The TIPs line does work

  • Trev
    Battle Lake, MN
    Posts: 965
    June 6, 2008 at 2:07 am #690711

    pm sent

    fishncanuck
    Prior Lake, MN
    Posts: 41
    June 6, 2008 at 2:51 am #690729

    I’m out there this weekend as well with some buddies. Any advice for an out-of-towner to catch some ‘eyes? I’ve been out twice in the last couple of days and only managed 10-12″ fish.

    Thanks,

    eyesandnecks
    Posts: 12
    June 7, 2008 at 10:08 pm #690984

    We were out this morning and only managed small fish as well. Any help would be appreciated. Has the night bite been better?

    Thanks

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    January 13, 2011 at 3:52 pm #202329

    DNR arrests man

    TIP hotline has very effective 2010
    (Released January 12, 2011)
    An anonymous call to Minnesota’s Turn-in-Poachers (TIP) hotline recently led a conservation officer with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to a man who had allegedly poached a trophy buck in Hugo.

    The man is facing $10,000 in fines and restitution, and loss of his hunting privileges for three years if convicted.
    Information from the public leads to the vast majority of arrests for hunting and fishing violations in Minnesota, said DNR conservation officer Alex Gutierrez of Forest Lake.
    “With the number of vacant field stations, the extra set of eyes provided by the public has never been more important,” Gutierrez said. “TIP is an invaluable asset to conservation officers.”
    Since 1981, TIP has provided a toll-free hotline, 800-652-9093, for poaching information and rewards for arrests and convictions of game and fish violators.
    TIP’s aggressive anti-poaching message has been showcased (until recently, see related release on vandalism) in two “Wall of Shame” trailers containing the mounts of wildlife confiscated as a result of arrests for violations of Minnesota game laws.
    Minnesota’s TIP hotline was very effective 2010. Investigations into 1,699 TIP calls resulted in 299 arrests and a total of $6,690 in rewards paid. That compares to 1,355 TIP calls, 237 arrests, and $4,350 in rewards paid in 2009.
    TIP helps to stop wildlife poachers, but that is only part of what TIP has accomplished, noted Col. Jim Konrad, DNR Enforcement director.
    “The TIP hotline actually discourages violations, and with most people carrying cell phones, keying in #TIP can quickly report a violator,” Konrad said. “All sportsmen/women, landowners, citizens and wildlife benefit from poachers being caught.”
    When a person calls TIP, information such as how many violators, vehicle description with any license numbers and details of what happened are important to the conservation officer who will be dispatched to handle the call.

    Mark Steffes
    Farmington, MN
    Posts: 1376
    January 13, 2011 at 3:56 pm #98701

    Great story Kooty, Tipline is a very available resourse for all outdoorsman.

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    January 13, 2011 at 4:18 pm #98705

    Nice to know that it really does work! Too bad all poachers reported couldn’t be caught!

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    January 13, 2011 at 5:27 pm #98709

    Quote:

    Nice to know that it really does work! Too bad all poachers reported couldn’t be caught!

    Agreed

    mbenson
    Minocqua, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3842
    January 13, 2011 at 7:47 pm #98719

    I spend time in three states (MN, MI, & WI) and have numbers programed for each of the three states!!! I have never used them in MI, but have on Mille Lacs and near my home in northern WI!!!

    Mark

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