Texas judge comes up with creative punishment for game poacher

A Texas judge has devised a creative punishment for a man convicted of poaching.

John Walker Drinnon, 34, has to spend every weekend of the hunting season in jail for the next five years, a district court judge in Grayson County ruled.

Drinnon has been sentenced to five years of probation, but he must report to the Grayson County Jail each weekend of deer season starting Dec. 30 and for the whole five years of the probation. He also has to pay over $18,000 in a civil restitution penalty.

The Whitesboro Texan is also prohibited from purchasing a hunting license while on probation.

Drinnon’s story started about a year ago, when pictures emerged of Drinnon with a 19-point white-tailed buck in his lap. He was questioned by game wardens about how he came into possession of the animal. He said he shot it on public hunting land in Oklahoma.

Ben Reilly wrote:

A Texas judge has devised a creative punishment for a man convicted of poaching.

John Walker Drinnon, 34, has to spend every weekend of the hunting season in jail for the next five years, a district court judge in Grayson County ruled.

Drinnon has been sentenced to five years of probation, but he must report to the Grayson County Jail each weekend of deer season starting Dec. 30 and for the whole five years of the probation. He also has to pay over $18,000 in a civil restitution penalty.

The Whitesboro Texan is also prohibited from purchasing a hunting license while on probation.

Drinnon’s story started about a year ago, when pictures emerged of Drinnon with a 19-point white-tailed buck in his lap. He was questioned by game wardens about how he came into possession of the animal. He said he shot it on public hunting land in Oklahoma.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/poacher-ordered-to-spend-all-hunting-season-weekends-in-jail_2395037.html

I love the idea of creative punishments

Cass wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/poacher-ordered-to-spend-all-hunting-season-weekends-in-jail_2395037.html

I love the idea of creative punishments

Bet he REALLY regrets not buying that license now.

Maddog wrote:

Cass wrote:

Bet he REALLY regrets not buying that license now.

I'm pretty sure he had a license. He was hunting from the road, on land he wasn't allowed on, which is illegal.

I'm cool with the punishment, but the fine is a little steep for what he did. Making him spend every weekend of deer season in jail isn't bad, but I would prefer that he spend it working in a state park or in some other community service benefitting wildlife.

Part of his problem is he lied, and the Parks and Wildlife people will throw the book at you if they have to spend a lot of time and money proving their case.    

Cass wrote:

Maddog wrote:

I'm pretty sure he had a license. He was hunting from the road, on land he wasn't allowed on, which is illegal.

I'm cool with the punishment, but the fine is a little steep for what he did. Making him spend every weekend of deer season in jail isn't bad, but I would prefer that he spend it working in a state park or in some other community service benefitting wildlife.

Part of his problem is he lied, and the Parks and Wildlife people will throw the book at you if they have to spend a lot of time and money proving their case.    

Ok. I read elsewhere that he didn’t have a license.

Still a dumbass. Karma.

Original Quill wrote:Now, if we could only get the same judge on the Bundy case.  Jail them suckers whenever their herds need to feed.

Maddog wrote:

Original Quill wrote:Now, if we could only get the same judge on the Bundy case.  Jail them suckers whenever their herds need to feed.

Unlike the feds, the Texas parks and wildlife department didn't withhold evidence.  

Original Quill wrote:

Maddog wrote:

Unlike the feds, the Texas parks and wildlife department didn't withhold evidence.  

I wouldn't know.  Perhaps this judge saw that the evidence wasn't relevant, anyway.  But it certainly was a just decision...put the Bundys in jail whenever their herds need grazing.  Problem solved!

Fred Moletrousers wrote:We once had creative punishments for the dastardly crime of poaching - either hanging or transportation to the colonies.

Just think, Wolfie and Veya may well be descended from game thieves!

eddie wrote:They should also make him clean up deer shit and turn it into something wonderful.
Now that’s creative.

Maddog wrote:

Cass wrote:

Ok. I read elsewhere that he didn’t have a license.

Still a dumbass. Karma.

Yeah, if you post pics of a big buck like that, you better have a license. Technology is crazy now. Parks and Wildlife know about the big bucks running around on public land.