Replying to a message of VERN HUMPHREY to BOB ACKLEY:

 VH>>> A pair of good binoculars (to get his license number) and a phone
 VH>>> call ought to take care of that.

 BA>> The problem is that by the time the law or game warden could get out
 BA>> here th poacher(s) would be gone.  I have a pair of binoculars, but
 BA>> the magnificatio isn't enough to make a license readable at
 BA>> something over a half mile - especially the vehicle is behind trees
 BA>> or bushes from where I am or if the plate is obscure (as this guy's
 BA>> was) by mud and snow.

 VH> Think about walking up the road for a closer look.  If we don't stop
 VH> poaching, no one will.

I've thought about it.  But I'd be unarmed and it's rural enough out here that
he or they could probably shoot me and the body would probably not be found
for a long time - one of the disadvantages of being single and living alone,
nobody's going to come looking for me.

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