Post by goosepondmonster on Dec 8, 2011 13:57:25 GMT -5
A rural Washington man has been summoned to Greene Superior Court next week after he killed a deer using a rifle cartridge that is illegal in Indiana.
Mervin D. Knepp, of Route 3, Washington, will be in court at 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 16 to be formally charged with illegal taking of a wild animal -- a class C misdemeanor.
Knepp is alleged to have shot a buck deer on Nov. 26 on property he owns in Greene County near County Road 100W using a 7 mm cartridge fired from a high-powered rifle, according to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court by Indiana Conservation Officer Greg Swanson.
Swanson said he was sitting stationary in his patrol vehicle on the lookout for night-time hunters.
After hearing two shots, Swanson went to investigate and went to a cabin owned by Knepp.
There he observed a small field-dressed deer that did not have either a temporary transportation tag or a permanent tax affixed.
Under questioning by CO Swanson, Knepp said he had shot the deer with the high-powered rifle when it came out of the woods while he was hunting for coyote.
Swanson pointed out that rifles are now legal to hunt with in the state, but a 7 mm cartridge is not legal, according to the probable cause affidavit.
The deer was seized by Swanson and taken to Myers' Processing to be skinned so the wound caused by the rifle could be more closely examined.
Swanson noted that there was a large wound in the chest cavity of the deer. Once the deer was skinned, the conservation officer was able to see the large hole was actually an exit wound. The entry wound was too small to see until the animal was skinned.
gcdailyworld.com/story/1791739.html
Mervin D. Knepp, of Route 3, Washington, will be in court at 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 16 to be formally charged with illegal taking of a wild animal -- a class C misdemeanor.
Knepp is alleged to have shot a buck deer on Nov. 26 on property he owns in Greene County near County Road 100W using a 7 mm cartridge fired from a high-powered rifle, according to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court by Indiana Conservation Officer Greg Swanson.
Swanson said he was sitting stationary in his patrol vehicle on the lookout for night-time hunters.
After hearing two shots, Swanson went to investigate and went to a cabin owned by Knepp.
There he observed a small field-dressed deer that did not have either a temporary transportation tag or a permanent tax affixed.
Under questioning by CO Swanson, Knepp said he had shot the deer with the high-powered rifle when it came out of the woods while he was hunting for coyote.
Swanson pointed out that rifles are now legal to hunt with in the state, but a 7 mm cartridge is not legal, according to the probable cause affidavit.
The deer was seized by Swanson and taken to Myers' Processing to be skinned so the wound caused by the rifle could be more closely examined.
Swanson noted that there was a large wound in the chest cavity of the deer. Once the deer was skinned, the conservation officer was able to see the large hole was actually an exit wound. The entry wound was too small to see until the animal was skinned.
gcdailyworld.com/story/1791739.html
