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    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    Not sure, but a Fed can come in and make a State case Federal if he so chooses. At least it used to be that way...
    Just curious if they were in the neighborhood. Asking for a friend, of course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chuck the Duck Slayer View Post
    I just hope the judge holds them to that 10k fine.
    $10,000????? WTF? That high of a fine is some kind of stupid! I would think $2,000 or $3,000 would be suffice to curb illegal harvest. $10,000 is just taking advantage of people. Who the hell can pay that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rabbitman09 View Post
    $10,000????? WTF? That high of a fine is some kind of stupid! I would think $2,000 or $3,000 would be suffice to curb illegal harvest. $10,000 is just taking advantage of people. Who the hell can pay that?
    People have spent a lot more than that creating habitat for swans in SC knowing that they would never be able to shoot them. Then there is government money that has been spent as well. Fines easily justified. If you can't pay the fine, don't do the crime...

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    Quote Originally Posted by SC quacker2 View Post
    Just curious if they were in the neighborhood. Asking for a friend, of course.
    More than likely a state warden,the federals are too lazy to sit around jacks.the only time you'll see them there is around opening and last days of the season.

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    It takes a special kind of stupid to "accidentally" kill a swan. I could see and hear few that I've killed in NC and ND for 5 minutes before I shot them. They are about like shooting a crop duster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    Not sure, but a Fed can come in and make a State case Federal if he so chooses. At least it used to be that way...
    And indeed he did in this case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coot_Commander View Post
    More than likely a state warden,the federals are too lazy to sit around jacks.the only time you'll see them there is around opening and last days of the season.
    I can assure that just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't working.

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    Link the facepage. I wanna see these rocket scientists.....or better yet...figure their spot out.

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    I've only seen two this whole season down that way this year.The state wardens are like flies on dung out that way.I cant count how many times I've ran into bubba this year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PharmHunter View Post
    And indeed he did in this case.
    So a federal did take the case over? I wonder if they confiscated all their stuff also?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coot_Commander View Post
    So a federal did take the case over? I wonder if they confiscated all their stuff also?
    Federal Man wrote the ticket. Not sure as to their stuff.

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    We've been seeing 8 of the swans pretty regularly. Only had 2 come over us this morning...explains what happened to the other 6.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Reb View Post
    We've been seeing 8 of the swans pretty regularly. Only had 2 come over us this morning...explains what happened to the other 6.
    Gives you a sick feeling as I well know...

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    "Swan meat gives Labradors terrible gas"
    F**K Cancer

    Just Damn.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    Gives you a sick feeling as I well know...
    No doubt...

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    I agree with spottin wood...those things are like carp...with that said, I don't have a desire to kill one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    People have spent a lot more than that creating habitat for swans in SC knowing that they would never be able to shoot them. Then there is government money that has been spent as well. Fines easily justified. If you can't pay the fine, don't do the crime...
    I'm not saying that I condone the crime, I'm just saying if you compare the fine to other violent criminal offensenses, it's pretty darn high.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rabbitman09 View Post
    I'm not saying that I condone the crime, I'm just saying if you compare the fine to other violent criminal offensenses, it's pretty darn high.
    According to the info on Facebook the $10K fine is total fine for all participants.

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