Michael D. Cartwright, Migratory Bird Treaty Act Violation, Kentucky 2013

A Graves County, Kentucky resident has been ordered to pay a hefty fine and banned from hunting migratory birds for two years after pleading guilty to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Michael D. Cartwright, 63, was sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge Lanny King to pay a $2,500 fine, and $35 in special penalty assessments, for baiting and hunting mourning doves.

The investigation by a Kentucky Conservation officer, documented that on August 25, 2012, millet and milo seed were present on the Cartwright farm, located in Sedalia, Kentucky, in order to attract migratory game birds.

The investigating officer returned on August 29, 2012, and documented that the seed had been disked into the soil, in the field used for the annual dove hunt. Cartwright admitted that he had concealed the bait prior to the dove hunt.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Randy Ream, and it was investigated by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Cartwright was charged with two counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, a Federal wildlife statute which protects migratory birds and regulates the hunting of migratory game birds.

As a condition of probation, Cartwright was also ordered not to hunt migratory birds in the United States for a period of two years.

The sentencing occurred on May 16, 2013, in Paducah, Kentucky.

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