Apparently, you're allowed to hunt deer with a snowmobile in Wisconsin

[charlie]

With, not on.

Five felony charges of cruelty to animals have been dismissed against a Wisconsin man accused of running over and killing some deer with his snowmobile.

Robby Kuenzi's attorney successfully convinced a Waupaca County judge Thursday that because the defendant was hunting at the time of the incident, state law prohibits animal cruelty charges.

Judge John Hoffman conceded and dismissed the felonies. Kuenzi still faces several ordinance violations and four misdemeanors, including hunting out of season.

Kuenzi's brother, Rory, and Nicholas Hermes faces similar charges. Four deer were found dead along a snowmobile trail south of Waupaca on Jan. 10, and a fifth had to be euthanized.

http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_12577758

[Mari333]

1. cold hearted bastard. god, i detest these kind of people. nt

[charlie]

2. I don't have much use for that judge, either

Hunting? With a snowmobile? Out of season?

Okay. NEXT!

[Mari333]

3. they probably thought it was funny

murderers. i weep for the innocent animals who suffer under the hands of human animals. there is no greater cruelty,to me. if i were asked to describe the word 'evil', this would describe it.

[charlie]

4. Holy Mother of Godzilla!

This is who the judge decided to go lenient on:

Rory Kuenzi, who also is the focus of an ongoing investigation into a 2004 hit-and-run crash that killed 20-year-old pedestrian Kevin McCoy, was interviewed Thursday by Waupaca County Sheriff’s Detective Sgt. John Mocadlo.

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He also said he struck a deer in the back legs, jumped off his snowmobile and pinned it to the ground by sitting on it, then tied it by the neck to a tree with the help of his brother.

They intended to come back and kill the deer for its meat, Rory Kuenzi said, but decided later not to do so. The deer strangled itself trying to get free.

Kuenzi also told Mocadlo he stole the snowmobile he was riding when the deer were slaughtered, but ditched it in the woods when he and his brother became worried they were suspects in the deer killings. He also admitted to stealing ice fishing shanties with Hermes.

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Investigators found three of the deer in a field Saturday about five miles south of Waupaca. A snowmobile had stopped atop one of them and ripped open its stomach, said Ted Dremel, a state Department of Natural Resources warden based in Waupaca County.

A fourth deer had broken legs and was euthanized. The fifth deer was dragged from the field and tied to a tree about 25 feet from a road. It strangled itself trying to get free.

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Police, acting on tips, found the stolen snowmobile, near snowmobile trails in Mukwa. The sled was reported stolen Dec. 26 from outside the Kegles Bowling Center in Manawa.

Neither Nicholas Hermes nor Robby Kuenzi has a criminal record, according to online court records, though Robby Kuenzi was ticketed in 2003 for shining wild animals.

Rory Kuenzi was convicted in 2005 of substantial battery and sentenced to a year in prison on the conviction in December 2007 when his probation was revoked.

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20090117/OSH0101/301170015/1128

[Mari333]

5. says a lot about the judge, then.

what is it, some kind of good old boys network there?

[WVRICK13]

6. Probably A RW Christian

showing his respect for God's creatures.