Minnesota hunter faces poaching charges after bagging record buck

RED WING, Minn. - Minnesota conservation officers have seized a deer rack and filed poaching charges against the hunter who bagged an eight-point buck.

The DNR says Troy Alan Reinke, 32, of Cannon Falls was bowhunting without a license or tags when he shot the deer on Halloween evening.  The deer's rack has a "green score" of 185 inches in length and may be a world record.

Reinke is also accused of shooting a small buck and a doe in early October and failing to tag or license them.  Conservation officers seized a bow, two deer racks, the meat from the three deer, and the hide from the large buck as part of their investigation. 

Restitution for the three deer totals $2,000.  Reinke could lose his hunting privileges for three years if convicted of poaching.