I was out for the last day of shot gun season in ohio and seen a nice doe coming in about 45 yards, so i decided to take the shoot. Well the first shoot hit high and missed. She went about 20 yards so i bleated at her and she stopped, so i took a second shot which double lung her. She walked about 15-20 and her front legs was giving out on her then i hear another shoot and she dropped, i hear this guy yell to his buddy and say i got one, and by this time i was pissed and yelled back i shoot her first, so i got down from my tree stand and walked over to where my second shoot hit her. There was blood sprayed all over the snow and had a good blood trail going to where she fell, so i was like its my deer and walked over to her and seen my double lung shoot and noticed the left side facing eye was grased. Well i never could of hit here there because she was walking to my left and the eye hit was on the other side. The other hunter said i dropped it so its my deer even though my shoot was the kill shot and she only went 15-20 yards and started to wouble and he shoot her in the eye. We called the DNR and he looked where i shoot her and said my shoot was good and had good blood, but there was blood by where the other hunter shoot her in the eye even though she was already going down if the guy would let her besides shooting. The DNR said we can sit here all day and fight about it like kids or we can flip a coin for it, by this time it was already two hours after she expired which he walked out to call the DNR and i even feild dressed her, so i said go for it, and i lost. I think he should of did his job and said i made the first kill shoot so its mine. The DNR even said in his classes they said who ever takes the first shot and hits its there deer, but there is no law on that. What do you think? Has this ever happened to you?
James