Do they have enough footage beyond a reasonable doubt to convict everyone in the truck? A great thing would be if they a were involved with some of the earlier cases & can be prevented from attacking a vulnerable game population.
It depends on the law there. Where I was casting rays if light on fields or woodlands is a violation, with a weapon in possession is another violation. Enough evidence to confront, probably get a confession and offer a plea deal to a lesser offense to keep it out of court. But it's in Canada so I'm not really sure how their courts work.
I can remember going into one of the offices of the NY DEC for some contaminated site clean up information and the DEC officers were patching up the deer decoys from all the gun shots they had over just the weekend.
@@charliek5762 Used to put them out (not the sophisticated type you have) to prank the other spotlighters. What isn't funny now days is the use of thermal and night vision. The claims about target identification are misleading and dangerous considering some of the excitable fools that use them. A big potential risk staking out an area for animals, and deer etc can be right beside you at times to give them something to shoot at, and if partially concealed you could easily stop one.
I have a special hatred for poachers and spotlighters. I remember sitting on the verandah one night howling in wild dogs and we watched a spotlight working along the road toward the house and all of a sudden, crack thump into the side of the house. We shot the shit out of the engine block of that car in retaliation.
Just heard from some friends that a Moose was killed this way and the shooter was caught. Besides not being allowed a license for at least 10 years, he lost not only the Moose but the rifle he used to kill it. The meat was distributed via a state program that people can sign up for and the rifle will either be sold or destroyed based on what it is. Too few people are caught but I'm so glad some are. Hopefully you have strict laws especially on the Roosevelt Elk.
Great timing..wow ! Love to see these a-holes get what’s coming to them and with the videos you have I hope it’s enough for massive tickets. These guys give real outdoorsman a bad rap. Good for you Steve.
I seen a huge buck on county land last year. Went up the road, parked, crossed road, loaded rifle and started a prayer filled stalk. Got close to the buck, couldn't see him, truck pulled up near where I seen it. 2 men get out, talk to each other 20 seconds, then fire from the road at the animal. Police come out of the woods shouting. I yell down I'm up in the woods. Officer comes to me and checks my licence and says ok, you're good to go. Not the same for the 2 men on the road.
We call him scruffy around here. Always wondered how that works for disabled hunters who can legally shoot from unimproved roads in Oregon. Do they just get a free shot and a high five 🤔
Here they set him up off the paved roads heading back to the forest roads. I was glad I was brought up to try it the hard way "legal" way lol. I've had big bucks stand up in front of me in doe only seasons and watched them run away. One stood in front of me at about 20' once, he stayed looking at me forever it seemed like. Then a year later I bagged a huge one just like it only a few hundred yards away. I now think that was probably the same deer.
@@walkercustoms that's awesome and I hear you. I was just on an early season buck hunt in September. I had 5 different bull elk in bow range with a rifle in my hand and a deer tag in my pocket. One was a 330"+ Roosevelt. Went and bought a bow the day I got back. Glad there are a lot of guys out there doing things right and not just killing whatever they can.
Is it against the law to be nature watching at night there? If not the "we gott'em" is one of those premature ejaculations that result in disappointment and are only hot wind. And accusing nature lovers of having mental instability reasons for pursuing their interests just because some a... sucker doesn't like it because they want to kill the poor old harmless elk (magnificent creature to some) is pretty random, or selfish. Since some actively campaign against actions to reduce pandemic spread by belittling mask wearing it is clear the latter exists among hunting exspurts in some places, but some believe anything.
@@johnmead8437 I think it's pretty much against the law to go shining deer or elk in Most states of the u.s. and it sounds like in Canada also. You heard Steve had a term for it I think he called it lamping?. Now in Wisconsin the Native American Ojibwe can do the night fishing with lamps on the lake and that's illegal for anybody else to do. The best Dino that is
In Australia we have organised crime selling game they often turn out to be not born in Australia!! This information is strictly from NSW DPI not bullshit talk
Way to go! I spend a fair bit of time out that way in the spring. First time I ever got to hear the sound of an elk bugle was out there. The poaching of elk has been bad here on Vancouver island for a while now. Happy to hear someone was finally at the right place at the right time to catch the people that do this!.
Cannibalize the poachers? You could just ground em up and feed them to the hogs? In any case, the best kind of whitnesses are the type who are no longer available to give any statements!
@@factorybear5264 and dig deep holes in the ground with punjy sticks and cover up the holes so the poachers fall down into the deep holes and land on the punjy sticks.
@@factorybear5264 and put snares out so that if they step into a snare it will hang them upsidedown by the foot about 10' or 15' feet up in the air just like the Predator Movie.
Is it illegal to spot light game in BC? Some states in the US allow spotting from 1/1 to 8/31 . You can’t have a weapon in the vehicle while doing it. I’m far from a poacher, but have spotted fields numerous times during the summer just taking the kids for a ride.
