CRIMINAL CHARGES CAN KEEP YOU AWAY FROM YOUR FAVORITE PASTIMES
If you are facing criminal charges, don't wait to seek professional legal help.
Criminal charges are more frequently issued than in the past. What’s more, the typical fine and jail time imposed have increased. Besides the blot of a criminal violation on your record, you can also face the “double fine” of having to pay restitution for injuring state wildlife which the DNR says it owns. (more)
The law has also been broadened to forfeit the hunter or fisherman’s right to hunt or fish for two to five years after certain violations. A DNR ticket can cause a lot more pain and inconvenience for a sportsman than it did a few years ago. (more)
A conservation officer may seize wild animals, aquatic vegetation, hunting and fishing gear, firearms, boats, nets, traps, fish houses or other paraphernalia. The state must prove that the seized property was used with the owner’s knowledge to unlawfully take or transport wild animals or aquatic vegetation in violation of the game and fish laws of Minnesota. (more)
In 1989, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon jointly enacted an agreement for extending game and fish violation sanctions in each host states to the other guest states. In other words, if a sportsman’s hunting or fishing privileges were revoked in their home state, the sportsman would be would be barred from hunting or fishing in the other states during the period of revocation. (more)
