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Southern Buck 02-16-2006 03:50 PM

RE: Shed hunter gets fined for harrassment!
 
pretty stupid if ya ask me.

The wildlifepeople said that the guy caused the deer to move unnaturaly, How is my question. the deer sure didnt get up and flyor dig a tunnel to get away they ran. how unnatural is that? NOT ONE BIT.

BOWFANATIC 02-19-2006 09:14 AM

RE: Shed hunter gets fined for harrassment!
 
Looks pretty black & white to me. He broke the rules and got caught.
He probably thought it was a stupid rule also. Now maybe he'll show a little more respect to all of the rules.

takedownfreak123 02-19-2006 09:21 AM

RE: Shed hunter gets fined for harrassment!
 
sounds like the animals have more rights then people

nubo 02-19-2006 10:02 AM

RE: Shed hunter gets fined for harrassment!
 
This rule sound's pretty over the top for me ,but I do understand the reasoning behind it ,but these deer have alot of other thing's to be worried about such as wolve's and coyote's desturbing the hurd's .If they have this warning in their hunting reg's then fine ,but if not it should be and they shouldn't be able to charge anyone looking for shed's .

nubo

Sniper151 02-19-2006 11:52 AM

RE: Shed hunter gets fined for harrassment!
 
I would fight this in the courts. Not only for the citation but harassment by the DOW. What a bunch of idiots[:-]

MNfowlplay 02-19-2006 01:16 PM

RE: Shed hunter gets fined for harrassment!
 
hey guys i was just wondering about the penalty points. what do they mean, like...10 means what? how many penalty points until you cant hunt? just curiouse.

CamoCop 02-19-2006 04:03 PM

RE: Shed hunter gets fined for harrassment!
 
this is the same reason alot of states banned "spot lighting". they say it puts unneccesary stress on the deer population which is BS. here in florida it is still legal to spot light as long as you do not have a firearm in the vehicle. every deer i have ever spot lighted has just stood there (or layed there) and kept on about there business. if they were bedded they would stay bedded and if they were feeding, they would continue feeding and only stop to look towards the light every now and then. i can understand if your chasing the deer, but use common sense...sounds to me like the gamewarden didn't have anything better to do, just like the anonymous complaintant.

_Dan 02-19-2006 10:13 PM

RE: Shed hunter gets fined for harrassment!
 

ORIGINAL: BOWFANATIC

Looks pretty black & white to me. He broke the rules and got caught.
He probably thought it was a stupid rule also. Now maybe he'll show a little more respect to all of the rules.
Ditto. If there is deep snow, there is no reason to walk into a deer yard to look for sheds, wait til spring.

Elkcrazy8 02-19-2006 10:23 PM

RE: Shed hunter gets fined for harrassment!
 
Spot lighting is way different than making the deer move on the winter range. There is no comparison in stress levels. These deer that have migrated many miles and are foraging on next than nothing, need to be left alone. The law states not to harass game that are wintering. Obviously, the guy that got ticketed broke laws that are written and the game warden had every right to cite the guy. These deer will bed down most of the time to conserve their energy reserves on their own. Why push them? Just to get their horns?

121553 02-19-2006 11:01 PM

RE: Shed hunter gets fined for harrassment!
 

ORIGINAL: Elkcrazy8

Spot lighting is way different than making the deer move on the winter range. There is no comparison in stress levels. These deer that have migrated many miles and are foraging on next than nothing, need to be left alone. The law states not to harass game that are wintering. Obviously, the guy that got ticketed broke laws that are written and the game warden had every right to cite the guy. These deer will bed down most of the time to conserve their energy reserves on their own. Why push them? Just to get their horns?
End of conversation.
You need to live here to see the predators and the winters take there toll out. And now you have National Shed hunter group adding to it.
If I was C.O. and the law is in the regulations, I would write you a ticket and you can explain it to the judge.

Bobby


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