Lack of knowledge hunting mistake.
06-28-2025 | 01:15 AM
#12
Spike
Joined: Nov 2024
Posts: 12
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So I went to guide my wife on a hunt during Iowas late muzzleloader season. This is our first year hunting. She ended up shooting a doe with mossberg 500 rifled 20 gauge, dropped the doe. The pulled ranger pulled up right after the doe was shot, waited for us to drag the doe uphill towards the road, then proceeded to tell us that this is a wildlife refuge that we were hunting in (we had no clue as there weren’t any signs and later found out that the hunting zone is on the outskirts of the refuge. He took the gun, wrote the wife a $215 ticket for refuge harvesting and $185 for incorrect firearm. And scheduled a meeting at the end of the week, during the meeting he told us that there is a possible $1500 deer liquidation fee. The Game warden didn’t show up to the meeting, so our next meeting is on Friday. Any advice on what do to is appreciated, I do understand the lack of knowledge and mistakes are all completely on us. Thank you.
10-21-2025 | 01:36 AM
#14
Spike
Joined: Sep 2025
Posts: 42
Likes: 3
So I went to guide my wife on a hunt during Iowas late muzzleloader season. This is our first year hunting. She ended up shooting a doe with mossberg 500 rifled 20 gauge, dropped the doe. The pulled ranger pulled up right after the doe was shot, waited for us to drag the doe uphill towards the road, then proceeded to tell us that this is a wildlife refuge that we were hunting in (we had no clue as there weren’t any signs and later found out that the hunting zone is on the outskirts of the refuge. He took the gun, wrote the wife a $215 ticket for refuge harvesting and $185 for incorrect firearm. And scheduled a meeting at the end of the week, during the meeting he told us that there is a possible $1500 deer liquidation fee. The Game warden didn’t show up to the meeting, so our next meeting is on Friday. Any advice on what do to is appreciated, I do understand the lack of knowledge and mistakes are all completely on us. Thank you.
