would this be unethical?
03-10-2010, 03:57 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Toronto Ontario Canada
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Even where party hunting is legal (as it is for deer in Ontario) the tag holder has to be out in the woods with you, within a reasonable distance and able to be contacted so that THEY can tag your game. I've never heard of party hunting for turkeys.
It would be poaching and therefore unethical.
It would be poaching and therefore unethical.
03-10-2010, 04:17 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Where the ducks don't come no more
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i usually hunt for gobblers with my old man. due to an injury, he will not be in the woods this spring. he has his full hunting license with 2 turkey tags. would it be unethical for me to take 2 extra birds and use his tags? is there a difference between each of us taking 2 and only me taking 4? im trying to do what is right. thanks.
Ethics are largely subjective. So if your moral compass is saying no.... then you probably already know the answer.
I cannot speak to law in your state, but in VA where I live, what you described is illegal. Tags are non-transferable and it is illegal to tag an animal harvested by another hunter. The season bag limit here is 3 birds per license year, be them shot spring or fall.
I know, like you know, that four dead turkeys is four dead turkeys, but thats the way it works.
03-10-2010, 04:50 AM
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Jackson, TN
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i usually hunt for gobblers with my old man. due to an injury, he will not be in the woods this spring. he has his full hunting license with 2 turkey tags. would it be unethical for me to take 2 extra birds and use his tags? is there a difference between each of us taking 2 and only me taking 4? im trying to do what is right. thanks.
03-10-2010, 02:35 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,085
It would be illegal in any state that I am aware of...
Is it unethical to intentionally violate state game laws...??...
Yes....??...No....??...Gee, that's a TOUGH one...!!!!...
I guess you will have to make up your own mind...
If your local game warden stops you, good luck...
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Is it unethical to intentionally violate state game laws...??...
Yes....??...No....??...Gee, that's a TOUGH one...!!!!...
I guess you will have to make up your own mind...
If your local game warden stops you, good luck...
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03-10-2010, 05:14 PM
#18
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Ontario
Posts: 646
Um let me think........NOT!
We all want to shoot more birds but that just wont fly.
You should still have your Dad buy the tags as it helps pay for the right to hunt and manage the bird population even if you dont fill them!
We all want to shoot more birds but that just wont fly.
You should still have your Dad buy the tags as it helps pay for the right to hunt and manage the bird population even if you dont fill them!
03-10-2010, 05:27 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Sorry to hear about your dad. Using another's tags is illegal everywhere I have hunted - deer or turkey .... Ark., Tex., Mon., and Ala. As far as ethical? I would not even if it was legal .... but that's your call is it not?