There's a huge difference in hunting without a license or "improperly" if you need to feed your family and just going out to shoot something. I grew up in a very depressed part of Wisconsin and there was several times deer were taken out of season simply for food. Then it wasn't the prime bucks taken but just basically what could be found.
As a life long hunter, i certainly don’t have a problem with people surviving. Survivors don’t usually kill trophy’s like you said; just meat hunting. As the tenth child in a very poor family there were times that the only thing we had was wild game that we killed. Country folks can survive can’t they?
Much respect to you Mr Steve for being a great steward of the land and its wildlife. I believe there is a special place in Hell for poachers. Stay safe out there. Peace
Good on you guys! I've caught and reported whitetail poachers in my state of Kentucky. I know how you felt.......angry but glad you got the SOBs. Many of the elk herds here in the states are doing very well, I'm happy to say. Best of luck on the lottery!
Unfortunately nothing will happen to the perpetrators. Poaching happens all the time here. First Nation folks are allowed to legally pitlamp here. Really sad.
Where ever Steve goes there is a story waiting to happen! Congratulations! Catching these misfits is almost as good as getting the Roosevelt Elk. They are majestic animals.
Defiantly strange. Question...Why did you guys Hide the Trucks? 5:19 Do you Usually Hide your Vehicles when your Hunting? Or was that just a wrong choice of words?
Good job. Unfortunately the only thing that will be done is the "authorities" will just make sure the poachers are vaxxed and let them go. Poachers will say they were just filming and some poachers "you guys", tried to ambush them. They feared for their lives and fled. That's all. But atleast you and I know who the good guys are. Keep up the great work Steve.
I have found several poach sites on the Island, we need more enforcement !!! The only place I see Conservation Officers is the shooting range or Tim Hortons drive thru !!!
I know for a fact that Texas game wardens use some very convincing deer decoys for poachers! They are funny to watch ! The poachers loose licenses for life guns and vehicles are confiscated and heavy fines on those stupid enough to try it! The way it should be!
Good job Steve! I had something just like this happen is Northern California. But they shot and missed. We were sitting just off the deer trail a couple hundred yards in the sticks waiting for shooting light, once they shot the buck took off to high hell. And so did they once we came ripping out of the bush towards the main trail yelling at em. Didn’t get a license plate or nothing, but they shit themselves when they realized two hunters just saw what they did and were doing. We searched the exact spot for hours. No blood. Guys were not a good shot. Luckily
I remember one fall after Dad and I had been watching a herd of 20+ deer south of the Rideau River and west of Kemptville,ON. Opening Dad and the crew went into that area to hunt them. Dad went to the south edge of their territory with one other guy intending to walk through driving the deer north towards the rest of our small crew. . It was still moonlight and not legal light so the other guy says there's a couple of rocks over there, let's sit have a coffee and wait for the light. Dad knew that there wasn't any rocks in that field of long grass and said so. They walked over to discover it was the bloated carcasses of nearly all the deer. They walked over to the farm across the road and called a MNR Game Warden friend to report this. Further investigation by MNR, provincial and federal police found evidence of 4 that had been field dressed and taken. The farmer that Dad talked to told him that they had been machine gunned about 4 evenings ago. And he was visited the next day by a person with a heavy accent warning him not say a thing or he would be burned out (which had happened to a couple of other farmers who lost everything they owned. Apparently it was a gang from Montreal that used 2 cars, a pickup truck and a large van body truck. The first car is the spotter confirming the deer are where they have been seen on and off all fall using commercial two-way radios, the next vehicle is the pickup with a cap on the box but probably no roof on that. It is the shooting car with 2 or 3 gunners armed with fully automatic weapons that just sprays the field killing as many as they can. The next is the big truck with a crew that bails out, grabs what they want field dressing them kill quickly, then loading the carcasses and jumping into the truck and the 4th vehicle, leaving the scene. They were extremely well organized with a ready market in the city and I don't know if any of them were ever caught. This was about 50 years ago and I would imagine that with the weapons and technology that is available today, they could still be operating today much more selectively. That one slaughter really upset a lot of people, and I know that a lot of hunters would have liked a chance to return the favour, even up against that much firepower. It could easily be 7 or 8 gunners with automatic weapons if the spotter car turned and came back to join with the shooting.
Great story, thanks for sharing. It is a sad reflection on the state of this world and certain folks hearts. Money, profit and greed above ALL else! Alas, those in power also seem to operate on the exact same wavelength, putting personal profit, greed and a desire for the accumulation of more power, way ahead of the folk and lands they are supposed to serve.
