Weekly CO report

District 12 - Princeton area

CO Clint Fitzgerald (Buffalo) checked hunters and assisted CO Trent Seamans with some deer cases. Enforcement activity included hunting deer over bait, knowingly allowing a youth to violate game laws, failure to register a deer, transporting a loaded firearm, and many instances of hunting without a license.

CO Ryan Hanna (Milaca) worked with neighboring officers on investigating a hunter who harvested an overlimit of bucks by using a relative?s deer license. Through the investigation, officers took enforcement action for the overlimit and seized two bucks. The period of hunting during the week was slower but was still very busy.

CO Mike Krauel (Mora) worked with COC Soriano this firearms deer week responding to complaints of trespassing, shooting too close to houses, hunting over bait, and transporting loaded firearms. A hunter was in St. Croix State Park shooting deer and enforcement action was taken. K9 Bolt assisted in several searches this week locating hunters and finding evidence in the taking of a large trophy deer illegally. Deer are certainly out and moving in the area.

CO Trent Seamans (Big Lake) focused patrols on deer-hunting activity. Hunting pressure slowed midweek and harvest seemed lower than usual, but several deer were still checked. Violations encountered over the week included hunting deer without a license, hunting deer with the aid of bait, taking an overlimit of bucks, failing to register a deer as required, and various tagging violations.

CO Blong Lor (Center City) spent the week working big-game hunters. Lor also worked a few waterfowl hunters. Time was also spent following up on ongoing investigations.

CO Koleby Dingmann (Sauk Rapids) spent the week working the busy firearms deer season. Multiple violations were encountered throughout the week. Success was good in the area. Shore anglers were checked as the deer season ended. Remember to dispose of your deer carcasses properly after harvesting a deer.

CO Justin Frisch (Cambridge) continued working deer hunting through the week. Hunters continued with their success in the area. Frisch put in time working ongoing investigations involving overlimit and lend/borrow issues.

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