LA Man Gets Federal Prison Sentence for Repeat Violations

I'm glad to see that they are giving a repeat violator more than just a fine.

http://www.louisianasportsman.com/details.php?id=7844

A Thibodaux man pleaded guilty in Federal Court in Orleans Parish on March 10 for hunting with lead shotgun shells and violating terms of his probation, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Judge Joseph Wilkinson Jr. sentenced Lloyd Badeaux, 67, to pay a $560 fine for violating non-toxic shot requirements and to serve 30 days in jail for violating his hunting ban from a previous conviction.

Additionally, Bobby Chauvin, 76, of Theriot, also was fined $560 for using lead shot in the November, 2014 incident, the release states.

Badeaux was first cited for taking over the limit of ducks in January of 2012 in Terrebonne Parish, when agents found him with 48 black-bellied whistling ducks over his daily limit. In that case, Badeaux pleaded guilty and was fined $5,010 and placed on three-year probation with no hunting.

But prior to the opening of the 2014-15 season, agents received information that Badeaux would be duck hunting on opening day near Dularge.

A surveillance operation was set up, and on Nov. 15, 2014, agents found Badeaux actively hunting ducks with Chauvin. According to the release, both men were in possession of lead shotgun shells in the blind.

surveillence operation for a 67 and a 76 year old man using lead shot...now I know LA GW have bigger fish to fry

let those old dudes be, let em sling lead, hell good chance they cant read the box the shells came in

He was banned from hunting for 3 years as part of a previous violation in which he was convicted of overshooting his limit by 48 birds.

Yeah, poor thing. Let the man kill what he wants however he wants. Bad ol' gubmint!!!

yep

It's Louisiana, I bet the only reason the GW was even after the guys is because the old man was hunting to close to the GW's hole

3 sides to every story boys

I bet this old guy will still hunt ducks. He's not some young dude that duck hunts just to validate his DU sticker or his decoy carving or call making hobby. He hunts ducks because he loves to kill ducks.

...and I bet his gun is fixed full choke and shooting steel through that thing would be dangerous

So today we are posting about some old fossil outlaw instead of the death of speed Joiner? I give up on you millennial's

Speed was one of the best, but this crew prefers the lifelike GHG style decoys Elder.

I bet this old fossil from Louisiana would appreciate a good Joiner decoy though.

Id bet my bottom dollar that when this old man shot 48 over his limit every one of those birds would have made it to the supper table...old guys dont duck hunt because its fun, he's putting food on the table

Breaking news!! Old Cajun is a outlaw gunner! That's like saying breaking news New York State will go to the democrats this next presidential election.

I'm sure he'll stop gunning ducks when he dies and give that duck sheriff a break

Isn't the ban on lead a "suggestion"??

More of a guideline

Gentlemen, this threa is about abuse of power, not the legalities of lead shot

Not to make funnies,but I commend him on finding 48 black bellied whistling ducks and killin them all...LOL

I guarantee you that they were more outraged over the use of lead shot than that pile of whistlers

Somehow it's ok to go into Mexico and shoot that same pile of whistlers with lead shot.

Or 48 sprigs

That's what I was thinking. The guy probably got off easy, because they didn't fine him for all the corn that was probably there.

corn is a rookie mistake, these old bastards are better than that, thats why they didnt get caught for baiting

anyone who thinks it is morally reprehensible to shoot 48 ducks at home but would go to Mexico and burn them down just because it is legal is guilty of asshattery of the highest order.

I wouldn't mind seeing this debated on the senate floor.

Well I'm only a State Representative at the moment but I do plan to run for the Senate at some point.

I'd go as far as to say that a person that whacks em that hard in old mexico is bound to whack em that hard back home.

The crux is legality, which in a civilized world would determine whether one is an exceptional sportsman of the highest caliber, or an asshat.

It could go either way depending on which side of the border you're standing on.

48 without chicken wire and rebar? I doubt the old man is that good.

Trapped them birds....just sayin.

How do you trap with lead shot?

Besides there have been plenty days I could have shot 48 birds but I've never wanted to clean more than 6 per day

I take it you've never had to get ducks out of a trap?

Trap 48 wild ducks. Try removing said birds from trap while alive. While standing in water.

If given a choice, you'd shoot them too.

Well, I try to follow game laws aerangis.

everyone knows you use a trotline to trap ducks

As do I.

Only time I've removed trapped ducks or assisted with trapping ducks was for banding. It was difficult getting the birds out safely without injury, and the hunter in me had me thinkin if these tree hugger volunteers only knew how many of these same ducks I'd killed over the years, and how much easier it would have been to get them out of the trap if we could just shoot them first

fwiw, it's OK for the biologists to know you hunt, but never ever let the other volunteers find out you hunt, particularly if they're female, and particularly if they find out you've hunted the same birds you're working with. Otherwise, you'll end up with a not-so-nice nickname.

aerangis you never struck me as an old trapper, and you started to move up in my book...that is until you screwed it up and said it was only done in the same of conservation and banding

Don't go gettin all sweet on me bro, I don't roll that way.

dont worry Jim, I still think your an old crusty know it all

Nice cover story aerangis, I like your style

Wonder how many he could kill in Mexico. Probably wouldn't be as fun when it's "legal."

