as citizens lost, but the suffering this guy is gonna feel is gonna last long after this thread dries up.