While there are occasions when a Louisiana hunter might “accidentally” step beyond the legal limits of Louisiana game laws, there are those times when it would appear the intent was obvious.
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When a hunter sets out in search of migratory game birds without the proper licensing, using an unplugged shotgun, and legally prohibited toxic (lead) shot, and is then accused of shooting a doe whitetail deer in a “bucks only season”, it would appear to most that the infractions were anything but “accidental.”
However, we must preface this story reminding all that these charges are for alleged hunting violations and all are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
That leads us back just a couple of weeks to Sunday, January 25, when LDWF enforcement agents, Sgt. Richard Bean and Corporal Troy Autin, were on patrol near Cutoff, Louisiana in Lafourche Parish.
During their patrol, the agents came into contact with hunters in a pickup truck who had just returned from a duck hunt. The problem was, these hunters also had a freshly harvested doe in the bed of the truck…