@@PilzE. Great story. In a distant part of the world where deer are pests but were once valuable enough for farmers to protect for themselves to illegally sell hunting rights, this was a national sport. And having several vehicles and a crowd of hunters was not the way to do it. Neither is leaving carcasses about where they can be easily found (and wasting them defeats the purpose entirely, no carcass, no money). They found the local sasquatches conveniently usually disappeared with the guts if they weren't aggravated into breaking down trees and chucking huge boulders about.
@@johnmead8437 Agreed. It is as though these idiots are killing these majestic animals just to spite others, like, "Ha! Now NO ONE can have them. Take that society!" Spite and selfishness seem to be rampant throughout our world now.
Unfortunately Steve there’s always going to be the bad evil people out there who don’t care about anything or anyone except themselves. It’s the good people like yourself and your friends that help make a difference 👍 keep up the good work and stay safe out there my friend
Ive pulled the trigger on my camera alot the last few years... Hunting license plates more then white tail it seems. Whether it's petty trespass, night hunting or shooting from the truck they just used to buzz down a tree line... If your not gonna do it right, stay the F at home FRICK I HATE POACHING!!!
I worked for years in Insurance emergency response , once was called to an assistant fire chiefs home in the Kootenays as his wife had called in some flood damage to a finished basement area in their home . The fire dude was not home (probably out poaching) and on the basement pool table on top of plywood was 5 bull elk racks of all sizes and 4 mule deer racks under 4 spike . I asked the lady if I could take pics of the damage for the insurance company and she said sure . I took pics of the racks and the front of the house etc . I asked her if her husband was a guide or something and exclaimed he must be good hunter . She says oh he always get a few every year , I said they must have grown kids that hunt with him and she said he likes to hunt alone . Dam I said he is a good hunter . Well I went to both the RCMP and the Conservation office and turned over the photos and statement to both . Nothing ever happened to that guy . I still do not know how or why he was not jailed .
I do hope the Authorities actually do something tangible to make an example of those guys. In Georgia 1960's-70's there numerous guys who lost their gear as penalty (car,truck,rifle) to confiscation. Harsh rules are necessary to protect game animals re-introduced after being hunted to near extinction.
Don't ya wish you could put a round from your 300 Ultra Mag dead center between those headlights??? Thy might drive away but won't go very far.... Can about guarantee nobody would shoot back after that hand held cannon goes off....
Not sure what they did wrong here. In AZ you can spot light all you want as long as you don’t have a weapon with you. Just saying if I’m cruising in the woods and have a spot light on me and an elk runs across the road I will probably light it up to get a good look at it. Spotlighting is actually a good way to scout in AZ. But laws might be different elsewhere..not sure?
There you have it, it is what it is. Way to go Steve, just sad they ran away. I hope you reported the plate number to the game warden and the RCMP. Cage them MOFO and throw them the book.
I have watched alot of hunting shows were hunters are trying to locate elk heards. Up and down mountain sides, constantly glassing and calling. I have never hunted areas like this and never been elk hunting. Just curious, is it legal to send up a Drone to spot elk heards?
I just got a draw for sayward mu110 a and this weather hasn’t been very plentiful any tips we are here for a week yet but I’ve put boots on the ground for awhile here and all I’m finding are young spikers
Just spotlighting like that should be a felony, we all know there's only one reason people do that and it's not to go sightseeing, it's to illegally kill and hopefully harvest game. Psychopaths doing that just to kill then leave the carcass is so unfathomable it's like trying to understand why serial killers do what they do, it just makes no sense whatsoever. There's been a few times I've come across some good old boys poaching deer out of season back in Appalachia and as much as it pissed me off and got me madder than hell, I always knew it was only being done because money was tight and those young men were feeding their families the only way they could at the time. That doesn't make anything about it alright but I can at least understand why. To hear people are out there spotlighting Roosevelt elk just to take the shot and make the kill then leave the scene hightailing outa there is just pure insanity! I hope to god your game wardens or whatever you call them up there have the power and authority ours do here in the states! Here ours are way more powerful than the police, ours are federal agents with broad sweeping authority giving them expedited access to whatever they need be it search warrants for homes or vehicles, they can pull people over and impound vehicles, seize firearms and all sorts of other property, let's just say in most states they have the tools to get the job done unlike the rest of our law enforcement.
In the mid 90s there were 200 tags offered Van Isle wide top all hunters. The elk were planted there by the government with all taxpayer dollars . The elk is not nor never had been native to Van Isle . Later in the 90s they gave half the available elk tags to the Aboriginal Communites to harvest . But as we all know they also pull their right to hunt card , even though these are not related to any of their stories as they were planted elk , and shoot what they want , when they want . So a lot of the local hunters I would talk to would say thing like We should just take what we want like the Bands do. A lot of grief for hunter that waited years for that tag, me included . One tag in 20 years entering . I lived in Campbell River and at night when I was coming back into town , there seemed to be more pick ups with rack lights driving out the logging roads . Sad situation I Once asked the campbell river Band Chief if they kept count of what his band members shot ,thinking at least they must count so as not to overhunt , and he just laughed . Pathetic situation.
