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I was unable to get out on the Pa opener due to the passing of my dad. I did however, hunt on Monday Oct. 3. On my way into the woods, what did I come across?--A SPIKE that had half of its hind quarters eaten. I inspected this animal on the way out and found that some #$%hole hunter double lunged this animal. The shooter must haverealized it was not legal, and left it to rot. Judging by the shot placement(perfect), the buck had to be fairly close, so I don't know how this so-called hunter could not see the rather large 7-8 inch spikes. If that person was any kind of sportsman, or had any nads--he would have notified the game commisison--Yes he would have been fined $25, lost the antlers, but would have kept the meat instead of letting it rot in the woods.

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It's a shame that things like this happen. Unfortunately it happens alot. [:'(]

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Sorry to hear about your dad.

That sucks that a fellow hunter would do that if it's illegal in your state. I agree he should have called paid the fine and donate the meat to the needy if he did not want it.

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Sorry to here about your dad. you have to be in Pa.

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First, very sorry to hear about your Dad. You will cherish the memories forever so hold them dear to your heart.

Second, yup...not surprised. There are hunters out there that will shoot anything. Perhaps they thought the antlers were less than 3" to be considered an antlerless deer (that's the law in NJ). But I always pass on those shots because the antlers do look less than 3" until you get closer and they end up being closer to 6". I'm more or less a doe shooter so i don't find myself in those situations. People are out there doing that and it sucks because next year that deer could be a shooter!

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Sorry for you loss man.. I know how it feels. I lost dad and grandpop last year. Still tough to swallow.. especially during hunting season.. Stay strong!

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If it was a double lung shot than the hunter wasn't far from where you found the buck. If you see a stand or hunter close by I bet that might be the coulprit. Won't do any good now but at least you will have an idea who it might have been. Sorry about you dad friend.

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We had a friend of a friend hunt in our camp a couple years ago when Antler restrictions had just started. He made a mistake kill it wasa 4 point (we are in the 6pt area 3 on a side)..he assumed brow tines..it had none

He gutted it,drug it out, called the game warden. He was fined had to go to court and was publicly chastised in front of everyone by the judge! All this for doing the right thing! If It happenend to me, now after seeing how he was treated. I can tell ya, whatever I did with the deer, the law would never know!

PS...this guy never came back to camp either!

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Thats the whole problem he wasn`t
BTW-Sorry to here about your dad.

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Sorry to hear of your loss sir. That type of PA hunting doesn't surprise me though. You don't want to know how many deer were left lay last year after the rifle season in my area. [:@]

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I have also come across animals that were left to rot and it turns my stomach to think a person could have so little regard for the animal.I have even heard idiot's brag about it if isn't what I want I leave for the coyote's.
Very sorry to hear of the loss of your dad!

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I am sorry you lostyour Father, and had to confront this type of behavior shortly after!

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Sounds like those antler restrictions turned out to be a great idea :(


Nice of Mr Alt to screw your state royal and leave everyone else to clean up his mess.

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The humiliation was uncalled for, but he did make a primary mistake, he was unsure of his target when he released. He did the right thing though. We must be accountable for our actions.

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Actually I'm in favor of the restrictions, but not the way the herd reductions were implemented.

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WTDOC Actually the mistake was made in gun season. Yes we all know it was wrong. None of us cut him any slack either. True he should have gotten the fine and the court appearance. But when the Judge started on us non residents just shooting at fur..he made a crucial mistake.
He did the right thing after a grievious wrong..there should have been some understanding it was the 1st year of AR.
The ONLY action of his I'm defending,is stepping up and admitting the mistake. If he would have let it lay no-one, (us included), would have been the wiser.

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i have heard stories about guys who made a mistake kill, less then 8 or 6 points depending on the management unit. when you go to the game commision you pay the $25 and then if they don't believe you ,you have to take them to the kill site and they will determine if you should have shot or not andwhether you should have been able to tell if it was legal or not. if they decide you should have been able to tell and you shot anyway the fine will be $500.

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Terrible, I know if I had that happen I would be more than happy to pay the 25 dollars. That guy isn't a hunter he is a coward. Good luck all.