FWC DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WEEKLY REPORT November 30 - December 6, 2012

FWC DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

WEEKLY REPORT

November 30 - December 6, 2012        

 

This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week; however,

it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement.

 

NORTHWEST REGION

 

SANTA ROSA COUNTY

 

Officer Kenneth Manning and Lt. Dan Hahr were on foot patrol within the Blackwater WMA when they heard a rifle shot west of their location. The officers knew of a tree stand in that area and walked to its location. When they got close to the location, they heard a person dragging something through the brush. A man walked up to them carrying a muzzleloader with blood on his hands and pants. He admitted that he had shot a deer and that it was a doe. He then told them that he had seen a cow-horn buck walking the same trail the past weekend, so he assumed it was the same deer even though he could not see antlers. The officers followed the man back down the trail to a freshly killed doe deer. They issued the man a notice to appear for taking an antlerless deer out of season and seized the rifle and deer.

 

Officer Kenneth Manning filed charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon on a subject who was hunting with a modern muzzleloader over the Thanksgiving weekend. The man was hunting over bait within Blackwater WMA with a muzzleloader that was not an antique or a replica. The man was also charged with hunting over bait within a WMA.

 

OKALOOSA COUNTY

 

Officer Alan Kirchinger was working on the Yellow River within the Yellow River WMA when he observed a vessel pull up at an area where he knew some corn had been scattered. After a short while, he approached the area and observed the man hunting over a baited area. The man admitted to putting some corn out, and Officer Kirchinger issued him a notice to appear for hunting over bait within a WMA.

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