I spend a lot of time in this exact area and have seen pit lampers before. Called it in but didn't have any license plates or anything. CO's on VI are undermanned and there wasn't much they could do when I called in but hopefully this footage gets someone caught.
Good for you and your Brother Hunters Steve! These dirtbags give all hunters a bad name! When I was a young State Trooper, I used to ride around at night with a game warden buddy of mine , looking for poachers. Some of these dog breathes had a very refined system. They would call their regular ‘clients’ each fall and ask them what type of deer they wanted. Their customers could ask for trophy bucks or small bucks and does for freezer meat. These pieces of garbage made quite a bit of money doing this nefarious work each year. It was just a great feeling seeing you folks catch these idiots red handed. Keep up the great work Brother. Blessings from the sportsman’s paradise here in Louisiana! 👍🙏✝️
Fanfuckintastic!!! WOW!!!! Whats the odds????? 1 in a million seems to happen every couple of weeks around me... Mr. Steve! Be SAFE yall! God Bless The Round Table, Thank You Good Lord.
Steve, you were in the right place at the right time!!! I hope that the idiots that were trying to poach the elk get caught and get fined very heavy and lose their hunting privileges for a long time!!!
You have to shoot the animal for it to be considered poaching otherwise it's just illegal use of a spotlight during hunting season which is a small fine in most places. That's what makes it so hard to catch poachers you have to have evidence of a kill.
As a retired Game Warden I applaud your effort!
Do they have enough footage beyond a reasonable doubt to convict everyone in the truck? A great thing would be if they a were involved with some of the earlier cases & can be prevented from attacking a vulnerable game population.
It depends on the law there. Where I was casting rays if light on fields or woodlands is a violation, with a weapon in possession is another violation. Enough evidence to confront, probably get a confession and offer a plea deal to a lesser offense to keep it out of court. But it's in Canada so I'm not really sure how their courts work.
I can remember going into one of the offices of the NY DEC for some contaminated site clean up information and the DEC officers were patching up the deer decoys from all the gun shots they had over just the weekend.
I used one all the time very effective tool.
@@charliek5762 Used to put them out (not the sophisticated type you have) to prank the other spotlighters.
What isn't funny now days is the use of thermal and night vision. The claims about target identification are misleading and dangerous considering some of the excitable fools that use them. A big potential risk staking out an area for animals, and deer etc can be right beside you at times to give them something to shoot at, and if partially concealed you could easily stop one.
I have a special hatred for poachers and spotlighters. I remember sitting on the verandah one night howling in wild dogs and we watched a spotlight working along the road toward the house and all of a sudden, crack thump into the side of the house. We shot the shit out of the engine block of that car in retaliation.
a while back we were looking for my dog late night then some crazy people started shooting at us from a roof out of no where! crazy times!
Sadly, who knows how many times this has happened before that morning...
Just heard from some friends that a Moose was killed this way and the shooter was caught. Besides not being allowed a license for at least 10 years, he lost not only the Moose but the rifle he used to kill it. The meat was distributed via a state program that people can sign up for and the rifle will either be sold or destroyed based on what it is. Too few people are caught but I'm so glad some are. Hopefully you have strict laws especially on the Roosevelt Elk.
That's sad you lost an elk but great they caught the guy. As long as he isn't a native hunting for food, I agree. God bless
They should have taken his license and vehicle to
@@canadianmmaguy7511 He did lose his license but he wasn't in his vehicle. I have heard of areas that do take them.
@@canadianmmaguy7511 And flogged
If the poachers didn’t get their feces blown backwards it was a waste of time
Great timing..wow ! Love to see these a-holes get what’s coming to them and with the videos you have I hope it’s enough for massive tickets. These guys give real outdoorsman a bad rap. Good for you Steve.
Humans are my least favorite animal. 😶
"They taste funny!" John Wayne Gacy, serial killer ,who worked as a clown!
Way to go Steve & crew! I hope the authorities track those dirt bags down!
Very cool that you were all able to get them on camera, and I hope the authorities can do something about it! Nice!
I seen a huge buck on county land last year. Went up the road, parked, crossed road, loaded rifle and started a prayer filled stalk. Got close to the buck, couldn't see him, truck pulled up near where I seen it. 2 men get out, talk to each other 20 seconds, then fire from the road at the animal. Police come out of the woods shouting. I yell down I'm up in the woods. Officer comes to me and checks my licence and says ok, you're good to go. Not the same for the 2 men on the road.
