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Old 12-11-2014, 05:41 PM
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chicken little
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From http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal...=591990&mode=2
Whose Deer Is It?
Every year somewhere in Pennsylvania a couple of hunters shoot at and hit a deer, it goes down and both believe they've delivered the killing shot. Usually it works like this: The first hunter shoots and hits the deer. The deer stays on its feet and runs in front of the next hunter, who shoots and the deer goes down. By law, that deer belongs to the hunter who inflicts the mortal wound allowing that person to take possession of it. Sometimes it may take some time for the hunters involved to sort out who delivered the fatal shot. But if the second hunter tags the deer before the first hunter arrives on the scene, that hunter has taken possession. Game Commission officers do not arbitrate who should get, or is entitled to, the deer.

The biggest thing is to be calm, respectful, and use common sense. If the other party won't use common sense, let it go. walk away.

In general, I agree with putting a wounded deer down but you better have the right tag if you plan to do that. What if the person who wounded it doesn't come after it? My father put a non-fatal wound on a deer this year and it ran onto the neighbor. The neighbor thought it was mortally wounded and didn't want to put another hole in our deer. Then it shocked him by hauling butt down over his fields full speed. Tracked it another half mile and were lucky to find it and put it down. We'd have rather had the discussion about who would tag it than risk losing a wounded deer completely.
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