February 9, 2007West Virginia poacher busted after bragging on InternetYou'd think that any idiot poacher would know better than post evidence of his crime on an Internet bulletin board. Robert Daniel "Murphy" Kane II apparently isn't just any idiot. That's why the 26-year-old from Bridgeport, W. Va., posted a picture of himself with two bucks on an Internet bragging board, under the heading "Opening Day Bucks." The thing is, the daily deer limit is one. Tipped off by citizens who saw Kane's post, conservation police officers busted Kane, who ended up paying more $861.50 in fines. The apple apprently didn't fall too far from the tree. Kane's father was also busted for three violations, including conspiring with his son in a game law violation and illegal possesion of a buck deer. |
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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures. Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism. After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters. .....Advertisement.....
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Comments
[December 20, 2007 11:26 PM]
RhaeYou big moron!!!!!
[April 6, 2008 5:17 AM]
Daniel KaneThe "extra" deer was injured...the Officers were told that but cold not see past the fact that I shot 2 deer in the same day...I can understand that, BUT (there is always a but) my father had not taken a deer that day, and the day was drawing to a close so i took the deer and we filled his tag.
[April 6, 2008 11:21 AM]
Mark TaylorThanks for the comment, Daniel.
Conservation officers can be pretty strict. It's hard to blame them as they've heard every story in the book.
If you had evidence to support your story it seems the judge might have taken some mercy on you. But based on your plea of "no contest," he didn't have much choice but to throw the book at you (and your dad).
I suspect you probably would have fared better had you called to report your mercy killing immediately, rather than posting that picture.
mt