Good.

Lock em both up,and feed them poule d'eaux all day long.

Grandpa needs to lead by example.

Some here would cry if they knew the birds Phil killed back in his hay day.

Dats right beavo, OBAMMY OWNS DEM BIRDS!

I for one will say a prayer so that they might not be condemned to the fires of hell for the shooting of lead shot into the Kings fowl.

Why is it ok to shoot lead and way over your limit all of a sudden. (Twice, and under probation time)

Cause he was 67 yr old and need food to eat?

Come on man, i know u know better

Yep...I'm really surprised that so many people think this penalty is too harsh. The rules are the rules....if all people got was a really minor slap on the wrist when they were caught poaching (especially repeat offenders), we probably wouldn't have enough ducks left to hunt in 50 years. This guy apparently didn't get the message the first time when he was fined $5000 and given probation.

It is also about getting other people to follow the laws. If they can send a 67 year old to prison, it sends a message to all other hunters that they can be next. The punishment is also known as self compliance, there will be quite a few that will straighten up their act on their own, just because they now realize that it could have been them send to prison.

As with most cases of law breakers, most criminals think they are smarter than LEO and won't get caught. This guy has become a poster "child" for LEO.

Why? It's legal in Mexixo!!! So your saying because I do something legal and very fun in Mexico that I would come back home and break the law? That makes absolutely no sense.

Not to worry, Texas is ready to ban crow hunting and everyone will be backing the government and talking about the good old days when a pecan farmer could protect his crops.

I did not know Louisiana had real GWs.

Was it fun hunting with Phil? Is he as dry in person as he appears to be on TV?

They were in the GW's blind.

I had a "your momma" joke all typed out and ready to post, but decided against it...just FYI

lol...... I've damn near filled the bed of a pickup with crow and squirrel carcasses from my folks pecan orchards. And yes, crows eat a lot of pecans. Even propane cannons won't keep them away for long.

Well it will be immoral when the government says you can't do it anymore

Very little research and you'll find that the feds burnt his blind to the ground and deemed that hole a sanctuary after years of chasing him through the swamps.

So you don't really have any clue on how many ducks Phil has killed.

Come on....let's hear it.

Im not a huge duck commander fan, but that is some serious ducking street credit if the feds have to burn your blind and make your hole a sanctuary.

I shot a couple teal once

Over his limit. String him up.

Whew! I was beginning to wonder about this section. Hardly ever swing by here. Was beginning to look like the poacher's section.

I'll go even farther and say this is one of the most asinine comments i've ever seen in the forum.

I just don't understand why anyone is defending this guy.

I kill 3x a year more in TX than I do in MX. I just dont do it in 4 days......

Pretty pink popper your trolling there, even had a few bites....

Game thiefs deserve no respect or defense even in jest. He's a game thief period and deserved everthing he got and more.

Well said!

[quote=nsmike]Game thiefs deserve no respect or defense even in jest. He's a game thief period and deserved everthing he got and more. [/quote

Agree. It's child behavior 101. Natural and logical consequences for everything that we choose to do.

Yep!

So you're saying shoot what you can afford?

I should qualify my statements...I'm not saying shooting 48 mottled ducks is ok, but 48 ringers or mallards is not to bad in the big scheme of things

What if I was an amateur taxidermist looking for that perfect mottled duck and therefore routinely shot way over the limit trying to end my quest?

Ahhhh the off season...

It would be okay if and only if you dumped them back in the same ditch you were jump shooting them out of.

I can remember when I was a kid and I could go down to wal mart and buy a box of duck and pheasant load #4 lead shot. You remember, the ones that had the duck on one side and the pheasant on the other? Maybe these old dudes had some of these old boxes of shells laying around and didn't see the pheasant and lead shot part. Ha ha

That #4 lead sure did work good on them ducks and was a lot cheaper. I do realize how lead took its toll on the waterfowl in the way of poisoning them. When I was a kid, I used to walk around with a pellet gun in short shorts, tennis shoes with no socks, in rattlesnake country, with a mouthful of lead pellets in my lip like a chew because I didn't have any pockets and I didn't have any socks to put them in either. My buddy said he used to do the same thing and he's about 15yrs older than me. Maybe that's why we're both a little throwed off. We didn't know lead was poisonous.

Fine line between trolling and idiocy.

I never thanked you for advertising for me. It's a little gay on your part, but who am I to judge.

Rhetorical or do you have a specific someone in mind?

I heard a second hand story but have never met the guy so I'll say rhetorical for now.