IOWA CITY – State charges will be filed against University of Iowa wrestler Ethen P. Lofthouse Bottorff—commonly known as Ethen Lofthouse–after an October 4 incident, in which a duck was shot in his backyard.
Iowa City police and a DNR officer responded Friday afternoon to a complaint of residents shooting arrows at a duck in the yard of a home on Jema Court. The residence is near Willow Creek Park on the city’s west side.
Police say the duck had been shot and taken into the garage. They say Lofthouse admitted he had shot the mallard duck; that he intended to eat it.
Police cited Lofthouse with discharge of his bow, in violation of a city projectile ordinance and for maintaining a prohibited animal; without necessary permits; in this instance lack of proper hunting or migratory bird stamps or fees.
Lofthouse was cited by the DNR for illegally taking the duck; out of season and without required federal and state migratory bird stamps. Additional questioning led to five counts of failure to register harvested deer with the DNR.
Officers say Lofthouse shot the deer while taking part in the city of Coralville deer management zone hunt, which has been underway since September 14. Deer hunters who harvest a deer in any Iowa season or management zone hunt must register that harvest with the Department of Natural Resources before
what’s up with this bone head shooting a duck in his yard for probably nothing more than a laugh to bad the duck wasn’t armed
I would have no problem with this other than: 1) I’m really not to keen on someone shooting a bow and arrow within city limits, especially into someone’s yard, as this person is charged. 2)if I have to buy a stamp to hunt ducks, why should this guy get a pass and get to do it for free? 3)he didn’t register the deer he killed. Killed deer are registered for a number of reasons, first, deer are sometimes tagged so their movement pattern can be tracked,, second) if the animal is found to be diseased, its location can be narrowed down to see if other deer in the area were also sick. 4)He broke the law. If it’s ok for him to do this, than it’s ok for me to throw a brick thru someone’s window or throw a firebomb on someone’s car. If your not happy with the law, change it, don’t break it.
I think it’s right that this guy is being charged. Let these star athletes know that they are not entitled to special treatment while they are still in college and maybe kids will end up with some decent pro-athlete role models.
@Katie-The fact that he is an athlete is irrelevant. The only thing that is pertinent is that he broke the law.
I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but having gone to college there, I know the culture of entitlement that enveloped athletes. They thought they were pretty special. I don’t think they get by with as much now as they did 40 years ago.
Talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill! Let’s make a a flippiin’ federal case of it. Iowa City cops must be bored as hell.
@Anonymous-agreed.
@Anonymous-Or maybe the Iowa City cops are doing the job they are being paid to do?