OK with not reaching tab, bag limit

A bird hunter from Arizona was caught earlier this fall in Malta with 65 sharptail grouse in his freezer.

He was fined and lost his hunting rights for two years.

Normally I would be glad to hear of such a bust, glad that a scofflaw got his comeuppance, but this was different. I’d met the guy a couple of times and liked him.

Al had been coming to Malta for more than 20 years. He stayed in a camper down by the river, ran English pointers, and had little interest in hunting anything other than sharptails.

I don’t know what he was thinking with so many grouse in his possession. He cert...