Dangerous job. Not any deer worth shooting someone over. And wildlife penalties are to light to even argue or even fight over, much less shoot someone over. Ridiculous.
It looks like one of them was a convicted felon (notice the weapons charge). Prayers to the Officer, his family and coworkers etc.
Grew up a few miles from this area one of those guys has a reputation for sure. But I been gone for years. Other two I have lost track of over the years. Liming has some Facebook pics of some very impressive deer, 170-180 range deer. I never seen him as a violent type... some rumors include they were shooting at a decoy deer set out by odnr, and hit an officer, others say they just shot him. So who knows... the charges don't tell us much.
Guy got out of truck ran down a tree line and shot at a deer (decoy) we think, shot and hit the officer...officer yelled, for help the shooter called 911 and got scared and fled on foot...
Ive always wondered why they set up on the same side of the road as the decoy. Id enjoy walking up behind the bewildered shooter while looking down range after the shot through the scope and ask him “did you get him?”
