EP. 125: From Southern Swamps To Hunting The World with Robby Nelson

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Let's see, I did have one story here in the news that I wanted to read.

This came from the sportsman's party on Facebook.

The headline is hunting guide.

Find a quarter million dollars for baiting ducks with corn.

A Texas hunting guide has pleaded guilty after federal investigators say he was putting corn in a pond to attract ducks for his paying clients.

Richard Lee Bowers, 55 operated a commercial waterfowl hunting operation at Pool 2 Ranch in Walker County.

This text is pretty small, so I'm going to put my cheaters on here so I don't misread this for you.

Federal agents found freshly spread corn in the water around the duck blinds while hunters were preparing to hunt.

According to federal prosecutors, baiting wasn't an isolated incident.

Multiple hunters who had paid to hunt with Bowers told investigators that putting corn out was standard procedure.

When one hunter questioned Bowers about putting corn in the pond, prosecutors say the guide responded, that's how we get all the ducks.

Well, I guess that would be.

Bowers pleaded guilty to a Lacey Act violation and faces up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced November 9th.

The case is a reminder that baiting isn't just a minor technical violation, especially when it's allegedly being used as part of a commercial hunting operation to attract birds for paying customers.

So there you go.

Quarter million dollar fine.

I hope that they give him every bit of that and I hope that he has to pay the ultimate price for that because it's just unacceptable.

You know, we all want to get birds on our strap and you know get a full limit every time we go out but you still got to play by the rules if you're anything like most serious waterfowl hunters you want to have the ducks win most of the time you want them to have the advantage that's what it's really all about the chess match the chase the fun so let that be a lesson to anybody out there you know If you're going to do the crime, be willing to do the time.

It sounds like he's going to be doing some, hopefully.