TV hunting show has Pleaded Guilty of Poaching in Noatak National Preserve

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Quote:'The Syndicate' host pleads guilty in poaching case

Published November 25, 2015
·Associated Press

The host of a cable TV hunting show has pleaded guilty as part of an investigation into poaching on a remote national preserve in Alaska.

The terms of a plea deal signed by Clark W. Dixon on Monday call for an 18-month prison sentence, a $75,000 fine and forfeiture of trophies and weapons that the U.S. attorney's office says were used in the illegal taking of game.

The charges involve activities between 2008 and 2013 at Noatak National Preserve in northwest Alaska. After the charges were announced in September, the Sportsman Channel said it had suspended Dixon's show, "The Syndicate."

Sentencing was set for February. Dixon is from Mississippi.

The U.S. Attorney's office said in a release that four others charged in the case, including Dixon's father, have pleaded guilty and been sentenced. Dixon is the only one among those facing a prison sentence.

Dixon was accused of participating in the illegal take of a brown bear and with conducting an illegal hunting operation.

"We've reached an agreement where my client has accepted responsibility and is agreeing to move on," Dixon's attorney, Brent Cole, said Tuesday.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Skrocki said by email that the investigation "uncovered an extensive and illegal outfitting enterprise which was operating undetected for years in the furthest reaches of Alaska."

Skrocki said many of the hunts were selectively edited to appear legal for Dixon's TV show.

The National Park Service issued citations to two production companies and another individual for filming on the preserve without a permit, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Several cases connected to the investigation are still pending in court.

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I have to ask was he that much of an egomaniac that he felt the need to film these and have a tv show? It makes no sense to me why he would do this. What was the gain. They should be locked up for pure stupidity. If he wouldn't of filmed it he wouldn't of been caught. That right there is the sweet justice. Pure stupidity
 
Seems to be happening with a lot of outdoor shows in the last few years. Guess they are joining the Hollyweird bunch in thinking they can do whatever they want with no consequences. Glad they got caught, as much of the public base their opinions of hunters on these slobs and their shows.
 
Uncle Ted got busted the same way in Ca. For using deer attractants. He got a slap on the wrist compared to this however! I am glad they caught these Animal thieves.
 
There is a lot of stuff like this going on in those TV hunting shows. A guy that's not to far from me over in Tennessee, who has a show, got busted out in Kansas for illegal deer hunting. I think his show is still on.
 
When wildlife generates money you can expect the losers to take advantage of it. There was a hunting show host around here that got busted poaching on private property and filming it for his TV show. Then there was the guy shooting elk out of season and selling the antlers on ebay. Losers.
 
The forces that are behind these hunting shows don't help the situation any. I very well remember the days when deer hunting was a very simple affair. We didn't examine every buck through the B&C score microscope. If we saw one we were satisfied with, we shot him. We didn't have to have a backpack to put all our gear in, because we didn't have all the gear that is considered a "Must have" today. Most hunters were after meat, and the old saying "you can't eat antlers" was often heard. Most importantly, we didn't have all these businesses and organizations that make their living off deer hunting as we do today. A local Mennonite kid shot a very good buck around here a few days ago. Supposedly, the buck has been green scored as a 201 inch typical, although from the pic I saw, it may be an nontypical. The boy has been contacted by at least 2 major businesses that are well known in the deer hunting world. One wanting to buy the rack, the other wanting to do a story about him, providing he was wearing some of their gear during the hunt. The kid told them he had on jeans and rubber boots and had no idea what he had shot. This is how things can get out of hand, because some hunter, somewhere, will get the idea that they can profit from killing a big deer, and it won't mater if it's legal or not.
 
i have seen the "business" of hunting around here cause people to show their worst behavior.

no sense of game management, just shoot everything you can get in the crosshairs. not on your property? no problem, just chase them on to yours.
 
That's pretty bad.. I think the worst ones are the ones who spotlight deer on fields at night, take the head and leave the meat to rot... Petty dumb to film their illegal activities and broadcast on national TV... Not familiar with the show..
 
Too many showsband too much commercialization. Deer farming should be illegal unless the meat is harvested. People have seen too many hunting shows filmed in a pen. They think every buck should be 180 or more. I know people who think that they hunt on a 100 acre high fence ranch.

Another American dream with a price tag.
 
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