Largest 8 pointer ever

[BirddogBenelli]

It really disgusts me to see such great animals like this buck poached. In my opinion this chump is getting off to easy. I hope they throw the book at him. It is people like this I would love to get in a padded room for 20 minutes.

[Wanderer]

just curious but how does the DNR place a value on a deer? $500 for the does and $1,000 for the buck?

mr

$1000 is getting off cheap. A pay to hunt place would have charged way more for that deer.

But of course then he could keep it.

[sticknstring]

Turns out it was shot with a rifle afterall.

Yet he claims he found it dead and pushed an arrow through it?

I hope they can prove he was the one who pulled the trigger.

[Musky Buck]

That was always my thought, rifle, don't doubt this guy likes road trippin with a spotlight, eventually found this buck out and brought the gun next time. I could be 100% wrong also. It's very difficult to get any mature buck into good bow range the way it is. Wonder how many other deer were taken illegally in his career, doubt this was his 1st season of bending and breaking the rules.

[96trigger]

Well, I guess we were all wrong for convicting this guy prematurely. He wasn't right in taking it, but at least he wasn't the one who poached it. Too bad he didn't get the license plate of whoever did shoot it.

[JacobMHD]

He stumbled across it?

I wonder if we will ever know the truth.

[blackdog1101]

I don't believe for a second that he "found" the deer. Interesting how he changed his story once the charges against him started piling up.

[paceman]

I have my doubts that some one would shoot this great deer and leave it behind.

[DonBo]

Well, I guess we were all wrong for convicting this guy prematurely. He wasn't right in taking it, but at least he wasn't the one who poached it.

How did you come up with that assumption after reading the report. Sounds like the DNR is about to add the charges to an already long list.

Here's the story:

Updated: 12/01/2009 08:10:40 AM CST

Troy Alan Reinke, 32, of Cannon Falls was charged this morning in Goodhue County with 13 counts of illegal taking deer. If convicted, he faces $19,000 in fines, up to a year in jail and revocation of his hunting license. November 13, 2009. (Pioneer Press: Chris Polydoroff, file) The world-class eight-point buck poached this fall in Goodhue County was shot with a rifle, not a bow, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Monday.

Lead fragments found in the animal's hide show that a firearm was used, the DNR said.

Troy Alan Reinke, 32, of Cannon Falls, who is accused of illegally killing the whitetail on Halloween night, now might face additional charges because the firearms season was not open Oct. 31.

The buck was the largest eight-pointer ever officially measured.

Reinke reportedly told investigators he shot it with a bow and arrow near the town of White Rock. He also reportedly admitted to killing a buck and doe earlier in the season with a bow and not tagging or registering them.

Calls to Reinke on Monday were not immediately returned.

Reinke could legally kill only one deer during the season. Goodhue County prosecutors have charged Reinke with 13 counts of illegally killing all three deer.

Assistant County Attorney David Grove said he would review the additional information and decide whether to file additional charges, possibly as early as today.

"If I can prove additional charges, I'll make them," Grove said.

But without witnesses or additional evidence, prosecutors might have difficulty proving Reinke pulled the trigger. During a recent interview, DNR conservation officer Tyler Quandt said, Reinke claimed he found the trophy buck dead and pushed an arrow into it to claim it as a bow kill.

DNR officials are looking for anyone who might have heard shots, seen the killing or was with Reinke the night the buck was shot. Tipsters can provide anonymous information by calling the Turn in Poachers hot line at 800-652-9093.

DNR investigators said they found lead fragments in the cape, which is the hide around the neck and shoulder area, when it was recovered from a taxidermist. The bullet apparently hit the shoulder and delivered the killing shot. A forensic specialist at the University of Minnesota confirmed the lead fragments.

DNR officials said they believe the deer was shot near the corner of 110th Avenue and Goodhue County 8, about three miles south of where Reinke originally claimed the deer was shot. He told investigators he shot all three deer on the Terwilliger property near White Rock.

New evidence strongly points to the buck being killed near 110th Avenue, according to the DNR. Investigators say Reinke's cousin, Matt Pientka, and his girlfriend drove to the 110th Avenue site to help Reinke load the deer on Halloween night, Quandt said.

No one else is expected to be charged in the case.

Quandt said shed antlers matching the trophy buck have been found in the area, where local hunters knew about the buck.

If convicted of all 13 counts, Reinke would face up to a year in jail and $19,000 in fines, in addition to $2,000 in restitution for the three deer. His hunting licenses could be revoked for three years.

He is scheduled to make his first court appearance in Goodhue County District Court on Dec. 10.

