RE: HERES AN ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION
 

I am like Bruce I would have left him there.
Turn him into the warden I would even go as far as giving the warden directions to where his stands are.
He has no respect for the law let alone the animals he takes.

RE: HERES AN ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION
 

Get any information you can about him (name, tag number, etc.) and immediately give all available information to the game warden, state police and local police dept. I know this sounds like overkill, but the idiots out there who blatantly flaunt how they violate the game laws have a detrimental impact on all of us. Getting him removed will only improve the ethical hunters chances.

RE: HERES AN ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION
 

I agree with everyone else...it's a no-brainer!!

RE: HERES AN ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION
 

What ??

No thought necessary. Turn 'em in. Even if they are kin.

Someone who is not willing to pay for a tag, is not likely to be the most ethical of hunters. i.e. - &quot;So I gut shot 'em, I'm not going to waste my time tracking him. I wait for the next one to come by and get that one. <img src=icon_smile_angry.gif border=0 align=middle>&quot;

&quot;It's not the kill, it's the adventure and challenge! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>&quot;

RE: HERES AN ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION
 

It's sad that we have kids displaying such disrespect coming up through our ranks. It's not my nature to &quot;call the law&quot; over every legal infraction I encounter in life, game laws or otherwise...particularly if I did not witness anything. Since the kid is young and probably never had a proper introduction to hunting, I'd sieze the opportunity to give him a little mentoring and instill some hunting values with him. While doing such, I'd also give him a stern warning that if you DO find him hunting without a license, there will be reprocussions.

For now, &quot;calling the warden&quot; would serve little else than to put a sour taste in his mouth, likely prompting him to thumb his nose even more at game laws out of spite. Certainly, he won't develop any set of values or respect from it. (BTW, I don't consider fear to be a form of respect.) But if you put forth a personal effort with him, you've got a chance that he may just be appreciative, develop a decent set of values, and fall into line. If you're lucky, he may even stick with hunting long after we're gone.

RE: HERES AN ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION
 

I agree with all the above posts, he is a poacher and an admitted one at that...TURN HIM IN!

I think I may have done what Bruce Smith60, said...&quot;left him in the woods and went home&quot;

I certainly would disassociate myself from him until he smartens up and never contibute to his poaching ways!

Silence is deadly, sometime &quot;MUM&quot; can't be the word. This is one of those times!

RE: HERES AN ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION
 

I believe all deer should be tagged. I think it would be good if all deer would be able to be registered, but don't know how they would do it.

RE: HERES AN ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION
 

I would say that if your level of confidence in his story is high enough, turn him in.

My bet is he's just a loud mouthed kid thinking he is impressing someone.

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (35 AD - 100 AD)

RE: HERES AN ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION
 

I dont know how &quot;Young&quot; this guy is, but if he is young enough to save I might try to explain to him the importance of buying a liscense.It would be much more benificial to the sport to add another ethical hunter to our ranks than to just call the game warden. Not sure where I would draw the line, something like if the guy was a teenager I would try to talk to him, anything older and its time to call the warden. However, no matter how young if he refuses to listen it time to get him out of the woods. If he is past a saving age....I would have to agree with everyone else, make the call.

RE: HERES AN ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION
 

I think you should turn him in because he give good hunters like us who buy are tags to hunt a bad rep. He is just trying to beat the system and he should be caught.

Vincent Weber