Depends. If you have purchased a hunting license & just forgot it, they can look it up, and probably just issue a warning. If you never purchased a license, and/or there are additional violations (bag limit, alcohol, etc...) they have a tremendous amount of leeway in what they'll write you up for. You'll get a hefty fine most likely, $1000+. For major violations (poaching/trespassing, killing too many deer, not cleaning & utilizing the deer you kill) they can confiscate your equipment - guns, vehicles - and you'll be facing a huge fine & jail time. Another thing, game wardens have no jurisdictional limits in Texas, they can detain anybody anywhere, even for non-game-related offenses (they'll call the local cops to haul you off to jail).
Rob Corddry, introduced as a "vice-presidential firearms mishap analyst," said that "according to the best intelligence available, there were quail hidden in the brush," and "everyone believed there were quail in the brush," and "while the quail turned out to be a 78-year-old man, even knowing that today, Mr. Cheney insists he would still have shot Mr. Whittington in the face."
You don't need a stamp for quail just like you don't need a specific stamp for Whitewing dove anymore. They ask if you hunted migratory game last year, like dove, and you get a migratory game stamp. Regardless, Quail aren't migratory you just buy the liscense and follow the bag limits and season dates.
In a statement on Monday night, Mr. Cheney's office said a member of his staff had asked the Parks and Wildlife Department for all of the necessary permits for the vice president to go quail hunting in Texas and had paid $140. But, the statement said, the staff member was not informed of the need for an additional stamp, costing $7, to allow hunting of upland game birds. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/p...&en=ec4ccbac7ffcceec&ei=5094&partner=homepage
wouldabeen: from TPWD: Effective September 1, 2005, the turkey, white-winged dove, and waterfowl stamp endorsements will be replaced by an upland game bird stamp endorsement and a migratory game bird stamp endorsement. So I was right the first time. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/hunt/stamps/
Jon Stewart: “I’m joined now by our own vice-presidential firearms mishap analyst, Rob Corddry. Rob, obviously a very unfortunate situation. How is the vice president handling it? Rob Corddry: “Jon, tonight the vice president is standing by his decision to shoot Harry Wittington. According to the best intelligence available, there were quail hidden in the brush. Everyone believed at the time there were quail in the brush. “And while the quail turned out to be a 78-year-old man, even knowing that today, Mr. Cheney insists he still would have shot Mr. Whittington in the face. He believes the world is a better place for his spreading buckshot throughout the entire region of Mr. Whittington’s face.” Jon Stewart: “But why, Rob? If he had known Mr. Whittington was not a bird, why would he still have shot him?” Rob Corddry: “Jon, in a post-9-11 world, the American people expect their leaders to be decisive. To not have shot his friend in the face would have sent a message to the quail that America is weak.” http://www.balloon-juice.com/
Shotgun Cheney sits around with his neocon friends Shooting off his gun, putting shot in his lawyer friend Shotgun Cheney has got all of his cronies there You can't run a country if you ain't got a lie to tell You can't run a country if you ain't got a lie to tell You can't bomb a country if you’re worried about going to hell (Repeat 1st verse) Well, George W Bush was not the sharpest tool in the shed Old George W. Bush was a real dumb, Yale educated man Made a lot of money sellin' lies on the family plan (Repeat 1st verse)
I didn't think there was a fine for shooting a lawyer. Shooting lawyers helps to keep their population under control.
boy i tell ya, bigtexxx and trader_jorge are avoiding this thread like a lawyer invited on a hunting trip with dick cheney.
"The Late Show With David Letterman" (CBS) "Good news ladies and gentleman, we have finally located weapons of mass destruction … It's Dick Cheney." * * * "We can't get Bin Laden, but we nailed a 78-year-old attorney." * * * "Honestly, I don't know what all of the fuss is about. What's more American than shooting your hunting buddy in the ass?" * * * "The guy who got gunned down is a Republican lawyer and a big Republican donor and fortunately the buck shot was deflected by wads of laundered cash. So he's fine. He took a little in the wallet." * * * From "Cheney's Excuses," Monday night's Top 10 list: "I thought the guy was trying to go gay cowboy on me." "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central) A partial transcript: Jon Stewart: "Yes, as you've just heard, a near-tragedy over the weekend in south Texas. Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a man during a quail hunt at a political supporter's ranch. Making 78-year-old Harry Whittington the first person shot by a sitting VP since Alexander Hamilton. "Hamilton, of course, shot in a duel with Aaron Burr over issues of honor, integrity and political maneuvering. Whittington? Mistaken for a bird. * * * The other player in the drama? Ranch owner and eyewitness Katharine Armstrong. Katharine Armstrong: "We were shooting a covey of quail. The vice president and two others got out of the car to walk up the covey." Jon Stewart: "What kind of hunting story begins with getting out of your car? As I sighted the great beast before us, my shaking hands could barely engage the parking brake. Slowly, I turned off the A/C and silenced my sub-woofers…" * * * Katharine Armstrong: "A bird flushed. The vice president took aim at the bird and shot and unfortunately, Mr. Whittington was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty well." Jon Stewart: "Peppered. There you have it. Harry Whittington, seasoned to within an inch of his life. "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (ABC) Among the jokes in consideration for Monday's telecast: "It's part of the president's new Social Security plan. Once you hit 78, kablamo." * * * "Luckily, the guy he shot was wearing the body armor that never got shipped to the troops." * * * "You know what they say, if Dick Cheney comes out of his hole and shoots an old man in the face, 6 more weeks of winter." "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (NBC) "Although it is beautiful here in California, the weather back East has been atrocious. There was so much snow in Washington, D.C. Dick Cheney accidentally shot a fat guy thinking it was a polar bear." * * * "When people found out he shot a lawyer his popularity is now at 92%" * * * "After he shot the guy, he screamed, 'Anyone else want to call domestic wire tapping illegal?' " * * * "Something I just found out today about the incident. Do you know that Dick Cheney tortured the guy for a half hour before he shot him?" * * * "Cheney's defense is that he was aiming at a quail when he shot the guy. Which means that Cheney now has the worst aim of anyone in the White House since Bill Clinton."
CNN is reporting that the guy is suffering a 'minor heart attack' as some birdshot is lodged in his heart. If the government has any secret alien medical technology, now is the time to use it because they are screwed if he dies.
