Online photos lead to Ohio deer poachers arrest

February 20, 2009 11:18 EST


TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio wildlife investigators say two convicted poachers picked the wrong deer to kill.

Wildlife photographers near Toledo first noticed the deer nicknamed "Big Boy" had been missing from a suburban park last fall.

Then they saw photos on the Internet of 20-year-old Justin Angles of Fostoria posing with the 15-point buck and called authorities.

Angles even posted a picture of himself with the deer on the state Division of Wildlife Web site, claiming he had harvested the deer in Wood County with a long bow.

Angles and 20-year-old Daniel Mahoney of Akron both pleaded no contest to charges of taking a deer by illegal means and illegal possession of deer parts.

The two have been ordered to pay $13,000 for illegally taking the from a park.

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Information from: The Blade, http://www.toledoblade.com/

And they had to brag about it.