Turkey-killing spree in Kansas will cost four Mississippi hunters $48,000, feds say

[TexasTowelie]

Four hunters accused of crossing state lines to cart back more than two dozen wild turkeys collectively owe $48,000 in fines after they pleaded guilty to violating wildlife laws.

A federal judge also banned them from hunting anywhere in the world.

Mississippi hunters Kenneth R. Britt Jr., 51, Tony Grant Smith, 26, Barney Leon Bairfield III, 28, and Dustin Corey Treadway, 28, were sentenced to several years of probation and fined thousands of dollars each on charges of conspiring to kill wild turkeys in excess of the legal limit and illegally transporting the birds across state lines, federal prosecutors said in a news release Wednesday.

“It is my hope that this prosecution sends a strong message that the wanton, indiscriminate killing of the American Wild Turkey, or any animal for that matter, will be met with debilitating and just consequences,” Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca said in the release.

Read more: https://www.sunherald.com/news/state/mississippi/article249512740.html
(Gulfport Sun Herald)

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1. Why would anyone want 24 wild turkeys?

What meat is on them is nothing but grisle. Trophy hunters I guess.

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2. wild turkeys in our area eat lots of corn. good meat of them

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3. The only wild turkey I ever ate or tried to eat

was about 60 years ago. My mom baked it like you
would a Butterball it ended up dinner for the dog. My dad shot it in the moutains of West Virginia no corn there I guess.
A friend of mine gave me a Canada Goose breast he cooked it was tasty. I would say more like beef.
Hey spring is coming a friend saw a buzard yesterday
they return to Hinkley March 15th must be earlier this year.