Whitesboro man convicted of poaching deer to serve unique sentence

Judge Jim Fallon of the 15th District Court sentenced a man caught poaching a deer to spend weekends during deer hunting season in jail for the next five years.

John Walker Drinnon, 34, of Whitesboro was convicted of poaching a 19-point white-tailed buck with a rifle in Grayson County -- an archery-only county on private property -- a state jail felony.

Fallon ordered Drinnon to spend every weekend of hunting season in jail for the next five years.

Drinnon also received 5 years of probation and must pay $18,048.10 in civil restitution. The value of the fine was determined through the deer's Boone and Crockett score.

The stag scored 202 on the Boone and Crockett scale, giving it an estimated value of $18,048.10.

Boone and Crockett scores were developed by the Boone and Crockett club and are used to compare trophy animals.

Fallon also prohibited Drinnon from purchasing a hunting license while on probation.