[JBone]

MN Hunting license revoked 3 years? I would hope it is longer than that, 10 years sounds better.

[gr8icefishinmind]

Revoked for LIFE is what he should get!!!!!!

[Rippinlip]

The DNR has the perfect chance to make a statement on how hard they will be on a poacher in this case.

I hope they do the max of everything for fines, time and rights.

Then I hope they make the final sentence so publicized on TV, Whitetail magazines, Outdoor news, local and state papers that everyone can see what will happen not might happen if they break any law to this extreme, this is just not 1 infraction.

This gentlemen broke multiple regulations.

Sorry to sound so 1 sided, but this is where our judicial system better start making points, you will not stop all law breakers, but you may curve some borderline law breakers.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Mark

[propster]

I'd have to agree with everyone here 96, no way was he prematurely convicted. You can't believe a word that comes out of his mouth.

[alex1]

I have to agree with gr8 here, if convicted I certainly hope he could loose his privlidges for life. With all the infractions he's facing, it's about time somone is made an example of.

[Still_Huntin]

I hope trigger was just kidding because that might be the funniest thing I've ever heard in my life if he believes this clown.

Sounds like this all ended up just how I thought it would, if you knew the guy you would of all thought the same. He's a textbook pathalogical liar as you can see now with his 10 stories, they will keep changing as this goes on, you'll never know the real story because this guy lies so much he don't even know whats real.

DNR should look for the empty shell casing, there would be fingerprints on them.

[mabr]

I hope trigger was just kidding because that might be the funniest thing I've ever heard in my life if he believes this clown

I,m pretty sure he was. Reading triggers posts on here he's got his head on straight. I think he was jabbing at me for a response I made on the gun forum under poached buck. All in fun I hope.

I wrote that we should wait and hear the whole story before we condem him. Im glad the DNR is using all resources to make sure he gets what he deserves.

[96trigger]

Just stirring the pot guys. I am definitely poking fun. All I'm going to say, is the guy either has a great lawyer, or he needs to get a better one.

Also, the initial report said that some charges might get dropped because they were going to have a hard time proving that he isn't lying and they really have no proof yet that he shot it.

[njpierz]

might as well charge him with making false statements to a peace officer and obstructing legal process on top of everything else. If they could prove he shot this deer he could be charged with felon in possesion of a firearm. Minimum 60 months in prison.

[Still_Huntin]

might as well charge him with making false statements to a peace officer and obstructing legal process on top of everything else. If they could prove he shot this deer he could be charged with felon in possesion of a firearm. Minimum 60 months in prison.

That would be justice! They should nail this character with every charge in the book, because after he plea bargains alot of it will be dropped anyway. It was only a matter of time before all this guy's lies caught up to him!

[walleyehunter80]

Yup they should throw the book at him, send him to prisson for 10 years!

[Cheetah]

Yup they should throw the book at him, send him to prisson for 10 years!

Pretty tough to justify ruining a guy's life by sending him to prison for that sort of term because he poached a big buck. Fines and loss of hunting privileges and gear is one thing, lengthy prison time is entirely different.

[Still_Huntin]

Pretty tough to justify ruining a guy's life by sending him to prison for that sort of term because he poached a big buck. Fines and loss of hunting privileges and gear is one thing, lengthy prison time is entirely different.

Ruining a guy's life? I think he already did that himself years ago, maybe a lengthy prison visit is just what the doctor ordered? Maybe it will do him some good?

Pretty sure he's on probation so thats another thing that will play a role in this in the end, he just got out of jail about a month ago for multiple domestics, him and his wife were in the paper every week for about a month and a half for beating on each other.

When do you say enough is enough for some people? Its not like it's somebody that made a bad decision and has a pretty clean record, you get these guys that pretend there is no laws for anything and the courts just keep slappin their wrists so they can continue to break the law anyway they feel like it.

Everyone here knows people that keep getting in trouble over and over for everything in the book and it seems like they never even do any time, you think to yourself how isn't that guy behind bars? Sadly enough there are alot of them out there!

[JBone]

Yup they should throw the book at him, send him to prisson for 10 years!

Harsh! I think you would see a lot of poaching come to abrupt hault in Minnesota though.

[Musky Buck]

We all know someone that fits this dude's description. He does need a lesson, his past indicates he doesn't think much about consequences, the law, or people other than himself. I don't even want to know how many times he wasn't caught for various acts. Sure he likely had it bad growing up, but I know lots of people that did survive by doing right. I just hope a few others out there see this and decide enough is enough, time to tow the line.

[roughfish29]

I think you would see a lot of poaching come to abrupt hault in Minnesota though.

exactly