This was from LEVY county
Officer Schulz was on land patrol at night in the area of Otter Creek in Levy County when
he saw a truck towing a trailer which had no trailer lights or tag displayed. After stopping
the truck for the missing lights, Officer Schulz asked the driver about the cooler in the bed
of the truck near a dog box with dogs, camouflage items, etc. The driver told Officer
Schulz the cooler contained deer meat. The freshly killed deer meat in a trash bag had
no tag or sex identification. The driver said the meat was given to him by another hunter
and that the meat came from a deer caught illegally. Officer Schulz gathered information
about the other hunter and took a sample of the meat for DNA testing. Officer Johnston
assisted Officer Schulz with the interview of the second person who admitted to killing a
doe deer with a 12 gauge shotgun and giving the first subject (driver of the truck) the
meat. The truck driver received warnings for his traffic violations, the other violations for
antlerless deer out of season and possession of untagged deer meat, will be filed with the
Levy County State Attorney’s Office.
