State v. Keesee

GOOLSBY, Judge.

Robert Keesee was convicted and fined for hunting in a wildlife management area without the required permit. We affirm.

While patrolling Wildlife Management Area (WMA) land in Fairfield County in December 1995, a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officer happened upon Keesee and a companion hunting on the land. Keesee produced a Catawba Indian’s hunting license, which was a “combination type license, hunting and fishing.” The officer asked Keesee where his WMA permit was. Keesee told the officer he did not need a WMA license in light of his Catawba combination license. The…