Hah, we call that guy Robo Buck...he's been shot to hell but still catching the odd spotlighter and road shooter
We call him scruffy around here. Always wondered how that works for disabled hunters who can legally shoot from unimproved roads in Oregon. Do they just get a free shot and a high five 🤔
Here they set him up off the paved roads heading back to the forest roads. I was glad I was brought up to try it the hard way "legal" way lol. I've had big bucks stand up in front of me in doe only seasons and watched them run away. One stood in front of me at about 20' once, he stayed looking at me forever it seemed like. Then a year later I bagged a huge one just like it only a few hundred yards away. I now think that was probably the same deer.
@@walkercustoms that's awesome and I hear you. I was just on an early season buck hunt in September. I had 5 different bull elk in bow range with a rifle in my hand and a deer tag in my pocket. One was a 330"+ Roosevelt. Went and bought a bow the day I got back. Glad there are a lot of guys out there doing things right and not just killing whatever they can.
This is the best news I have heard for quite some time.
Bravo men!!!
The world needs more just like you all.
CALL THE SABE PATROL STEVE. LETS SEE HOW THESE GUYS HANDLE THE TREES FLYING THROUGH THE AIR.
Sweet Justice sweet sweet ...let's hope the authorities will be all over this..I can't wait to hear the follow-up!
Is it against the law to be nature watching at night there?
If not the "we gott'em" is one of those premature ejaculations that result in disappointment and are only hot wind. And accusing nature lovers of having mental instability reasons for pursuing their interests just because some a... sucker doesn't like it because they want to kill the poor old harmless elk (magnificent creature to some) is pretty random, or selfish.
Since some actively campaign against actions to reduce pandemic spread by belittling mask wearing it is clear the latter exists among hunting exspurts in some places, but some believe anything.
@@johnmead8437 I think it's pretty much against the law to go shining deer or elk in Most states of the u.s. and it sounds like in Canada also. You heard Steve had a term for it I think he called it lamping?. Now in Wisconsin the Native American Ojibwe can do the night fishing with lamps on the lake and that's illegal for anybody else to do. The best Dino that is
In Australia we have organised crime selling game they often turn out to be not born in Australia!! This information is strictly from NSW DPI not bullshit talk
@@johnmead8437 sounds like you may one of those nature watchers with a rifle for the occasional field mouse
@@damianfries7262 Difficult to stalk and spotlight mice in the wilds unless there is a plague of them, try it, educational.
You guys rock. Everything happens for a reason. Nice timing. Proud of ya's!!
Wow! That bull trotted off away from that jacklighter. Elk have probably developed a little wariness of bright lights long before poachers.
Ya think?
Glad you were there to see these clowns and glad you were safe. Would love to here any follow up. This type of action needs to be stopped.
Thanks Steve. Gorgeous Elk.
Good on ya' brother Steve!!! Hopefully the authorities will deal severely with those potential poaching bastards!!!!!!
Keep us posted!!!
Damn I hope turning that license plate in does some good. Double perfect timing by having double video evidence!
Way to go! I spend a fair bit of time out that way in the spring. First time I ever got to hear the sound of an elk bugle was out there. The poaching of elk has been bad here on Vancouver island for a while now. Happy to hear someone was finally at the right place at the right time to catch the people that do this!.
Awesome!!! We have a poacher on my father inlaws land, we will catch him, I almost had him last year.
Cannibalize the poachers? You could just ground em up and feed them to the hogs? In any case, the best kind of whitnesses are the type who are no longer available to give any statements!
Is it posted no trespassing? It’s probably neighbors. Plant trail cams and bear traps.
@@factorybear5264 and dig deep holes in the ground with punjy sticks and cover up the holes so the poachers fall down into the deep holes and land on the punjy sticks.
@@factorybear5264 and put snares out so that if they step into a snare it will hang them upsidedown by the foot about 10' or 15' feet up in the air just like the Predator Movie.
@@ryanclay959 id feel bad if a poor animal fell in it out of season but definitely a good idea
Nice Steve! You are keeping the sport of Hunting a Good thing by getting rid of the problem with the Poachers.
The dislikes are from poachers
Good hope they get the book thrown at them👍
Is it illegal to spot light game in BC? Some states in the US allow spotting from 1/1 to 8/31 . You can’t have a weapon in the vehicle while doing it. I’m far from a poacher, but have spotted fields numerous times during the summer just taking the kids for a ride.
That’s one beast of a bull!
There's a huge difference in hunting without a license or "improperly" if you need to feed your family and just going out to shoot something. I grew up in a very depressed part of Wisconsin and there was several times deer were taken out of season simply for food. Then it wasn't the prime bucks taken but just basically what could be found.
