Proff, I feel for your friend. I agree he should not have had to tag that deer. Thats not right at all. I' ve been in a situation where a deer was nearly dead on the side of the road from being hit by a car and I shot it with a handgun. Does that make me a poacher? It wasn' t even deer season. I then called a game warden but I was not arrested for poaching.

Jason N I don' t think there is anyway to cover every case here but I see what you' re trying to say. The line can be hazy. A lot of it boils down to personal feelings. To answer your question if I shot a deer with gang green then I' d take the horns and go home. Coyotes gotta eat so they can have the rest. In my eyes you gotta look at the bigger picture. We' re talking about life, not a product at a store. If I kill a deer while hunting it, the above situation wold be an exception, then I took the 1 life I was licensed to take. If I lose the meat because of whatever reason then I chalk it up to experience and lesson learned based on whatever happened. Some things are out of your control and there are risks. There are no guarantees in hunting. If someone stole your deer out of camp, are you entitled to another tag? I think no, but thats just a personal feeling.