Chronic Poacher Faces Nearly $4,000 in Fines and Restitution in Minnesota

By Vanessa Torres

Minnesota -(Ammoland.com)- A Minnesota bear guide faces significant fines and restitution after recently pleading guilty in Cook and Faribault county district courts to illegally hunting bear, deer and other animals. This follows a multi-year Department of Natural Resources poaching investigation.

Brandon R. Greeley, 28, a resident of Blue Earth and a licensed bear guide in Tofte, is well known to DNR conservation officers in northern and southern Minnesota as a chronic poacher with previous fishing, trapping and hunting violations.

After the latest investigation wrapped up, Greeley was convicted of several gross misdemeanor and misdemeanor charges, fined nearly $4,000, and his hunting privileges were revoked for three years.

Conservation officers began investigating Greeley in 2012, and it became apparent that he violated game laws involving bear, deer, furbearing animals and fish.

Greeley’s illegal activities with clients included reports of not having the proper zone license to hunt bear in a given area, illegally transferring a bear tag, failure to register a bear, and lending a bear license. Multiple other bear violations, committed by other hunters, were also detected …read more

Source:: AmmoLand