Cookie4

One of my friends at school shot a 10 point this weekend. His neighbor saw him dragging it out of the woods, called the game warden and said that he shot the deer too close to his house. The whole county was at his house, they took teh deer away from him, and now whe has nothing.[:@]

Rory/MO

That sucks.

terbzz

why exactly did they take it away?

mossbergman11/OH

i dont understand why they took it..........

StruttinGobbler3

what did they charge him with? evidently discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a home or business would be the charge the neighbor tried to stick him with, but how could they prove it? And unless he poached the deer I don't think they can legally confiscate it.

wis_rifle_hunter

that sucks. i also dont understand how they could take that deer away without proof or evidence

skybuster20ga

in miane you only have to be 300 ft from a house and 500 ft from a school

skybuster20ga

im gonna post a report filed on me from when i was 14. its from a game warden trying to pinch me. he thought i was too young basically to do what i did. ill post the report you guys read it and see for yourself. keep in mind that its twisted a little bit to custom fit his accusation....ill try to get up soon

8pt~Bowhunter

That's crazy! How could your neighbor confirm where your friend shot his buck? Did he see him shoot?

Centauri

Cookie, check your DNR reg books and find out how close you can be to a structure when firing a weapon. If it was more than the legal range, your friend should make his case to a court or something.