Jason, I agree and it probably is the case in most states/provinces. Hunter ethics does play a big part here, if I know someone fired a fatal shot at a deer and it ran by me , if I put the animal down and it was still alive when I went up to it, by law, the deer is mine. It don't make it right because that first shot was all that was needed. The other hunter knows it and more importantly, I know it...I would do one other thing.....congratulate him/her and offer to lend a hand.