Many of the infractions came after Hicks’ license was revoked due to a Cape Yakataga guiding fiasco. Clients said Hicks was absent for days, leaving them in a cabin that was littered with rodent feces and supplied with rotting food and a flooded woodstove.
But in this case, federal prosecutors say, Hicks participated in a “multi-year wildlife crime spree” from 2015 until 2019 that triggered the need for a harsh penalty, prosecutors wrote in aMany of the infractions he was accused of occurred while Hicks’ guiding license was on probation or revoked.
Last month’s federal sentencing focused on the 2018 Max Lake incident, but prosecutors during the sentencing phase referenced numerous other state-level charges against Hicks. Chief U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason took the state charges into consideration in her sentencing decision and awarded half the restitution to the state.
The judge said “the need for prison is to make clear that blatant disregard for state and federal fish and wildlife rules will not be tolerated.” A brown bear one client killed himself on the beach was the only animal successfully harvested on the trip, according to the decision document. Another man shot and injured a goat on a hunt with Hicks’ assistant guide. The guide, who led his client into difficult terrain for the hunt, said a steep ravine where the animal ended up was too dangerous to retrieve it and “shot the goat ‘to put it out of its misery.
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