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Poaching Two Species In Two Counties Costs Douglas Man Privileges for 49 Years
04/04/2003
WGFD
DOUGLAS -- A chronic resident poacher will likely never hunt again thanks to some concerned nonresident hunters.
Charles Uber, 49, of Douglas was sentenced in Albany and Converse counties to $15,460 in fines and restitution, in addition to losing his hunting and fishing privileges for 47 years.
This outcome was made possible when four hunters from Oklahoma witnessed a woman shoot a doe mule deer from a road, before legal shooting time in Albany County on Oct. 20, 2002. The truck was traced to Uber, who was already under suspicion after attentive Probation and Parole officers from Douglas had noticed an untagged bull moose rack during a visit to his home.
Subsequent questioning and a search of Uber’s house discovered four additional illegally-taken deer and the moose antlers. Uber poached the moose in the Fox Park area southwest of Laramie in 2000. Cheri Uber, 45, Charles’ wife, confessed to shooting the doe.
"Don't be afraid to get involved,” says Rodney Lebert, Douglas game warden. “As this case shows, small things may turn into big things. One doe led to a bull moose."
Charles Uber was charged and convicted of 12 violations including intentional illegal take of a horned/antlered big or trophy game, taking big/trophy game from a vehicle, taking wildlife with an artificial light, shooting from, across, or along roadways, transfer of license and taking an over limit of big or trophy game.
Cheri Uber was charged and convicted of shooting from the road, using artificial light and hunting in the wrong area. She was fined $690, increasing the total Uber family fine to $16,150.
The number of violations and severity of the fines proves Converse and Albany counties take wildlife crimes seriously, Lebert added. Douglas Probation and Parole agents, Douglas Police Department and the attorney’s offices of Converse and Albany counties assisted the G&F with this case.
Concerned citizens can help protect their wildlife by calling the STOP POACHING hotline at (800) 442-4331 when suspicious behavior is heard of or witnessed.
04/04/2003
WGFD
DOUGLAS -- A chronic resident poacher will likely never hunt again thanks to some concerned nonresident hunters.
Charles Uber, 49, of Douglas was sentenced in Albany and Converse counties to $15,460 in fines and restitution, in addition to losing his hunting and fishing privileges for 47 years.
This outcome was made possible when four hunters from Oklahoma witnessed a woman shoot a doe mule deer from a road, before legal shooting time in Albany County on Oct. 20, 2002. The truck was traced to Uber, who was already under suspicion after attentive Probation and Parole officers from Douglas had noticed an untagged bull moose rack during a visit to his home.
Subsequent questioning and a search of Uber’s house discovered four additional illegally-taken deer and the moose antlers. Uber poached the moose in the Fox Park area southwest of Laramie in 2000. Cheri Uber, 45, Charles’ wife, confessed to shooting the doe.
"Don't be afraid to get involved,” says Rodney Lebert, Douglas game warden. “As this case shows, small things may turn into big things. One doe led to a bull moose."
Charles Uber was charged and convicted of 12 violations including intentional illegal take of a horned/antlered big or trophy game, taking big/trophy game from a vehicle, taking wildlife with an artificial light, shooting from, across, or along roadways, transfer of license and taking an over limit of big or trophy game.
Cheri Uber was charged and convicted of shooting from the road, using artificial light and hunting in the wrong area. She was fined $690, increasing the total Uber family fine to $16,150.
The number of violations and severity of the fines proves Converse and Albany counties take wildlife crimes seriously, Lebert added. Douglas Probation and Parole agents, Douglas Police Department and the attorney’s offices of Converse and Albany counties assisted the G&F with this case.
Concerned citizens can help protect their wildlife by calling the STOP POACHING hotline at (800) 442-4331 when suspicious behavior is heard of or witnessed.
