Oklahoma woman poacher caught on dating app, fined USD 2,400


Devdiscourse News Desk | Checotah | Updated: 09-01-2019 06:28 IST | Created: 09-01-2019 06:28 IST
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An Oklahoma woman looking for love got more than she bargained for when she unwittingly shared her exhilaration about illegally shooting a "bigo buck" on a dating app with a state game warden. Oklahoma Game Warden Cannon Harrison says he uncovered the poaching in a conversation on Bumble with a McIntosh County woman.

She talked about using a spotlight to shoot the deer at night, outside the rifle season. The woman only harvested the head and back-strap meat — and she sent Harrison pictures as proof. The woman has pleaded guilty to charges of improper possession of an illegally taken animal and taking game out-of-season. She and an accomplice face USD 2,400 fines. The incident was posted to the Oklahoma Game Wardens Facebook page on Sunday night. 

(With inputs from agencies.)

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