As a life long hunter, i certainly don’t have a problem with people surviving. Survivors don’t usually kill trophy’s like you said; just meat hunting. As the tenth child in a very poor family there were times that the only thing we had was wild game that we killed. Country folks can survive can’t they?
@@skyking4501 why would your parents have 10 kids if they were poor
@@EnricoPallazo none of your business. You have no clue what this person’s family history is. How many kids do you have? Why were YOU born?
@@jfrey5325 lol boy are you brave
@@EnricoPallazo Counsellors are available for those having difficulty knowing what causes that.
Love the Victory giggles! Good work!!
The poachers and pitlampers need to be hunted. I think we should have it added to your hunting apps
Pitlampers?
@@bryce8174 spotlighters
Much respect to you Mr Steve for being a great steward of the land and its wildlife. I believe there is a special place in Hell for poachers. Stay safe out there. Peace
You know damn well you saved some elk and possibly who knows how many in the future. Right place Right time.
Awesome story Brother. Your timing is impeccable sir.🤣🤣
Ugh thats my back yard... comoc valley Vancouver island... thanks for what you do steve
Poaching should be a capital crime
If the consequences is 15 years in prison, nobody will be poaching and all those road hunters will most definitely be hiking in.
Yet another 1 in a million circumstance steve ,
Some people are naive thinking they were out “watching” animals. Get your head out of the sand.
It would have been cool to see, as that truck is motoring away, a Sasquatch coming in from the left and Tackling the Truck.
That's next weeks installment
Good on you guys! I've caught and reported whitetail poachers in my state of Kentucky. I know how you felt.......angry but glad you got the SOBs.
Many of the elk herds here in the states are doing very well, I'm happy to say.
Best of luck on the lottery!
I like my elk like I like my eggs, poached
Great job! I hate poachers.
That is awesome! I hope the poachers are freaking out wondering if you got their plate, not realizing you have 2, videos! Very cool. 🤣😂🤣😂👋👋
Hell yeah
Get em steve
Don't give up protecting innocent animals that we are to watch out for..thanku from Vermont!
Unfortunately nothing will happen to the perpetrators. Poaching happens all the time here. First Nation folks are allowed to legally pitlamp here. Really sad.
Where ever Steve goes there is a story waiting to happen! Congratulations! Catching these misfits is almost as good as getting the Roosevelt Elk. They are majestic animals.
See your always helping Steve. Stay safe out there…
Carefully out there brother. Knowing me , I would have made it rain HELL,and would currently been sitting in jail.
Thanks Steve for the video.
Defiantly strange. Question...Why did you guys Hide the Trucks? 5:19 Do you Usually Hide your Vehicles when your Hunting? Or was that just a wrong choice of words?
Good job. Unfortunately the only thing that will be done is the "authorities" will just make sure the poachers are vaxxed and let them go. Poachers will say they were just filming and some poachers "you guys", tried to ambush them. They feared for their lives and fled. That's all. But atleast you and I know who the good guys are. Keep up the great work Steve.
I have found several poach sites on the Island, we need more enforcement !!! The only place I see Conservation Officers is the shooting range or Tim Hortons drive thru !!!
Those dirty a-holes!! I'm soooo happy you and your friends caught 'em!! Fantastic job guys!🎉🎊❤
I think I would be more scared of Steve then the police ☺
Right? Lol With damn good reason.
Blessings
I know for a fact that Texas game wardens use some very convincing deer decoys for poachers! They are funny to watch ! The poachers loose licenses for life guns and vehicles are confiscated and heavy fines on those stupid enough to try it! The way it should be!
Good on y'all. I never cared much for poachers. Stay safe.
No shots fired! I think they're stalking you 🤣. Busted!🤪😳😂
Great job Steve, hope those aholes get in trouble. I also cant stand when poachers are called hunters on the news.
