Originally Posted by
Bocajnala
I understand the law, but have never liked it. Nice buck either way. Had the hunter paid the $120 he could have kept it. Oh well.
-Jake
I thought I was trying to decipher the tax code looking for it in the PA hunting regulations.
I think there are some grey areas. It was found in the woods. It was partially decomposed. You can only assume it was hit by a car. It was not found near the road. My reading of the PA hunting regulations only refers to road kill the best I could tell. I think the hunter probably thought he was being ethical by tagging it. I wouldn't have wasted my tag on it. Especially if it was my only one.
I don't know what a fine would have been, but they did just give him a warning.
I guess the same rules would apply if he stumbled on it in the spring when it was nothing but a sun bleached skeleton.
I'm thinking if it was that important for PA, or Lancaster County to have it, they would not let it go for $120, or $10 a point.
I also think not many people would pay $120 for the head of a dead carcass they didn't shoot. I sure wouldn't.
In the end, it was just a waste.
C. Davis