High Fence Ranch Busted With Stolen Property

[makeithappen]

Story at News9

"CALVIN, Oklahoma -
An investigation into an alleged Craigslist scheme involving stolen ATVs led to a big bust at the Triple S Wildlife Ranch in Calvin, Oklahoma. Authorities found stolen ATVs, tractors, drugs and illegal taxidermy.

Investigators were told the Triple S Wildlife Ranch was attempting to sell stolen ATVs. After searching the 3,000 acre property on Wednesday, authorities found several stolen ATVs, two stolen tractors, illegal taxidermy and narcotics used to sedate animals to make them look dead.

Several of the mounted animals are illegal in Oklahoma and a few are extinct.

The name of the owner of the ranch has not been released. Authorities say the owner will be facing a number of state and federal charges."

Sounds more like his hired help was using the ranch as a storage facility for their thefts. The guy put in his work to purchase and build the ranch, why would he bother stealing ATVs and tractors? Then again, you never know...

 

[r00s7a]

Wow... I did some work for the Triple S a few years ago and know the guy. I will say his taxidermy collection was the biggest I have ever seen.

 

[Okie4570]

Story at News9

"CALVIN, Oklahoma -
An investigation into an alleged Craigslist scheme involving stolen ATVs led to a big bust at the Triple S Wildlife Ranch in Calvin, Oklahoma. Authorities found stolen ATVs, tractors, drugs and illegal taxidermy.

Investigators were told the Triple S Wildlife Ranch was attempting to sell stolen ATVs. After searching the 3,000 acre property on Wednesday, authorities found several stolen ATVs, two stolen tractors, illegal taxidermy and narcotics used to sedate animals to make them look dead.

Several of the mounted animals are illegal in Oklahoma and a few are extinct.

The name of the owner of the ranch has not been released. Authorities say the owner will be facing a number of state and federal charges."

Sounds more like his hired help was using the ranch as a storage facility for their thefts. The guy put in his work to purchase and build the ranch, why would he bother stealing ATVs and tractors? Then again, you never know...

That's what I'd think as well.
http://sss-ranch.com/oklahoma hunting hunt Ranch Owner.html

 

[makeithappen]

Sadly, if it is his hired help, it still reflects back on the ranch and it's owner. As to the "illegal taxidermy," who's to say it wasn't in the family since well before those regs were in? I don't know the guy, so I'm not sticking up for him, just wondering aloud.

 

[Grindstone]

Even if it's hired help, shouldn't an owner be keeping tabs on what's happening on his land?

 

[AllOut]

Whats "illegal taxidermy" ???
He got a mounted bald eagle or something...
Extinct species....
Full body Velociraptor!!!!

 

[SeanO]

Whats "illegal taxidermy" ???
He got a mounted bald eagle or something...
Extinct species....
Full body Velociraptor!!!!

This. And why would you ban certain animals that are already dead? Who cares if I have a stuffed wooly mammoth in my living room?

 

[Okie4570]

Passenger pigeon????? I'd think it would have to be something recent at least...................Giant Beaver???
I've seen Brad Pitt on tv telling me that the Polar Bear is on the brink of extinction and to send money......yet I can find several guides in the Yukon and Nunavut to help me harvest one legally, just can't bring it into the US, lol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinct_animals_of_North_America

Recent extinctions (1500 AD to present)

