What do COs do after receiving RAPP reports?

[j270wsm]

Called in a concern about a mule deer fawn that had a wound on its neck and it looked like it was very week/wobbly. CO called me with in 40min, told me someone else had already called it in…he asked a few more questions which led to me sending him some pics/videos. After watching the videos he made the drive to my house and ended up shooting the deer. Said it looked like a dog had grabbed the fawn by the neck, he figured the deer wouldn’t have live another 6-8hrs.

[HarryToolips]

I've made several calls to the RAPP line over the years, finding a poached moose with only the antlers taken, FN's illegally selling salmon (they're only supposed to use it for their own/group's sustenance)...they always promptly called me back every time that I can recall..

[.330 Dakota]

A lot of areas are only restricted for the purposes of hunting - you can drive with motorized vehicles if not hunting.

Its my sense of humor

[J_T]

We had a doe that took a heavy hit from a vehicle. Her right front leg was completely broken just below the knee. She spent the winter in a neighbours yard. Really couldn't move well. I reached out to local biologists and CO's.

The following spring, she gave birth to a single fawn. She and the fawn spent the summer in the hood, moving slowly and never leaving.

I felt just so bad for her, I alerted the COS again.

Further into summer she was hit again, this time on the back right. So the entire right side of her body was virtually useless. She could barely stand. I called it in again. It was so distressing to watch her unable to move.

Time went on, and she remained in the neighbourhood. This spring, she gave birth to twins. And, she started walking on that busted right front leg. It doesn't operate in a normal fashion, but she's found a way. She is still very tentative about using the back right leg.

Nature is tough, vehicles are hard, wild animals are survivors, not whiners. That broken deer has provided three new young healthy animals. I do feel bad for her as she's not able to get away from those bucks.

But she's a good Mom.

[Redthies]

That’s a good story JT. We lost a doe and both her fawns as well as another fawn just two days ago. People need to realize that driving 80 on rural side streets is not a good idea. I got fed up with cleaning carcasses off my property, and made a point for the a-holes that speed past my property:



I left it like that for 24 hours. Nobody called to have it picked up, and a few just sped around it. It shows who your neighbors are. I did call the COs to ask if I could keep some of the meat (it was still warm when my friend driving past called me to say “did you know there is a dead deer on your lawn”), but I got no response.

[bearhands]

Was up near Falkland with my fiancé in spring 2022, pulled up to a lake and walked to the boat ramp. Two kids started shooting at mallards in the water with a .22 on our left. Rounds were skipping off the lake and tumbling through the trees on our right…. Turned around got photos of their truck and the camper that was there and jumped in the truck and went and found signal. Found a patch of signal and called Rapp.
On our way into Vernon a few hours later we passed a CO truck on the highway. A few hours after that I got a follow up call from the CO who went up to the lake to investigate. When he pulled up, they were roasting a duck on the fire (in may) and had another one in the trailer marinading. He thanked us for calling it in and said that he fined them, took the rifle and said they will be banned from hunting for a few years.

CO’s have a tough go of things. Almost every single person they interact with is armed and they have massive areas to cover.
The CO that investigated that call was extremely thankful that we called it in and said that the last few years (this was spring 2022) had been bad for poaching and people being dumb with firearms.