The landowner and one of the hunters involved in a viral duck hunting confrontation have been charged with class A and B misdemeanors, according to court documents obtained by MeatEater.
Jeffrey Erman, the landowner seen in a recent video berating a group of hunters, has been charged with trading in special influence, disorderly conduct, and interference with the rights of hunters.
Dustin Wolf, the hunter who obtained permission to hunt the property, has been charged with criminal trespass.
The charges stem from an incident on Oct. 21 that was caught on video and now viewed 1.7 million times. In the video, Erman drives up to a group of hunters and screams at them for “messing up” his hunt and claims they are trespassing on his land.
The hunters respond that they obtained permission to hunt the bean field, and their blind and decoys are set up in that field. Erman acknowledges that he does not own the bean field but continues to yell and curse at the hunters, driving back and…