Common Name\Scientific Name Extinction Date (AD) Range Image
Antillean Giant Rice Rat
Megalomys desmarestii[1] 1902
France (Martinique) Antillean Giant Rice Rat
Anthony's Woodrat
Neotoma anthonyi[2] 1926
Mexico (Todos Los Santos Islands) --
Banks Island Wolf
Canis lupus bernardi 1920
Canada --
Barbados Raccoon
Procyon lotor gloveralleni 1964
Barbados --
Bunker's Woodrat
Neotoma bunkeri[3] 1932
Mexico (Coronados Islands) [4]
California Golden Bear
Ursus arctos californicus 1922
California California Golden Bear
Caribbean Monk Seal
Monachus tropicalis[5] 1952
Caribbean Sea Caribbean Monk Seal
Cascade Mountains Wolf
Canis lupus fuscus 1940
Canada and USA --
Cuban Coney
Geocapromys columbianus[6] 1500s
Cuba --
Eastern Cougar
Puma concolor couguar Unknown (declared in 2011)
Eastern Canada and USA Eastern Cougar
Eastern Elk
Cervus canadensis canadiensis 1887
Eastern Canada and USA Eastern Elk
Goff's Pocket Gopher
Geomys pinetis goffi 1955
Florida --
Gull Island Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus nesophilus 1897
Gull Island, New York --
Hispaniolan Edible Rat
Heteropsomys insulans [7] 1500s
Hispaniola --
Insular Cave Rat
Heteropsomys insulans[8] 1600s
Puerto Rico --
Imposter Hutia
Hexolobodon phenax[9] 1500s
Hispaniola --
Jamaican Monkey
Xenothrix mcgregori[10] 1500s
Jamaica --
Jamaican Rice Rat
Oryzomys antillarum[11] 1870s
Jamaica Jamaican Rice Rat
Little Swan Island Hutia
Geocapromys thoracatus[12] 1955
Swan Islands, Honduras Little Swan Island Hutia
Marcano's Solenodon
Solenodon marcanoi[13] 1500s
Hispaniola --
Merriam's Elk
Cervus canadensis merriami 1906
Southwestern USA --
Mexican Grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos nelsoni 1964
Southwestern USA Mexico grizzlies.png
Montane Hutia
Isolobodon montanus[14] 1500s
Hispaniola --
Nelson's Rice Rat
Oryzomys nelsoni[15] 1897
María Madre Island, Mexico Nelson's Rice Rat
Nevis Rice Rat
Pennatomys nivalis[16] 1500s
Netherlans (Sint Eustatius) & Saint Kitts and Nevis --
Newfoundland Wolf
Canis lupus beothucu 1911
Newfoundland Newfoundland Wolf
Oriente Cave Rat
Boromys offella[17] 1500s
Cuba Oriente Cave Rat
Pallid Beach Mouse
Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus 1959
Florida --
Puerto Rican Hutia
Isolobodon portoricensis[18] 1600s
Hispaniola and Puerto Rico --
Puerto Rican Long-nosed Bat
Monophyllus frater 1600s
Puerto Rico --
Saint Lucy Giant Rice Rat
Megalomys luciae[19] 1852
St. Lucia St. Lucy Giant Rice Rat
Saint Vincent Pygmy Rice Rat
Oligoryzomys victus[20] 1898
St. Vincent --
Samana Hutia
Plagiodontia ipnaeum[21] 1500sbr Hispaniola --
San Martín Island Woodrat
Neotoma martinensis[22] 1950sbr> San Martín Island, Mexico --
Sea Mink
Neovison macrodon[23] 1860
Atlantic Canada and New England --
Smith Island Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus hitchensi 1987(before)
Smith Island, Virginia --
Southern Rocky Mountains Wolf
Canis lupus youngi 1935
Southern Rocky Mountains, USA --
Steller's Sea Cow
Hydrodamalis gigas[24] 1768
Commander Islands Steller's Sea Cow
Tacoma Pocket Gopher
Thomomys mazama tacomensis 1970
Washington --
Torre's Cave Rat
Boromys torrei[25] 1500s
Cuba Torre's Cave Rat
Tule Shrew
Sorex ornatus juncensis 1905
Baja California, Mexico --
West Indies Nesophontes Nesophontes sp.
Atalaye Nesophontes [26]
Cuban Nesophontes
Greater Cuban Nesophontes [27]
Haitian Nesophontes [28]
Lesser Cuban Nesophontes
Puerto Rican Nesophontes [29]
Saint Michel Nesophontes [30]
Slender Cuban Nesophontes
Western Cuban Nesophontes [31] 1500s
Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico,
U.S. Virgin Islands & United Kingdom (Cayman Islands) Puerto Rican Nesophontes

 

[tntrex]

Come in guys. Even if the man is an absentee owner, which I doubt. it's damn hard to not notice new tractors and atv showing up on your place.

 

[BadgeBunny]

Come in guys. Even if the man is an absentee owner, which I doubt. it's damn hard to not notice new tractors and atv showing up on your place.

I dunno ... We know a guy who was arrested because stolen property was found on his land ... a LOT of stolen property. Apparently his deadbeat, worthless, crackhead daughter and her deadbeat, worthless, crackhead husband were stealing all kinds of stuff and hiding it in an unused barn on his property. He very nearly lost everything he had fighting the charges ... In the end he was cleared but still, he swears to this day that he knew absolutely nothing about the stuff in that barn until the sheriff showed up at his door ...