TRIAL SET - ILLEGAL DUCK HUNTERS 11-03-2010

THE TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR SEVEN AREA HUNTERS ON FEDERAL HUNTING CHARGES. SEVEN MISSISSIPPI HUNTERS WILL STAND TRIAL NOVEMBER 15 IN GREENVILLE ON FEDERAL CHARGES THAT THEY KILLED MANY MORE DUCKS THAN ALLOWED EARLIER THIS YEAR.  PROSECUTORS SAY THE MEN ARE ACCUSED OF KILLING AS MANY AS TWICE THEIR DAILY LEGAL LIMIT OF DUCKS DURING JANUARY NEAR CROWDER IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY. AN INDICTMENT ALLEGES THE MEN KILLED ABOUT 70 GAME BIRDS INCLUDING 62 MALLARDS. THE SEVEN HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES. IF CONVICTED, THEY EACH FACE UP TO SIX MONTHS IN PRISON ON EACH COUNT AND SOME ARE ACCUSED OF AS MANY AS 11 COUNTS.