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lets just say there is one unhappy child here at home..... grounded from truck for one month and must take bus to/from school, and can only drive to work. Was first two weeks, then got lippy, so escalated to 4 weeks. First assignment is to write a report detailing all of his transgressions, look up the specific laws on the books verbatim, penalties associated with transgression, etc. 1/2 of paycheck from work comes to me for recovery of fines, which I will find out tomorrow when I call Judge.

Wife is really taking this hard as she works for Dallas Leadership Foundation at the Hutchins State Jail in the Faith Based unit, as a program coordinator for inmates. She sees/hears the stories that start out like this, and how young people just screw up their lives continually due to bad choices. Last night we both could not sleep, because we knew in our hearts there was more to this story. Just so glad it was uncovered.

Dumb luck and a small world.

These kids made a mistake and will hopefully learn from it and not repeat themselves in the future. I met and talked to the kid and he definitely seems like a good kid with his head on straight. Just made a little mistake. If I would have been condemned for all of my stupid mistakes I would not be where I am today.

Thank you to the kids dad for being such a good person and taking to me about it. With a dad like you I am sure he will put this behind him in no time.

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All kids mess up. Some worse than others.

It appears no one was hurt and nothing was lost or damaged. God is good.

What do you mean by underage? If the kid is 16, has completed HE and is in voice control of someone who is 17 or older, then he can hunt and fish on his own in Texas.

tx_basser - did you TALK to parent/adult @ the (original) destination location before sending your kid/youth off to hunt there ?

Ok now for the real story......

3 friends in their late teens went out to a property in Van Zandt county for the last weekend of youth season. At some point during the night these three kids were SPOTLIGHTING ON SOMEONE ELSES PROPERTY. During this spotlighting escapade what was thought to be a doe was shot at multiple times by all three kids with one bullet striking the animal. The kids then proceeded to put a final kill shot on the animal directly in between the eyes. So now these three have killed a deer knowingly not on their property, knowingly after season, and knowingly with a spotlight.

As the story goes they we're heading to town to get ice when they got their truck stuck in the mud. One thing led to another and these three kids found theirselves at a gate about a mile away from where they began. This gate was dummy locked because the landowner had just left his property. These three kids then proceeded to go through the gate, behind the barn, and into the 95 Z71 parked with the keys inside. They then proceeded to drive this truck as if it were their own (with a front flat tire) to pull theirs out, only to get the stolen GMC stuck in the process.

Now how do I know this story you may ask yourself??? Well I am the landowner who's truck they stole. These kids committed MULTIPLE FELONIES. They should have all been thrown in jail and would have been had I not been in such a good mood yesterday (You can thank my girlfriend for that). So you may want to just accept the penalties bestowe upon your child, have him take them like and man, and pay for what he did. I was stupid once myself as a 16 year old but I would like to think I learned from my mistakes. The game warden was extremely fair with these kids and most defenitaly took it easy on them. All three should be sitting in an 8x10 concrete box today instead of at home eating Cheerios.

Dis' just got good!!!

Please don't try to find an angle on this one. It's a really solid thread where everyone is learning a lesson. Trying to pass any judgment is really unbecoming.

send the boy back to the land/truck owners to work off the transgressions...