A MULTI-STATE EFFORT TO CATCH HUNTERS TRYING TO GET CHEAPER PERMITS HAS NETTED MORE THAN 85 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FINES AND RESTITUTION.
THE INVESTIGATION, DUBBED “OPERATION DOUBLE DIP” WAS CONDUCTED BY CONSERVATION POLICE OFFICERS IN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SPOKESPERSON ED CROSS SAYS THEY TARGETED HUNTERS WHO FRADULENTLY APPLIED FOR IN-STATE PERMIT RATES.
MORE THAN 200 CASES OF DOUBLE DIPPING BETWEEN THE STATES WERE REPORTED IN ILLINOIS.
