ORIGINAL: MdDave
ORIGINAL: TJF
ORIGINAL: MdDave
here in maryland we have a 24 hour period to check our deer in... if i found it wounded an it was tryin to get up u cant jus let the animal suffer any more.. you wounded it u must finish it off... id kill it take it home an call it in as yesterdays kill...sounds to me like the the game warden told
AZBear to jus leave the animal to die..
If we find a wounded deer while hunting here ... the warden saysyou either walk away and let it die on it's ownor shot/tag it. To put it out of it's misery and not tag it means a fine and chance of hunting privilages taken away if you are caught. You shoot it , you better have a tag and tag it.
Tim
but as the question reads.... the person woulda shot it the day before... i feel it is your duty to shoot it the next day if u find it... if u were huntin the day before u musta had a tag to shoot at that deer so u should still have it the next morning.... i dont see how ANYONE could jus walk past a wounded deer an say welp im not wasting a tag on you lil fella guess you'll have to suffer!...i dont care if it the law or not. u jus dont walk past an animal thats wounded an not do anything about it rather u take it home or not!!!!!
The question also states that the next day happens to be the day
after the season closed.
Regardless of whether you have a tag in your pocket, it is no longer valid as the season isn't open.