i think it all boils down to what each person believes is right or wrong. in the situation Doc has described above, i would have done the same thing. i do not believe you can rightfully call what happened "poaching". finishing off a deer that has already been shot during legal hours and season is not poaching...in my book. i also find it hard to believe that any game warden, atleast around my neck of the woods, would make an arrest on this.

also, if other hunters on here feel that it is their duty to hammer other hunters on here on their way of hunting or their beliefs, then so be it. maybe it makes them feel like more of an "ethical" hunter to point out what they think are "wrong doings".

whatever decisions that you make in the woods and in life in general, you have to live with. if you can sleep at night and feel that what you have done is right, then who cares what someone else thinks. the only person who has the right to judge anyone, is the good lord above. everyone else is going to piss and moan about something!