Good job Steve! I had something just like this happen is Northern California. But they shot and missed. We were sitting just off the deer trail a couple hundred yards in the sticks waiting for shooting light, once they shot the buck took off to high hell. And so did they once we came ripping out of the bush towards the main trail yelling at em. Didn’t get a license plate or nothing, but they shit themselves when they realized two hunters just saw what they did and were doing. We searched the exact spot for hours. No blood. Guys were not a good shot. Luckily
I remember one fall after Dad and I had been watching a herd of 20+ deer south of the Rideau River and west of Kemptville,ON. Opening Dad and the crew went into that area to hunt them. Dad went to the south edge of their territory with one other guy intending to walk through driving the deer north towards the rest of our small crew. . It was still moonlight and not legal light so the other guy says there's a couple of rocks over there, let's sit have a coffee and wait for the light. Dad knew that there wasn't any rocks in that field of long grass and said so. They walked over to discover it was the bloated carcasses of nearly all the deer. They walked over to the farm across the road and called a MNR Game Warden friend to report this. Further investigation by MNR, provincial and federal police found evidence of 4 that had been field dressed and taken. The farmer that Dad talked to told him that they had been machine gunned about 4 evenings ago. And he was visited the next day by a person with a heavy accent warning him not say a thing or he would be burned out (which had happened to a couple of other farmers who lost everything they owned. Apparently it was a gang from Montreal that used 2 cars, a pickup truck and a large van body truck. The first car is the spotter confirming the deer are where they have been seen on and off all fall using commercial two-way radios, the next vehicle is the pickup with a cap on the box but probably no roof on that. It is the shooting car with 2 or 3 gunners armed with fully automatic weapons that just sprays the field killing as many as they can. The next is the big truck with a crew that bails out, grabs what they want field dressing them kill quickly, then loading the carcasses and jumping into the truck and the 4th vehicle, leaving the scene. They were extremely well organized with a ready market in the city and I don't know if any of them were ever caught. This was about 50 years ago and I would imagine that with the weapons and technology that is available today, they could still be operating today much more selectively. That one slaughter really upset a lot of people, and I know that a lot of hunters would have liked a chance to return the favour, even up against that much firepower. It could easily be 7 or 8 gunners with automatic weapons if the spotter car turned and came back to join with the shooting.
Great story, thanks for sharing.
It is a sad reflection on the state of this world and certain folks hearts. Money, profit and greed above ALL else! Alas, those in power also seem to operate on the exact same wavelength, putting personal profit, greed and a desire for the accumulation of more power, way ahead of the folk and lands they are supposed to serve.
@@PilzE. Great story. In a distant part of the world where deer are pests but were once valuable enough for farmers to protect for themselves to illegally sell hunting rights, this was a national sport.
And having several vehicles and a crowd of hunters was not the way to do it. Neither is leaving carcasses about where they can be easily found (and wasting them defeats the purpose entirely, no carcass, no money). They found the local sasquatches conveniently usually disappeared with the guts if they weren't aggravated into breaking down trees and chucking huge boulders about.
@@johnmead8437 Agreed. It is as though these idiots are killing these majestic animals just to spite others, like, "Ha! Now NO ONE can have them. Take that society!" Spite and selfishness seem to be rampant throughout our world now.
Unfortunately Steve there’s always going to be the bad evil people out there who don’t care about anything or anyone except themselves. It’s the good people like yourself and your friends that help make a difference 👍 keep up the good work and stay safe out there my friend
Steve, would these potential poachers even get fines or jail time, they didn't discharge their weapons?
Ive pulled the trigger on my camera alot the last few years...
Hunting license plates more then white tail it seems. Whether it's petty trespass, night hunting or shooting from the truck they just used to buzz down a tree line...
If your not gonna do it right, stay the F at home
FRICK I HATE POACHING!!!
wonder how long they have been at it ? They know just where to look so probably for a long time now .
Could we get a follow up on this, please
Great job steve..... You guys have em now.
I worked for years in Insurance emergency response , once was called to an assistant fire chiefs home in the Kootenays as his wife had called in some flood damage to a finished basement area in their home . The fire dude was not home (probably out poaching) and on the basement pool table on top of plywood was 5 bull elk racks of all sizes and 4 mule deer racks under 4 spike . I asked the lady if I could take pics of the damage for the insurance company and she said sure . I took pics of the racks and the front of the house etc . I asked her if her husband was a guide or something and exclaimed he must be good hunter . She says oh he always get a few every year , I said they must have grown kids that hunt with him and she said he likes to hunt alone . Dam I said he is a good hunter .
Well I went to both the RCMP and the Conservation office and turned over the photos and statement to both . Nothing ever happened to that guy . I still do not know how or why he was not jailed .
I do hope the Authorities actually do something tangible to
make an example of those guys. In Georgia 1960's-70's there
numerous guys who lost their gear as penalty (car,truck,rifle)
to confiscation. Harsh rules are necessary to protect game
animals re-introduced after being hunted to near extinction.
Are Natives allowed to hunt without a tag on Vancouver Island,?
Don't ya wish you could put a round from your 300 Ultra Mag dead center between those headlights??? Thy might drive away but won't go very far.... Can about guarantee nobody would shoot back after that hand held cannon goes off....
Accidental discharges happen all the time 😏
Guessing you can't spot light up there at all? Or during certain seasons?
Awesome, hope those criminals get what they got coming and more. You guys are living right.
Not sure what they did wrong here. In AZ you can spot light all you want as long as you don’t have a weapon with you. Just saying if I’m cruising in the woods and have a spot light on me and an elk runs across the road I will probably light it up to get a good look at it. Spotlighting is actually a good way to scout in AZ. But laws might be different elsewhere..not sure?
License plate gotcha! Lowlifes...
Nice 1 though Steve...
