Another ethics / legal question
#1
Another ethics / legal question
GMMAT's post on ethics got me thinking about another scenario.
Let's say you hit one a little far back, track it all night but don't find it. You go out the next day to continue searching and you find it. BUT - the coyotes found her first, and there is literally nothing left but a head, some fur, and bones.
Are you legally required to tag the deer, even though the the coyotes left nothing for you? Are you ethically required to tag the deer?
Let's say you hit one a little far back, track it all night but don't find it. You go out the next day to continue searching and you find it. BUT - the coyotes found her first, and there is literally nothing left but a head, some fur, and bones.
Are you legally required to tag the deer, even though the the coyotes left nothing for you? Are you ethically required to tag the deer?
#3
RE: Another ethics / legal question
Speaking for me personally.....it meets all the reuirements of a kill AND a recovery. I don't see how you could NOT tag it.
I also think there's plenty who wouldn't.....especially in reduced harvest (limited tags) states.
I also think there's plenty who wouldn't.....especially in reduced harvest (limited tags) states.
#4
RE: Another ethics / legal question
ORIGINAL: kill_it_n_grill_it
Well, is there any evidence that in fact you shot this deer?
Well, is there any evidence that in fact you shot this deer?
#7
RE: Another ethics / legal question
Still might be tough to prove that you're the one who shot it. From the sounds of the hypothetical, there isn't a way to distinguish this deer as the one you shot the day(s) before.
But if I knew for a fact that it was my deer, then yes, I would tag the doe then go buy another tag. Then read up on how to track an animal properly as obviously I did a piss-poor job the first go around.
But if I knew for a fact that it was my deer, then yes, I would tag the doe then go buy another tag. Then read up on how to track an animal properly as obviously I did a piss-poor job the first go around.
#9
RE: Another ethics / legal question
In my state the carcass has to be intact other than field dressing to check it in, so I would leave what was left for the varmints and use the tag elsewhere. That would be legal here.