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FWC Law Enforcement Report
January 19, 2017
The Florida FWC Division of Law Enforcement reported the following activity during the weekly period ending January 12 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
No report was submitted this week from Escambia County.
SANTA ROSA COUNTY
Officers Lewis and Ramos were on patrol when they received information from Officer Hutchinson about a baited area in Blackwater Wildlife Management Area (WMA). They checked the area and found a man hunting over scattered corn concealed behind a blind made of freshly cut vegetation. The subject admitted to cutting various trees in the area to make a shooting lane and a blind. He was also hunting deer without wearing any hunter orange protective clothing. The subject was charged with hunting over bait in a WMA, failure to wear hunter orange, and cutting vegetation within a WMA.
Officer Lewis was on patrol in Blackwater WMA when he saw vehicles that appeared to be setting up a perimeter in a still-hunt area. He had checked hunters the previous day that were setting up for a man-drive in the same area. Officer Lewis saw a subject standing beside a pickup truck that was parked on a paved right-of-way and saw the subject walk to the front of the pickup truck carrying a rifle. Officer Lewis explained to the subject that he could not take wildlife with a gun from the right-of-way. The man initially stated that he was unaware of the road-hunting rule, but finally admitted that he knew the law. He admitted to hunting deer and stated that he would have shot from the roadway if he saw a deer cross the road. The subject was cited accordingly.
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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2 Responses to “FWC Law Enforcement Report”
The last incident leaves a lot of questions…………………
What was the “perp” cited for exactly?
Carrying a gun onto a road?
Parking on paved right-of-way?
Denying you know the law and then admitting you do?
Hunting deer without success?
Admitting you would shoot a deer in the road IF you saw one?
Always enjoy reading these reports. Cant believe this is all of the action reported with deer season in full swing. Maybe everybody for the most part is playing by the rules. But I doubt it.