Looks like Uncle Ted isn't the only celebrity hunter being charged with hunting violations. Spook Spann is being charged with illegally harvesting his giant 230" Kansas buck in 2007. What do you think? Is he guilty? Are the max penalties a little steep? http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20120912/****SON01/309120147/-Spook-Spann-federally-charged-Kansas-hunt?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|****son
I think we need to let all the facts come out before judging anyone. I have no knowledge whatsoever as to the integrity of this man. May he get whatever he deserves.
Sure all the facts need to come out. But, if you read the statement from Cameron Hager, Spook's friend, he says one thing that proves he's guilty. Read the entire article and you'll see what I mean.
Not saying innocent or guilty, but I would think that with all the publicity and such. Knowing that everyone in the hunting world would see the video, the deer and everything, that these guys would have had there ducks in a row and made sure that everything was legal before airing the film.
So the way I understand this. He had a landowner tag. And he owned land there. But he went onto an adjacent property which he did not own but had permission to hunt and thus the landowner tag was technically invalid at the location he shot the deer. Is that correct?
So they're saying he shot the buck on "L.Z.'s" land which he was leasing and did not own, but tagged it with a landowners tag issued for the land he does own but didn't harvest the buck on? Not sure how the state laws are there, but in IL you can't get/use landowner tags on leased land unless you're leasing the land for agricultural use crops/livestock and such.
It doesnt sound good, it also sounds like he has the funds to fight this so he probably will just end up with a slap on the wrist.
That's what I get out of it. He killed the deer on land that he had leased, and did not own. By the way, I had never heard of this guy in my life. I wonder if they would press charges six years later if he had killed a doe?
Got a question before I determine the seriousness of this. What is the tag called if it's not a landowner tag? I.e. public land. And how hard are they to get? What is the purpose of having a landowner tag and the other such named tag seperate?
In order to hunt deer in KS as a NR you have to draw a tag that is unit specific. Its good for any land in that unit that you have permission to hunt, own or is public. A landowner tag allows you to only hunt the land which you own. No where else.
You can buy a non resident license in Kansas over the counter if there are any left over tags otherwise it works off of a draw system. There are a few states that if you own so much land you can get a land owners tag, Iowa works that way also. The normal tags can be used on public or private land.
Didn't he also have a tag for that unit? I thought I read that somewhere. (too lazy to look again... maybe Mike will come on this thread and tell me where to look for reliable news on the topic)
When you buy a non resident license in Kansas it is Zone specific but you can pick 1 zone to hunt in that borders the zone you are buying the license for. You have to pick both zones at the time you buy the tag.
No idea. It mentions nothing of it in his friend's statement. Which I would think he would want people to know. Oh...and.....
