Frankford man fined for shooting antlered deer out-of-season 

GEORGETOWN (July 17, 2015) – DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers arrested a Frankford man earlier this week, following an investigation into antlered white-tailed deer being shot out of season.

Michael T. Hyson Jr., 30, was charged July 15 with one count of possession of unlawfully taken antlered deer and six counts of deer tagging violations – failure to attach tag to antlered deer, failure to retain tag on antlered deer, failure to retain tag on antlerless deer and three counts of failure to attach tag on antlerless deer. He pled guilty to one count of possession of unlawfully taken antlered deer in Justice of the Peace Court 3 in Georgetown. Hyson was fined $1,245, including court costs and had his Delaware hunting privileges revoked for two years.

The DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife recognizes and thanks the majority of anglers, hunters and boaters who comply with and support Delaware’s fishing, hunting and boating laws and regulations. Citizens are encouraged to report fish and wildlife and boating violations to the Delaware Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police by calling 302-739-4580. Wildlife violations may also be reported anonymously to Operation Game Theft by calling 800-292-3030 or online at http://de.gov/ogt.