11-06-2011, 03:18 PM
Bassrods: Tom Hatch was a former southern Utah politician from Panguitch. For a while he was under investigation for poaching a bull elk during a cow elk hunt. Witnesses testified he shot a bull elk illegally. But at the time he was a Utah state senator and knew he would be sunk if convicted. The focus of the investigation shifted to his brother who he was hunting with. His brother took the fall and was charged. After getting out of politics Hatch had a chip on his shoulder about the DWR. He got appointed to the Wildlife Board but only wanted to be in there long enough to gut the DWR's law enforcement budget and make radical changes to Panguitch Lake. He is no longer on the Wildlife Board, but the current Board is now hearing the fall out from anglers.
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