Man found drunk in his truck with an illegally killed mule deer 🍺👮

The weekend might not be here yet, but your favorite dispatch from the great outdoors is. 

So grab your coffee or whiskey (no judgement) and let's get caught up on the outdoor news and views from the past few days. 

Here's what caught our eye this week...

• Did you fall asleep or pass out?- Man found drunk in his truck with dead mule deer 🚔

• Call it a comeback - Black bears on the rise in Texas Hill Country 🥊

• Texas Booner - 14-year-old downs trophy buck 🏆

• Little help? - Watch a hunter move a moose with a shovel 🫎

• Japan needs hunters - Bear attacks are out of control in the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵

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HABITUAL POACHER PASSES OUT DRUNK WITH ILLEGALLY KILLED MULE DEER IN BACK OF HIS TRUCK

They say old habits die hard and one Wyoming man is doing his best to prove the sentiment of that statement true.

Each year the Wyoming Game and Fish Department publishes a law enforcement report which serves to inform the public regarding the details of the previous year’s most outlandish crimes. One story titled “Drunk Driver Arrested For Poaching” certainly lived up to the expectations of such a report, unraveling exactly like anyone would expect.

The story begins via a game warden’s account of coming across a man noted to be “unconscious/sleeping in the truck with a deer carcass in the bed along a highway east of Edgerton.” It was January 2022 when the warden encountered the vehicle along the side of the road and noticed both the ‘exhausted’ driver and the deceased mule deer buck accompanying him in the back.

Noticing the driver’s condition, the warden put a call in to the Natrona County Sheriff’s Office under suspicion of alcohol use while operating a motor vehicle. Upon arrival at the scene, a sheriff’s deputy placed the man under arrest on a DUI charge.

The story goes on to dig into the history of the accused drunk driver and reveals that the man had a long history of drinking and driving. The report stated that “the suspect had a history of DUI charges and as a result had a felony conviction,” and “was charged with another felony DUI, as well as with being a felon in possession of a firearm.”...

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🥊 Everyone loves a comeback: Black bears on the rise in Texas Hill Country.

⚪️ White buck down: Indiana man takes nice white buck after watching him grow for 3 seasons.

🦌 Damn rut: Rutting bucks are wreaking havoc on Minnesota roadways.

🏆 Texas Booner: 14-year-old drops incredible buck.

☁️ Cloudy with a chance of fewer bucks: Wisconsin DNR forecasts fewer deer down during gun season.

🏞️ Location, location, location: How one grizzly bear dug a den with a hell of a view. 

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📪 Mail might be late: Mailman smokes buck crossing the road.

🫎 Little help??: Hunter uses shovel to push moose off icy road.

ADVENTURE IS CALLING
JAPAN IN NEED OF HUNTERS AS "INEVITABLE" BEAR ATTACKS CONTINUE TO RISE

If you know us, you know we love a good adventure. Add in high-powered rifles and exotic wildlife and you’ve got our attention, fine sir.

While the news of bear attacks on an island in northeast Asia might not be something that would spring many to action, the fact that the reason behind the attacks is due to a lack of hunting, might be the springboard some of us have been looking for.

Earlier this year we covered the story of a fisherman in Japan whose last encounter with a bear (or any living creature for that matter) resulted in decapitation. After finding the man’s head floating down river, officials were able to connect it to a large brown bear in the area. The incident prompted officials from the country’s ministry of the environment, and the agriculture and forestry ministry in Tokyo to issue statements of warning for anyone traveling in rural areas to be on the lookout for large bears.

Since the angling incident, things have continued to escalate in the Land of the Rising Sun. In the last seven months alone the country has posted record numbers of bear encounters with 180 reported incidents resulting in 5 deaths. The previous high was from 2020 when twelve months worth of data added up to 158 incidents across the country...

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Should we be worried about carnivorous plants eating humans? We probably don't need to tell you, but here's the right way to stack firewood. Marlon Brando's Rolex GMT-Master from Apocalypse Now is heading to auction. And, yes, there are still some worthwhile speakeasies in this country.

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