ShareJEFFERSON CITY Mo – The Missouri Court of Appeals filed an order on Nov. 12 in which it stayed the August ruling by Ripley County Circuit Judge Robert Smith that three state regulations prohibiting the use of motorized vehicles and dogs in deer hunting are too vague to be constitutional.

Share The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that seven men from Doniphan and the surrounding area have entered guilty pleas, and were each ordered to pay fines from $500 to $1500 involving a conspiracy to illegally hunt deer in the Mark Twain National Forest with the aid of dogs and all-terrain vehicles.
According to court [...]

ShareThe Missouri Conservation Commission concluded its August meeting after addressing a few significant issues.
Missouri Department of Conservation director Robert Ziehmer announced late August 20, that the department would be appealing the ruling of Circuit Judge Robert Smith of Ripley County. Earlier in the month, Smith ruled three MDC regulations regarding the use of dogs [...]

ShareA circuit judge in southeast Missouri has ruled that the Missouri Department of Conservation’s regulations regarding the use of vehicles and dogs to hunt deer are unconstitutional.
As reported in the Doniphan Prospect News and the Southeast Missourian, Circuit Judge Robert Smith directed the department “to no longer enforce the above described regulations as written.”
Judge Smith [...]