ajohunter Report post Posted March 14, 2009 BURLINGTON, Vt. — A man who bolted antlers to the head of a dead doe and posed for a photograph with the deer was fined $400 and jailed for game violations. Marcel Fournier, 19, shot the deer the evening of Nov. 22 and used lag bolts and epoxy to attach a 10-point rack, officials said. He then checked in the kill as lawful game at Barnie's Market. It's illegal to kill an antlerless deer, and it's also illegal to hunt at night. The Concord resident admitted to the killing and led a game warden to the deer's remains after an anonymous caller alerted authorities. Fournier said he had "quite a time" drilling and fastening the antlers, authorities said. Game warden David Gregory said the antlers didn't look or feel right. "When you grabbed them, you'd feel movement," he said. Col. David LeCours, chief warden of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the size of the antlers relative to the size of the deer seemed off. "Something wasn't natural about them, in addition to the fact that they weren't natural," he said. Fournier was sentenced to 10 days in jail Feb. 18 for taking a deer in a closed season. He won't qualify for a state hunting, fishing or trapping license for at least three years. LeCours said add-on antlers are the stuff of legend, but that it's the first documented case of it in Vermont. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tines Report post Posted March 15, 2009 Ha ha! moron! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmer Negamanee Report post Posted March 15, 2009 That’s felony stupid right there. I have no sympathy for the guy because poaching is poaching. But if he is too dumb to figure out that he should have processed his “bush meat” himself, he’s probably also at a loss as to why his life is in such a shambles. 10 days in the pokey here. 10 days there. He’ll end up doing life behind bars on the installment plan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattobertin Report post Posted March 15, 2009 I think the guy should have antlers bolted onto his head and have G&F stand around and take pictures of him laughing and carrying on for a couple hours. Eye for an eye or in this case antler for an antler! LOL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ernesto C Report post Posted March 16, 2009 In one occassion while hunting with Casey, he glassed a doe for hours and hours, he was trying hard to put antlers on that does........but never happened. Ernesto C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
