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KDWPT Game Wardens Bring Four Wildlife Violators to Justice
PRATT – Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism’s (KDWPT) Law Enforcement staff continue to make great strides in bringing wildlife poachers to justice, including four individuals who, combined, were responsible for illegally taking 68 Kansas deer.
On Nov. 4, in Barber County court, John Blick, Jr., of Sharon, was sentenced to spend 14 months in prison related to the poaching of a combined 60 whitetail and mule deer. In addition to prison time, district judge Frank Meisenheimer sentenced Blick to pay $310,234.68 in restitution to KDWPT for the value of the deer to the state.
The Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks & Tourism said John Blick Jr., of Sharon Springs, was found guilty in November. He was accused in a 139-count indictment of illegally poaching 60 deer and being