Illinois man arrested for allegedly shining headlights to shoot deer outside hunting hours

Illinois man arrested for allegedly shining headlights to shoot deer outside hunting hours Posted: December 27, 2021 4:05 PM Updated: December 27, 2021 10:43 PM by Logan Reigstad WOODMAN, Wis. — Play Video spaceplay / pause qunload | stop ffullscreenshift + ←→slower / faster ↑↓volume mmute ←→seek . seek to previous12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% In a news release, the sheriff’s office said it got a complaint of someone hunting after hours around 6:30 p.m. on County Highway K in Woodman Township. A witness gave a deputy a vehicle description and an Illinois license plate number. Police in Fennimore saw the vehicle and another with an Illinois plate in the city. Officials spoke to the man, who reportedly admitted to using the headlights to shoot the whitetail doe after hours on private property. Officials seized the doe and the man’s rifle, according to the news release. The sheriff’s office said it plans to refer criminal charges of illegal shining and shooting of a whitetail deer, shooting a deer after hours and transporting a loaded firearm in a vehicle.

Posted: December 27, 2021 4:05 PMUpdated: December 27, 2021 10:43 PM by Logan Reigstad

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In a news release, the sheriff’s office said it got a complaint of someone hunting after hours around 6:30 p.m. on County Highway K in Woodman Township. A witness gave a deputy a vehicle description and an Illinois license plate number.

Police in Fennimore saw the vehicle and another with an Illinois plate in the city. Officials spoke to the man, who reportedly admitted to using the headlights to shoot the whitetail doe after hours on private property.

Officials seized the doe and the man’s rifle, according to the news release.

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The sheriff’s office said it plans to refer criminal charges of illegal shining and shooting of a whitetail deer, shooting a deer after hours and transporting a loaded firearm in a vehicle.

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