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Hunter fined $1,000, forfeits ATV, rifle after killing deer

July 29, 2007 - 9:00 pm
 

RENO -- A Sparks man has been fined $1,000 and ordered to forfeit the ATV and rifle he used to illegally kill a mule deer without a license last fall.

Miguel A. Larios-Campos, 36, was sentenced in Reno District Court on Thursday on the gross misdemeanor of poaching. The quad runner he used while shooting the doe in Washoe County on Oct. 21 was valued at $5,000, authorities said in a statement Friday.

Game Warden Randy Lusetti, a game warden for the Nevada Division of Wildlife, said he discovered the crime while he was on patrol and came across Larios-Campos in his camp. After observing some suspicious behavior, he initiated an investigation and found the carcass.

Larios-Campos had a hunting license, but no deer tag, Lusetti said. He claimed to be chukar hunting when he ran across the doe and decided to kill the animal, he said.

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