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!!!!!
I know what the question read. I just commented onwhat two different wardens told me when I asked the question previously when finding a wounded deer or wounding one onthe last day. I like knowing my legal options. Any time I run into a warden I ask questions or call them if I have questions. Then when I am put insuch situations, it is much easier making a call because I know where I stand in reguards to the law.
I never said what I would do. I will say ... I haveused a tag to end someone else's screw up when I have come across a wounded deer that was sure to die. I know what I will do ifI am faced with the othersituations when I don't have a tag or it is out of season.
Tim