A Missouri family of deer poachers so disgusted a Judge in Lawrence County that, in addition to months in jail and tens of thousands in fines for each of the four hunters, one of them received a special penalty. Because he and his family have illegally poached and killed hundreds of deer since 2015, David Berry Jr. has been ordered to watch the Disney classic ‘Bambi’ at least once a month while incarcerated, with the first viewing beginning on or before December 23, 2018.
As detailed by the Prosecuting Attorney in that County, this family of hunters would slaughter the deer with absolutely no regard for the animals, taking the heads and leaving the bodies behind to rot. Apparently it appears as if they just wanted to mount the heads on the wall, and were not harvesting the deer for food. Though we find it difficult to justify any sort of hunting, this actually violates the “Hunter Ethics” code of the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), which includes:
- Clean and care for your game properly
- Make every effort to retrieve and use all game
- Respect the land and all wildlife
Of poachers like the Berry family, MDC Protection Division Chief Randy Doman stated,
“With serial poachers … it’s all about greed and ego.”
Reportedly, the Berry’s violated many of the MDC codes while on their killing sprees, including ‘spotlighting deer’, where poachers like these use bright lights at night to make the deer stop in their tracks, making it easier to shoot and kill them.
David Berry Jr., Courtesy, Lawrence County Sheriff Dept.
Berry has been sentenced to a year in prison, which means he will have to watch ‘Bambi’ at least 12 times. Berry, his father and two brothers have lost their hunting, fishing and trapping privileges, some temporarily, some permanently, and have been fined a combined $51,000. This investigation has produced additional arrests of similar poachers in multiple states including Kansas and Nebraska. More than 230 charges have been brought against 14 residents in Missouri alone, making it one of the largest deer poaching cases in Missouri history.
It has been reported that over 6 million deer are killed by hunters each year, over the past 10 years.
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Enforce hard sentences for animal cruelty. Why should innocent amimals suffer in the wrong hands? Animals deserve to be cared for in a proper way and respected. 5
Not only should the men serve prison time, they all should be neutered so they can’t reproduce offspring. They are too stupid to be parents because they can’t seem to understand right from wrong which means they won’t teach their children such concepts. The planet is overpopulated now as it is. There is no sense in breeding more people of such low quality to exist and continue the cycle of poaching wildlife. And people that kill animals just for the head and have no regard for life and leave the meat behind to rot, should be banned from ever hunting or owning/using a gun again. These people disgusted me. Love the creative sentencing of the judge, watching Bambi – so funny, yet very smart.
Carolyn, I fully agree with the “Castration” policy
Sociopaths that have no regard, respect or care about gods creatures on this earth.. they would most likely do harm to humans for the right price.. pos people like this should remain in prison
A family right out of Deliverance. Banjo music playing loud and clear!
A family right out of Deliverance. Banjo music playing loud and clear!
THANK YOU for shedding light on this brutally horrific hobby of poaching, killing, etc. — thank you for removing licenses and fining the Berry Family — a group of depraved, immoral blood-lust monsters who belong in rubber rooms permanently — someone MUST look out for the animals — let’s continue to obliterate this sadistic, draconian industry and leave it in the past.
What a homely, cruel disgusting human.
Thank you Judge for trying. But I sincerely doubt this pervert will be touched by “Bambi”.
It will not be sad if his fellow prisoners have a good time with him.
David berry is a neanderthal. He looks like an in bred moron with an IQ.of 6. Merry Christmas in prison, asshole. I hope you are beaten everyday in jail by fellow inmates. Oh how I love Karma. Have a miserable life you scumbag.
Mimi, you basically said it all! The only other thing I would add is, “David, just please hurry up & leave this lifetime, you piece of shit, because no one will miss you, especially all the deer families you have destroyed.”
Interesting punishment, but I don’t think it’ll make the impact this judge hopes for. I believe David Barry Jr doesn’t possess the compassion to have “Bambi” make any difference is his and his family’s actions.
And only a year?!? Not enough. And the $51,000 in fines will never be collected.
As far as this POS David Berry Jr, his father and two brothers losing their hunting, fishing and trapping privileges – they never obeyed the laws anyway. The only thing is to put everyone of these scumbags in prison for as long as ALL these charges will allow.
JUDGE: THROW THIS ASSWHOLE IN JAIL, BY YOU JUDGE THIS IS NOT AND I DOOOO MEAN NOT GOING TOOOO DOOOO ANY GOOD BY WATCHINGTHIS MOVIE, TIME SPENT IN JAIL SHOULD DOOOO THEE TRICK.
The deer poachers have probably made thousands from their illegal killings so moneys no object. As for the Bambi film what does that prove. It would be better if the family got 10 years each.
Disgusting family!