Historicly, in roman times, the game belonged to whoever drew first blood weather hit was a killing shot or not. Like in the legend of the boar with the golden hide. This rule was the way things were done back in the day because the one who drew first blood was the first one to find the animal and the hunt was his.

Then back around the day of the depresson, if you killed an animal you were unlikely to give it up just because someone else shot it before you did. So the "rule" was changed to suit the times. "I killed it, you just ran it to me with your shot".

Nowadays, it's about as confusing as you can get. Different areas beleive different things, and different people. But most people believe that the one who dropped it gets it. But sometimes the shot that dropped it was superficial, this is where it gets confusing. Flipping a coin is standerd practice in this situation. It is unfortunate that this is the case, I shot a huge buck once, then someone else shot it, we flipped a coin and it was his. He didn't even want it that much, he just wanted to argue. I was 16 at the time and had never got a buck. I shot this one with a bow.It sucked but everyone has a story about something like that, and now you have yours. Just be glad it was a doe and not a huge buck. Oh, and congrats on the great shot, and harvesting a doe. As far as I'm conserned, you can consider that your doe that someone else got by luck alone.

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