I again said I think boy did right thing, but right thing isn';t always legal!
I cannot shoot a deer and let someone else tag it
BOY shot deer NOT knowing someone was coming, so he CHOSE to kill it
he killed it, legally and legally , in this case he GAVE said deer away
that is NOT really legal
we just sort of addressed this in other post, its who ever kills deer that its THERE deer

and IF law enforcement was there or not, that means little In the law, many law enforcement officers have been guilty of breaking the law too
If it was a mercy kill, due to a wounded animal and dispatching it to end its suffering, that SHOULD have been done by said law enforcement, not a hunter looking to fill a tag

in life there are GREY area's we all dip into and not saying otherwise
but, double standards exist in the world and IMO this is one of them
I know folks that have been fined for tagging a deer they DIDN"T kill
if you chose to KILL something, its YOUR"S ,. NO
as again this kid did NOT know someone was coming he chose to kill it as HIS deer,
many folks would love to shoot more than one deer a yr, this is why the laws are, YOU kill it YOU tag it!
not hating on the boy, just saying
in life some times the RIGHT thing and legal thing are NOT the same!
had story not been told NO one but those there would know?
Mum's the word sometime in life!