Really botched my buck search...
02-11-2011, 08:57 AM
#71
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 472
My point exactly!!, 4 days later!!! I sure as heck wouldn't tag it!!! Did he find the deer he shot at??? or did he find a dead deer??? he is new to hunting, All we really know is that he shot at a deer, (he said so) we don't really even know if he "hit it." "cut the guy some slack" Doc
Last edited by DocD; 02-11-2011 at 09:01 AM.
02-11-2011, 09:25 AM
#72
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Where animals get eaten
Posts: 671
This is very good advise, the best of this thread!
You are correct, NO one is above the law!! a person should get a book of regulations and read & follow what it say, period!!
I do not totally disagree, but, a dead deer + hunter doesn't necessarily = that hunter shot the deer. I have found deer dead in the woods, had a warden came upon the scene should I be charged? I think not. if (the op) found the deer the next day or the day after that, the warden would be "hard pressed" to issue a ticket, after a few hours even the person who did shot the deer would would be hard pressed to say inconclusively that it was the deer they shot, (they do look a lot alike) The best I think anyone could do would be to say Yes, I shot at a deer!! is that the one??? I don't know. jmop Doc
You are correct, NO one is above the law!! a person should get a book of regulations and read & follow what it say, period!!
I do not totally disagree, but, a dead deer + hunter doesn't necessarily = that hunter shot the deer. I have found deer dead in the woods, had a warden came upon the scene should I be charged? I think not. if (the op) found the deer the next day or the day after that, the warden would be "hard pressed" to issue a ticket, after a few hours even the person who did shot the deer would would be hard pressed to say inconclusively that it was the deer they shot, (they do look a lot alike) The best I think anyone could do would be to say Yes, I shot at a deer!! is that the one??? I don't know. jmop Doc
02-11-2011, 09:28 AM
#73
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The Republic of Texas
Posts: 12,040
It sure seemed to me that, in the context of a thread entitled "really botched my buck search," he was acknowledging that he knew this was his buck and that he simply didn't look enough.
02-11-2011, 09:29 AM
#74
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Where animals get eaten
Posts: 671
im more to believe it was his deer,30 yards with buck shot?big chance its his deer.u can ask well how come he didnt find it since it was only 100 yards away but ppl tend to walk right over their deer at times.specialy with a very little blood trail.seems to me he thinks its buck also.
02-11-2011, 09:30 AM
#75
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Where animals get eaten
Posts: 671
This is very good advise, the best of this thread!
You are correct, NO one is above the law!! a person should get a book of regulations and read & follow what it say, period!!
I do not totally disagree, but, a dead deer + hunter doesn't necessarily = that hunter shot the deer. I have found deer dead in the woods, had a warden came upon the scene should I be charged? I think not. if (the op) found the deer the next day or the day after that, the warden would be "hard pressed" to issue a ticket, after a few hours even the person who did shot the deer would would be hard pressed to say inconclusively that it was the deer they shot, (they do look a lot alike) The best I think anyone could do would be to say Yes, I shot at a deer!! is that the one??? I don't know. jmop Doc
You are correct, NO one is above the law!! a person should get a book of regulations and read & follow what it say, period!!
I do not totally disagree, but, a dead deer + hunter doesn't necessarily = that hunter shot the deer. I have found deer dead in the woods, had a warden came upon the scene should I be charged? I think not. if (the op) found the deer the next day or the day after that, the warden would be "hard pressed" to issue a ticket, after a few hours even the person who did shot the deer would would be hard pressed to say inconclusively that it was the deer they shot, (they do look a lot alike) The best I think anyone could do would be to say Yes, I shot at a deer!! is that the one??? I don't know. jmop Doc
02-11-2011, 11:49 AM
#76
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 472
im more to believe it was his deer,30 yards with buck shot?big chance its his deer.u can ask well how come he didnt find it since it was only 100 yards away but ppl tend to walk right over their deer at times.specialy with a very little blood trail.seems to me he thinks its buck also.
02-11-2011, 01:25 PM
#78
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Huntin' In Colorado
Posts: 2,910
You should have looked harder for the deer. That was your only real mistake. You should use the search mode on this forum and you will find a lot of threads about how to find a downed animal.
02-12-2011, 07:28 AM
#79
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South East Pa.
Posts: 526
I think some of the "ethical" stuff here is really over the top. Not all states have the same game laws and if you got a ticket it would be up to the courts to decide who was in the right. A recent article in the Pennsylvania Game News magazine is a good example. A bear was reported dragging itself along a road and it was assumed it was hit by a car. It turned out it was shot in the spine (during deer season). Long story short, the Wardens trailed the bear and found the woman that shot it. The woman said she saw something moving in the bushes and thought it was a deer. She got no ticket because there is no law covering killing a bear by mistake.
Anyway, I really don't pay attention to "super law abiding hunters" since I caught a rather well known outdoor writer intentionally breaking the game law when I was checking my fox traps one day.
Anyway, I really don't pay attention to "super law abiding hunters" since I caught a rather well known outdoor writer intentionally breaking the game law when I was checking my fox traps one day.
02-12-2011, 04:18 PM
#80
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Where animals get eaten
Posts: 671
I think some of the "ethical" stuff here is really over the top. Not all states have the same game laws and if you got a ticket it would be up to the courts to decide who was in the right. A recent article in the Pennsylvania Game News magazine is a good example. A bear was reported dragging itself along a road and it was assumed it was hit by a car. It turned out it was shot in the spine (during deer season). Long story short, the Wardens trailed the bear and found the woman that shot it. The woman said she saw something moving in the bushes and thought it was a deer. She got no ticket because there is no law covering killing a bear by mistake.
Anyway, I really don't pay attention to "super law abiding hunters" since I caught a rather well known outdoor writer intentionally breaking the game law when I was checking my fox traps one day.
Anyway, I really don't pay attention to "super law abiding hunters" since I caught a rather well known outdoor writer intentionally breaking the game law when I was checking my fox traps one day.