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I think that legally when you shoot a deer it becomes your possesion
Not in Michigan. It does not become your possession until you tag it.
(which is why when a deer crosses a property line you have legal right to pursue)
Not legal in Michigan either. You need permission to trail a deer on private property.
Every state has different regulations. Also in Michigan, DNR policy is, the shot that kills the deer, gets the deer. Not the shot that would have killed the deer after it bled to death.