Man Pays Fine For Illegally Killing Deer

ULSTER COUNTY, NY — A Hudson Valley man agreed to pay a fine for using the wrong weapon to shoot a deer.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation said one of its police officers responded to a hunting-related complaint in November.

He said he saw an untagged antlered deer and untagged antlerless deer on the lawn of a residence.

Jun Chen Shang, the hunter, produced his regular season antlered deer tag and bow/muzzleloader tag filled out with the harvest information for that date, an officer said.

The bow/muzzleloader tag cannot be legally used during regular deer hunting season, the officers said, and it was determined the antlered deer was killed using a .25 caliber air rifle, which cannot be legally used to take deer.

Tickets were issued to the man by the officers for illegally taking a white-tailed deer, illegal implement and failing to tag as required.

His regular season antlered deer tag was seized along with his bow/muzzleloader tag.

The DEC donated the deer to a local food pantry.

On April 8, Jun Chen Shang paid a penalty of $1,107.50 in fines and surcharges in the Town of Gardiner Court.