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Old October 26, 1998, 02:09 PM   #6
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Beware of Federal Hunting Laws while hunting in Alaska:

(excerpt from the Washington Post, Monday October 26, 1998, section B, page 10, column 4, credited to Reuters News Agency)

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Hunting TV Host Runs Afoul of Game Laws

ANCHORAGE - The host of a nationally syndicated hunting and fishing television show and three others have been indicted by a federal grand jury for felony wildlife offenses, prosecutors said Friday.

John "Buck" McNeely, who hosts "The Outdoorsman With Buck McNeely," was charged with shipping out of state a caribou killed in violation of federal and Alaskan law. The indictment alleges that in August 1996, McNeely, of Missouri, and a fellow hunter from Minnesota, Michael Doyle, each killed a caribou on the day they were flown to their hunting sites by James Fejes, a big-game guide, said official s with the U.S. Attorney for Alaska. Alaska law forbids same-day airborne wildlife hunting.

According to the indictment, Fejes told McNeely - who was filming an episode of his television program - and Doyle to hide the fact that they made their kills on the day they were flown to their hunting sites. The caribou were then taken to NcNeely’s (sic) and Doyle’s home states in violation of the Lacey Act, which bars interstate transportation of unlawfully killed wildlife, the Justice Department said. The hunt occurred near Fejes’ base camp north of King Salmon on the Alaska Peninsula in southwest Alaska, official said.

McNeely, Fejes and two of the guide’s employees, Blaine Morgan and William Vollendorf, both Alaska residents, were charged with conspiracy to violate federal law, the Justice Department said. Doyle was charged separately with a misdemeanor Lacey Act offense, official said. The conspiracy and Lacey Act charges each carry a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine, officials said.


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