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FWC Law Enforcement Report
September 6, 2015
The Florida FWC Division of Law Enforcement reported the following activity during the weekly period ending September 3 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
Officers Cushing and Land were on patrol aboard the offshore vessel Fincat. During one of the boardings, Officer Land discovered two undersized greater amberjack. After interviewing the subjects onboard, two individuals took responsibility for the fish. The violations were documented and turned over to the National Marine Fisheries Service.
SANTA ROSA COUNTY
Officers Tolbert and Jones responded to a citizen complaint of suspicious persons on the Eglin Reservation near Navarre. Officers found an adult male and an adult female who were camping on the reservation in a prohibited area. Officer Tolbert issued citations to both for no Eglin permits and for camping in an unauthorized area. Eglin Range Patrol issued written notices prohibiting them from returning to the reservation.
Officers Barnard and Hutchinson teamed up after receiving a complaint about a large buck in velvet that had been killed in the Milton area. They located a suspect and his girlfriend at their home and conducted interviews. Although reluctant to tell the truth initially, both suspects confessed to taking the buck illegally. They told the officers that they were returning home from fishing and had the girlfriend’s high-powered rifle with them. They observed two large bucks in a ditch alongside a clear-cut. The larger buck ran off out of sight, but the smaller one stopped within range of a small head lamp. The male subject shot the buck in the clear-cut and his girlfriend helped him pick it up and clean it. They turned over the head and cape of the 10‑point buck. Charges for taking deer at night with a gun and light and discharging a firearm from a public road were filed against the shooter.
This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week; however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement. Information provided by FWC.
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Dennis Q. I agree about shooting a gun out of season. Gun ranges only or private land range
Glad they are catching these folks, wish fwc would put a stop to people shooting target practice on Escambia river during hunt season, very dangerous, for hunters an these people most times leave there trash on magnement land, !!!!!