Poacher, Jury Tampering, Felon, Get Slap on wrist.

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On Nov. 30, 2010, recent Idaho Republican gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell shot a cow elk in the Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area north of Idaho Falls. While hauling the elk out, Rammell crossed paths with an Idaho Fish and Game agent who asked to see his license. Rammell produced a tag that had expired in October for the Middle Fork zone (an area a couple hundred miles from Tex Creek). Upon seeing that Rammell did not have the proper licensing, the agent told him that he would have to confiscate the elk.

“You better get your gun out, because you’re going to have to shoot me if you want this elk.”



http://www.localnews8.com/news/28758432/detail.html

http://www.newwest.net/city/article/rex_rammell_challenges_risch_for_senate_nom/C108/L108/


http://library.sandiegozoo.org/news/2006%20news/2006_briefs4.htm

http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2006/09/23/idaho-activist-rex-rammell-uses-elk-fight-to-rally-anti-government-forces/


http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/on_poaching_and_personal_responsibility_the_rex_rammell_incident/C41/L41/

[Vanje]

1. I fucking KNEW it!

I knew it!
I KNEW that when I clicked, I'd find an Idaho story.
Only Idaho!

[Vanje]

2. This is not, by any means Rex Rammel's first conflict with the law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Rammell

[rl6214]

18. Sounds like he's a real piece of work

[SteveM]

5. "Only Idaho?" Most people land on Florida, if not Texas. nt

[TheWraith]

3. The agent should have taken him up on it, and shot the fucker.

Fuck poachers. Seriously... fuck them.

[Common Sense Party]

4. Should urban police also take out guns and simply shoot muggers,

robbers, rapists and murderers when caught in the act?

[TheWraith]

8. Actually, murderers and rapists caught in the act ARE shot, regularly.

That said, I was engaging in a bit of hyperbole. But seriously, fuck poachers.

[Common Sense Party]

15. No friend of poachers here. But I don't want ANY law enforcement officer

thinking that SOP is to blow away any perpetrator engaged in any crime, unless someones life appears to be in imminent danger.

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9. I bet him and

Ted Nugent would make a lovely couple.

Fine people we have setting the example. NIMBY.

[Hoopla Phil]

7. Yeah, just dispense with that whole due process thing, and forget about

innocent until proven guilty. Just execute people on the spot for it. Just imagine all the money that can be saved. Hey, how about summery execution for traffic offenses too while we're at it?

[Vanje]

11. It does not work that way in Idaho

Claude Dallas is a folk hero here.
Claude Dallas is a poacher who shot and killed 2 game officers, execution style. Killed em dead, for doing their job.
Claude Dallas walks free.
He is a local hero.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Dallas

[Vanje]

12. Idaho. Oh Yeah!

[krispos42]

14. He was convicted and served 22 years in prison.

Not enough, in my opinion.


But the impression from your post was that he didn't do any time.

[Vanje]

16. He's out there now

He killed 2 cops. Two game officers doing their job.
Claude Dallas made them lay down, their faces in the dirt. Then.
He shot the backs of their heads.




Boom boom.




Boom boom.


Cold.
blood.


Only in Idaho.
Would that guy be walking now.

He is here , in my neighborhood. He is Just down the road from me.
How do you think legitimate wildlife law enforcers think about that?
How do you think their families think of that?

Cold blooded murderer is a fuckin hero.

Only in Idaho.

[krispos42]

20. Sounds like fun

:hug:

[SteveM]

6. Here is an example of da Punk...

While the vast majority of hunters follow the law, we have this right-wing da punk acting like he can hustle himself anywhere and everyone will swoon in agreement. I find it peculiar that his anti-government stink has moved far beyond hatred for federal authority, but apparently includes local & state.

The latter authorities would do well by handing down a better sentence than: Be a good boy for a year and "it never happened."

IMO, this is a better post in the Outdoors group, where hunters and other nature lovers can see what this crud bag is about.

[white cloud]

10. I sent a PM

to a couple of you guys. I could sure use your help if you can.

Spread the word.. These Freeper are running over hunting sites.

And they are getting away with stuff just like this and ignoring the laws.

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13. Rex Rammell: There Will Be Blood’

Fresh from his guilty plea to criminal contempt, perennial candidate Rex Rammell says “The federal government will fail. It is inevitable.” Rammell also reviews his July poaching conviction, which he is appealing. Rammell, who spoke of the “White Horse Prophecy” during his 2010 gubernatorial race, wrote, “It has been prophesied that there will be 'blood in the streets.' Fathers will turn against their sons and sons will turn against their fathers. Mothers will turn against their daughters and daughters will turn against their mothers. People will be starving. Crime will become rampant. America will be on the verge of crumbling to pieces.” His opinion piece may again draw on the prophecy, attributed by some to Joseph Smith, that the Constitution of the United States would “hang by a thread” and be saved by elders in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which Rammell is a member/Dan Popkey, Idaho Statesman. More here.

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2011/aug/05/rex-rammell-there-will-be-blood/

[ProgressiveProfessor]

17. I live out in the sticks and I have to chase away illegal hunters with some regularity

Not as often as I do OHV bubbas, but the hunters are still coming around. I also call DFG and they can get through the gate on to the property.

[Recursion]

19. God damn it, limits exist so YOUR KIDS CAN HUNT ELK TOO, you assnozzle

Basic fucking ecology 101. I'm all for responsible harvesting, but jackasses like this make it impossible sometimes.