State v. Erickson

Is a fisherman, casting his plug or flies over the weedbeds of a lake, really fishing at all until a bass or pike rises to take his bait? Is a hunter, sitting in his duckblind for hours, shotgun at his side, really hunting at all until a mallard or bluebill flies within range? Were these rifle-equipped deer hunters, flashing their spotlight back and forth across fields and forest, really “shining deer” until a whitetail moved within range of their spotlight and rifles ?

Most fishermen and hunters, we suspect, returning empty-handed from a day on the lake or in the blinds or out in deer…