<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Yes.  And the degree of "wanton waste" could, and should, be a determining factor in determining punishment.</div><div><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">  </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">  </span></div></div><div><br>On Apr 19, 2014, at 9:29 AM, Kai Eiselein <<a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>There is a clear difference between the two. It's called "wanton waste".</span><br><span></span><br><span>________________________________</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 09:19:49 -0700 </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>CC: <a href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a>; <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: <a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Kai Eiselein suggests: </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"Let's say a person is unemployed and needs to feed his/family poaches  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>a deer or an elk for food, should that person be treated the same as a  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>trophy or money poacher who only takes the rack, hide or parts that  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>have cash value?" </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>As much as I hate to say this, Mr. Eiselein . . . </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Yes.  A law is only as strong as the people who enforce it. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>In both cases, "trophy poachers" (who take the elk/deer racks for their  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>cash value) and indigent people (who are striving to put food on the  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>dinner table), are guilty of the crime of poaching. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The individual reason for poaching may be presented during the judicial  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>process.  At which time the judge or jury may impose punishment  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>commensurate with the motivation behind committing the crime.  In  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>military courts-martial, that portion of the judicial pricess is  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>referred to as "presentation of matters in extenuation and mitigation".  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>  Where the "trophy poacher" may be sentenced to some jail time and a  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>heavy fine, the indigent person may be sentenced to a short term of  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>probation. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . . </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on) </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com<http://www.moscowcares.com/>">http://www.MoscowCares.com<http://www.moscowcares.com/></a> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tom Hansen </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow, Idaho </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"There's room at the top they are telling you still. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>But first you must learn how to smile as you kill, </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>If you want to be like the folks on the hill." </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>- John Lennon </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Apr 19, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Kai Eiselein  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a><<a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>>> wrote: </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Let's say a person is unemployed and needs to feed his/family poaches a  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>deer or an elk for food, should that person be treated the same as a  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>trophy or money poacher who only takes the rack, hide or parts that  </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>have cash value? </span><br></blockquote><span>                           </span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>