Understand that I am not condoning poaching. It's the ridiculous greater than 24 inch vs less than 24 inch to decide if it's a felony or a misdemeanor. Make it a felony for any spread is okay with me. Fine the guy for poaching. Put him in jail, whatever. The distinction in less than 24 inches is a minor crime vs over 24 inches is a major crime. That was my point.Got to have a line somewhere. It's not like he just made a mistake and it would have been fine to spotlight and shoot a deer after dark if its rack was a little smaller. They also didn't have tags and didn't dress to keep the meat from spoiling.
That would be kind of like you not going duck hunting because you're afraid of someone charging you with blasting swans with a flak canon.