Posted on 03/27/2026 4:57:32 AM PDT by Fury
Watford City, N.D. — The remains of over thirty deer, 3 bull elk and even a moose with antlers were found by law enforcement at the residence of a Watford City man who is now under arrest and currently being held at the Southwest Multi-County Correction Center (SWMCCC).
The residence of Tadan Defoe, 19, and Tyler Defoe, 34, was initially being searched by law enforcement with a warrant on Dec. 6, 2024. Law enforcement then notified the local game warden that they had found an untagged elk head and an untagged moose head, according to a statement from the warden.
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Maybe they were for his personal consumption.
In the good old days, poaching was punishable by death.
In England it is still considered an offense to the king and carries a very heavy fine and imprisonment.
Maybe the moose bit his sister?
Send him to Gitmo and tell him “Will set your trial date in twenty or so years”.
Prosecute IF evidence of stolen vehicles.
I could care less about him harvesting deer!!!!
When I was a Navy recruiter in the backwoods of Alabama I put a guy in the Navy who had come across a deer stuck in fence. He gently removed the fence and let the deer run free. Haha, no he didn’t. He beat it to death with a stick and skinned it and ate it. He looked a little like this guy.
I have been a whitetail deer hunter for decades. However, I did not get serious about it until four years ago. I put up a deer stand. Put out corn when legal. Put out a game camera. Washed my clothes in unscented detergent. Then hung them in the screened porch. Practiced at the range to make sure both my muzzle loader and 30-06 were sited in.
Then get up before dark and go out there and wait. Dressed from head to toe in camo. No one else hunts in the area around my house. The first deer I shot two years ago I hit in the left shoulder with the 50 caliber bullet of the muzzle loader. I flew sideways several feet. After about 30 seconds it got up and crabbed off. I never found it. Even brought out the beagle to track it.
Last November I shot another deer(buck) the second day of rifle season. It dropped dead about 100 feet from where I shot it. I had seen this buck three times at night on the game camera. Never during daylight hours. He was following a young doe that morning at 6:30am. He is in the freezer.
My point is that it is not that easy to be successful hunting deer. They basically have to walk in front of you and stand still. Preferably broadside.
They can see movement better than you. Especially in low light. That is why they are most active at first light and then just prior to dark.
They see certain colors better than others. They see black and blue very well. They do not see red well and can not see orange at all unless you move.
They can smell you from a half mile away. Their ears collect sound and they can turn them towards you to gather sound better. Basically, you are at a disadvantage when you hunt.
Just installed two pair of deer whistles on my cars yesterday. Each with its own tone and cadence. No intention of being an accidental deer hunter.
I would much rather see poachers than having people on welfare.
If he was actually eating these animals... His sentence should be reduced. I remember when I was a younger a dude was convicted for ‘Deer Jacking’... He would kill them at night while hunting with a flashlight and then he would just leave the carcass. That is a complete waste.
They should force him to walk up and pet a bison. We’ll see who gets poached.
wy69
He was hangry
In the good old days, poaching was punishable by death.
Now don’t get me wrong, some govt for good purposes is important. I am not an anarchist. Some years now, there are too many deer. But then weather and disease reduce the population.
But laws tend to morph and change over time beyond the original intention. Bambi lovers.
This guy broke the law and other laws with intent it appears. He got caught on this one instead of the others. OR, how many years to you keep the tag on a trophy head? Is the tag on you mattress removed or still there.
Back in the early 1980’s I was following a big truck running bobtail. It hit a deer in front of me,and kept on going.
It only hit the deers head, and killed it, so I thought.
I was driving a small car with a hatchback, laid down the backseat, and put the deer in the car. It was only bleeding from its nose, so I put a plastic grocery bag over its head and tied it off to keep the blood off the car’s carpet.
About half an hour later I hear a snort, snort, and looked in my rear view mirror to see the plastic grocery bag bouncing off the car’s ceiling as the deer tried to stand up.
I grabbed a tire iron I had left on the floor and killed it.
Absolutely true story. When I butchered the deer it had two fawns in it, and was almost ready to deliver.
NO, I didn’t need to change my pants, but it was close.
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Hmmm, like father, like son....
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