BTBowhunter

It would depend on the violation. Shooting out of a car, killing and wasting game, poaching at night, poaching out of season....If it's on my hunting turf, someones gonna get hurt. Then I'm calling it in and I'll testify.

As for the dumb stuff or honest mistakes. I'd probably talk to the guy or be quietand just mumble to myself about it.

Sylvan

I didn't read the question that way. I thought we were just talking about somebody taking an extra deer they didn't have a tag for, not jacklighting or taking the animal in a non legal or unsportsmanlike manner.

Original question...
I think we should be clear on this or the poll won't have much meaning...

NY Bowhunter

I'd turn in my own mother.

.44 Cooter

I think I would pretend the law breaker was an illegal alien and I was the US Govt. I'd look the other way.

Seriously, I wouldn’t continue to hunt with someone who broke the law, but I doubt I'd turn them in unless it was very serious.

Ifly

No...well again..it's according to if I like them or not.

enginegrunt

It depends on the situation. If they were shooting a big buck and didn't have a permit. Probably. Now if the situation was they needed some meet and were struggling No

Lanse couche couche

There are a lot of "ifs" involved. To use some non-hunting analogies, I'm not going to turn someone in forrunninga stop sign or driving70 in a65 zone. But a drunk driver or teenager driving recklessly all over the interstate will have me grabbing for the cell phone. By the same token, if someone is spotlighting deer for their racks, or hunting waterfowl during nesting season, I'll call the law in a New York minute. But I'm not going to lose sleep over someone dropping a deer 5 minutes before legal shooting hours.

James B

If they were wasting game or shooting out of season, I might turn them in. Its hard to say as nothing like that has ever happened to me. I did turn in a neigbor once for chasing deer off the fields on opening morning.

Kybuckhunter

I posted this poll because of the complaints that people have with telecheck in Kentucky. Many people blame all the problems on the telecheck system. There is non stop crying about how some are getting away with taking more deer than they should (a one buck per year here) but they do nothing about it. I just think if they aren't going to do anything about the known violations then they should shut their cry baby pie hole. They want to blamethe system but don't want to do anything to make it better.

hillbillyhunter1

As I believe both Lanse and James B. indicated, violations vary, as well as the likelihood of myself reporting the violater. I have called the law for one incident regarding game law violation. In that instance, the violater wasted several animals by leaving them lay. I couldn't stomach that and did the right thing I believe.

This person was someone I know, but do not consider a friend. I've never had to question the ethics of my true friends