17 poachers hated this video
AWESOME timing guys, I hope they bag these guy's hard
UPDATES when avail please
There you have it, it is what it is. Way to go Steve, just sad they ran away. I hope you reported the plate number to the game warden and the RCMP. Cage them MOFO and throw them the book.
I have watched alot of hunting shows were hunters are trying to locate elk heards. Up and down mountain sides, constantly glassing and calling. I have never hunted areas like this and never been elk hunting. Just curious, is it legal to send up a Drone to spot elk heards?
I just got a draw for sayward mu110 a and this weather hasn’t been very plentiful any tips we are here for a week yet but I’ve put boots on the ground for awhile here and all I’m finding are young spikers
Well done :)
Nice work guys👍🏽
Good, about time! 👍👍
Just spotlighting like that should be a felony, we all know there's only one reason people do that and it's not to go sightseeing, it's to illegally kill and hopefully harvest game. Psychopaths doing that just to kill then leave the carcass is so unfathomable it's like trying to understand why serial killers do what they do, it just makes no sense whatsoever. There's been a few times I've come across some good old boys poaching deer out of season back in Appalachia and as much as it pissed me off and got me madder than hell, I always knew it was only being done because money was tight and those young men were feeding their families the only way they could at the time. That doesn't make anything about it alright but I can at least understand why. To hear people are out there spotlighting Roosevelt elk just to take the shot and make the kill then leave the scene hightailing outa there is just pure insanity! I hope to god your game wardens or whatever you call them up there have the power and authority ours do here in the states! Here ours are way more powerful than the police, ours are federal agents with broad sweeping authority giving them expedited access to whatever they need be it search warrants for homes or vehicles, they can pull people over and impound vehicles, seize firearms and all sorts of other property, let's just say in most states they have the tools to get the job done unlike the rest of our law enforcement.
In the mid 90s there were 200 tags offered Van Isle wide top all hunters. The elk were planted there by the government with all taxpayer dollars . The elk is not nor never had been native to Van Isle . Later in the 90s they gave half the available elk tags to the Aboriginal Communites to harvest . But as we all know they also pull their right to hunt card , even though these are not related to any of their stories as they were planted elk , and shoot what they want , when they want . So a lot of the local hunters I would talk to would say thing like We should just take what we want like the Bands do. A lot of grief for hunter that waited years for that tag, me included . One tag in 20 years entering . I lived in Campbell River and at night when I was coming back into town , there seemed to be more pick ups with rack lights driving out the logging roads . Sad situation
I Once asked the campbell river Band Chief if they kept count of what his band members shot ,thinking at least they must count so as not to overhunt , and he just laughed . Pathetic situation.
Good shit- I hope your able to catch every sorry sob that does that
Outstanding I am sure they might be better off just turning themselves in, way to go !
I spend a lot of time in this exact area and have seen pit lampers before. Called it in but didn't have any license plates or anything. CO's on VI are undermanned and there wasn't much they could do when I called in but hopefully this footage gets someone caught.
Did you Utilize your Drone to find the Elk?
Please give us a follow up Steve! Well done!
Cool story ,glad you're ok steve
Did they have a gun?You can legally shine a light where I live but can't possess a gun.
OMG! I am so glad you guys didn't get shot.
Hell yeah.. That's 1 for the Good Guys :)
Question though.
They have a weapon? Because they could have been looking around.
Good for you and your Brother Hunters Steve! These dirtbags give all hunters a bad name! When I was a young State Trooper, I used to ride around at night with a game warden buddy of mine , looking for poachers. Some of these dog breathes had a very refined system. They would call their regular ‘clients’ each fall and ask them what type of deer they wanted. Their customers could ask for trophy bucks or small bucks and does for freezer meat. These pieces of garbage made quite a bit of money doing this nefarious work each year. It was just a great feeling seeing you folks catch these idiots red handed. Keep up the great work Brother. Blessings from the sportsman’s paradise here in Louisiana! 👍🙏✝️
Definition of nervous -V island Bull Elk .
Fanfuckintastic!!! WOW!!!! Whats the odds????? 1 in a million seems to happen every couple of weeks around me... Mr. Steve! Be SAFE yall! God Bless The Round Table, Thank You Good Lord.
Awesome! Y'all did right, screw those poachers!
I wonder what band these poachers were from.
Great catch!!
Steve, you were in the right place at the right time!!! I hope that the idiots that were trying to poach the elk get caught and get fined very heavy and lose their hunting privileges for a long time!!!
You have to shoot the animal for it to be considered poaching otherwise it's just illegal use of a spotlight during hunting season which is a small fine in most places. That's what makes it so hard to catch poachers you have to have evidence of a kill.
What does "Pit Lapping" mean? 🤔
That was definitely a newer model ram 1500 hemi
Were they caught?