DEC: Coyote Hunters Caught with Loaded Guns in Dutchess County

Two Dutchess County coyote hunters were ticketed.

Recently, while on patrol in Dutchess County a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation officer noticed a pickup truck parked in the Lafayetteville Multiple Use Area parking lot.

Soon, the officer noticed the truck was gone, leaving fresh tire tracks in the snow through a field.

When the truck returned, the officer stopped the truck and found two people who allegedly said they were looking for coyotes and planned on hunting them that night.

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The officer allegedly found two loaded rifles inside the truck. The passenger said it was his first-time hunting and that he thought, incorrectly, it was acceptable to have a round chambered, police say.

Both unnamed hunters were issued a ticket for having a loaded gun in a motor vehicle.

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