Maybe they bowhunt? I think a felon can own a bow...........
Photoshoot.
sounds like a re-sell operation..........
As usual, someone on FR will probably know, but this doesn't smell right to me. I was under the impression that the databases were already connected, and that a felon could no more buy a license than someone who hadn't attended hunting school. Maybe that's only when they set up the initial account with the DNR.
The more serious crime is firearm possession, not the license purchase, if this really is a problem the state can take $500m from somewhere else.
The complete article, turns out I didn't need to excerpt.
At least 77 felons bought Wisconsin deer hunting licenses last year even though it’s illegal for them to ever have guns.
The actual number is probably a lot higher.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says only one in five hunters allow their names to be released, which means the paper could only check the criminal records of a relative few.
The Department of Natural Resources picks up few of those felons. Only about 20 were caught last year.
At least 600 felons were documented to buy sporting licenses, which may or may not involve the use of guns.
It’s not against the law for felons to get gun-deer licenses, but it is a crime to use them.
Armed robbers and rapists were among those in the woods last year, creating possible tension and maybe violence.
Rep. Terry Musser, R-Black River Falls, agrees. He says he’ll introduce a bill next month to require criminal background checks for the hundreds of thousands who buy deer licenses.
A similar effort failed six years ago when the DNR said it would have cost a half-million dollars just to upgrade the necessary computers.
Don’t need firearms to hunt deer, although a license is necessary.
I bet that ratio changes now this article's out.
hmmm, could they just buy the deertag and then have someone else shoot it.....I mean the tag really is just a harvest tax.
I think in most states felon can hunt with black powder
Buying a license contributes to the entire hunting cause. Nothing wrong with buying a license, imo, unless you see some sinister effect. Some of these felons have to be mainstreamed back into civilized society.
If they had evil intent then they wouldn't have bought the licenses........
I feel strongly that if anyone has served their time then they should be afforded the same rights they had before they committed their crime. If you want to deny them their rights then you keep them behind bars............
My opinion is based on my neighbor who is the greatest neighbor in the world and one of the nicest guys you would ever meet. He is also a convicted murderer who served his time...........
I think it’s because they know the ranger just checks their license, and doesn’t run anything for wants & warrants.
Maybe they’re shooting a friend’s gun. Is that legal?
Maybe their wives own the guns.
Bare knuckle Buck fighting could be an option ;o)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0GNwjkg7ho
Do the licenses require a stamp to harvest deer? Maybe these guys like stamp art. I buy a hunting license every year just so I can go if the urge hits me during bird season (gun, ammo license is all you really need). But I keep the old licenses because each year’s stamp is really beautiful.
Bows, crossbows, black powder, traps, other methods available.
I know a guy who got a deer with a pocketknife.