Colorado Springs man banned from hunting after three-county poaching spree
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A Colorado Springs man who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor poaching charges in three counties likely will never legally hunt again in Colorado or 47 other states after a Colorado Parks and Wildlife hearing examiner permanently suspended his hunting privileges.
Iniki Vike Kapu, 28, had been accused by Colorado Parks and Wildlife of illegally killing 12 deer, 2 turkeys and a bighorn sheep ram across the region.
Kapu entered one guilty plea in December 2019 in 4th Judicial District Court in Teller County.
Then in February 2020, Kapu appeared in the 11th Judicial District Court in Fremont County and pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a bighorn sheep. He also pleaded guilty to illegal possession of three or more big game animals.
We know. We know. Poaching stories are like fingernails on the chalkboard to Montana hunters.
At least this one involves a conviction and sentencing. And what a no-nonsense sentence it appears to be. I guess 12 deer, two turkeys and a bighorn sheep will earn you that kind of punishment. Our thanks to KPAX TV in Missoula for alerting us to this via Stephanie Butzer, KMGH in Denver.
A Colorado Springs man who pleaded guilty to several poaching charges in Colorado will likely never hunt in 48 states ever again. Vike Kapu was accused of illegally killing 12 deer, 2 turkeys and a bighorn sheep ram across three Colorado counties. He was sentenced this week in a plea agreement, to six months in jail, fined $4,600 and given three years of supervised probation.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. â A Colorado Springs man who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor poaching charges in three counties likely will never legally hunt again in Colorado or 47 other states after a Colorado Parks and Wildlife hearing examiner permanently suspended his hunting privileges.
Iniki Vike Kapu, 28, had been accused by Colorado Parks and Wildlife of illegally killing 12 deer, 2 turkeys and a bighorn sheep ram across the region.
Kapu entered one guilty plea in December 2019 in 4th Judicial District Court in Teller County.Â
Then in February 2020, Kapu appeared in the 11th Judicial District Court in Fremont County and pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a bighorn sheep. He also pleaded guilty to illegal possession of three or more big game animals.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A Colorado Springs man who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor poaching charges in three counties likely will never legally hunt again in Colorado or 47 other states
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