OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – A 35-year-old Black Creek man faces a criminal charge after reportedly shooting a buck over the weekend.
Outagamie County Sheriff’s Sergeant Nathan Borman says Travis Schroeder shot the deer in Shiocton early Sunday afternoon.
The problem is that he’s a convicted felon, who are not allowed to possess firearms.
“There are some ways in which a person can regain those rights but in this case, he had not regained that right, and he knew that he should not have a firearm.”
DNR Conservation Warden Kyle Johnson notes his agency does not do background checks on people who purchase hunting licenses.
“The process of getting a hunting license is that there are many ways. You can go into a Fleet Farm or a DNR Customer Service Center or you can go online to purchase a license.”
Johnson says people like Schroeder can legally buy a license.
“Convicted felons can use a lesser weapon. They cannot use any firearms of any kind. The lesser weapons would be a bow or a crossbow.”
Borman says they learned of the incident when responding to a trespassing complaint on Carpenter Road.
“If we get those reports, we will follow up on them. If we find somebody hunting or having a firearm that shouldn’t, we will prosecute that.”
If convicted on one felony count of Possession of a Firearm as a Felon, Schroeder faces up to ten years in prison.
