Poachers are definitely not the brightest light bulb in the package, but this particular poacher might be a bit dumber than most.

Poaching is stupid, illegal and many more things I’d rather not say in a public forum such as this. But it’s all those things and more when you do it in the game warden’s yard.

That is exactly what a person did in Louisiana. Guess what? He got caught. Field & Stream has the story.

On New Year’s Day, Lt. Kenneth Balkom was off-duty, hanging out at home, when at around 11 p.m., he heard a UTV driving on his property, near Minden. As Louisiana Sportsman reports, upon seeing a spotlight aimed at his hay field, Balkom changed into his uniform and headed outside to find out what was going on… [continued]

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Photo: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries