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The Zaft buck was not a legitimate recovery! It should NOT be accepted by P&Y. Zaft admitted he forced a marginal shot. And, he did not find the buck, someone else did!

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I will go out on a limb about this....If you hit a doe, and did not recover until the meat was ruined, I would not expect you to use your tag. But, lets say you hit a big buck(here comes the trophy hunter part of me)and did not find it until the meat was ruined....If you are gonna take the rack...TAG IT!

NRA,UBP,BASS Member
New Stanton,PA
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The Zaft buck<img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle> Thats twice in the same week we agree on something!<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

As for your buck scenario? I should clarify , that our laws dont force hunters to tag a deer thats not consumable , but you cannot cut off the rack or even transport an animal without tagging it. I have heard of instances where hunters have shot trophy bucks and found them too late for consumption. In both cases I heard of , a call was made to the DNR to ask permission to retrieve the antlers. The warden was taken to the dead carcass and had the hunters tag the bucks , but he issued both of them new tags because the meat wasn't consumable.