Ethics question - Tagging deer
 

When you shoot, hit, but do not recover a deer.....you have to go on theexperience of yourself and others as to what your next step is. So....based on the situation I had occur, yesterday.....do I tag the doe, or not (If you didn't follow the thread....we lost blood trail after 300+ yds....grid searched for 5 hours, after that)?

For this question to be answered fairly....the number of tags one has should have NO BEARING on the answer. It's either a dead deer...or it isn't....and if it's dead....it must be tagged.

RE: Ethics question - Tagging deer
 

If you didn't find it, how do you know it's dead?

RE: Ethics question - Tagging deer
 

In MO, it's law that you are supposed to tag any animal you hit, whether you recover them or not....

RE: Ethics question - Tagging deer
 

Wow never heard of such a thing.. If ya can't lay your hand on it..ya can't tag it.

RE: Ethics question - Tagging deer
 

That was always my thought as well...

If I can't find the critter, I darn well can't put a tag on it.

Question: Would you still go and register that tag (w/out bringing in an animal) at a game station?

RE: Ethics question - Tagging deer
 

If you can't find it (IMO) you can't tag it.

RE: Ethics question - Tagging deer
 

This has nothing to do with anything.....other than what is the right thing to do.

Mobo......good point about your law. I bet you see that one broken a lot.....or....it simply encourages people to keep their mouths shut if they do injure a deer.

This has nothing to do with a person's harvests or anything of the sort. Furthest thing from my mind. If you can't find it......you didn't harvest it.

Do you tag it, though?

RE: Ethics question - Tagging deer
 

Tag what? You dont have it. Dude you need a break

RE: Ethics question - Tagging deer
 

So do I fill out a tag even though I didn't recover the animal, then register the tag at a game station?

Your comment about harvest records confused me a bit (its early)

RE: Ethics question - Tagging deer
 

Agreed. Here in NC we don't have to take the animal to a game station (I know you know this Jeff). I can't imagine the look on the warden's face if he checks your lisense and a tag is punched for a deer that wasn't recovered. If you don't recover, you don't know for sure she/he is dead...no tagging.