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Post by Biggie on Dec 18, 2003 5:50:10 GMT -5
After seeing this topic debated on the "other" board I thought I'd post it here and see what SHF memebers would do.
Lets say your deer hunting shoot and are 99.9% sure you just missed that deer and shoot another. Well when you go to track your deer you find two dead deer. Now you have two dead deer down. What do you do?
Now I know in some states you can shoot two aday and its legal but for this post pretends its illegal.
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Post by hunt4fun1 on Dec 18, 2003 8:29:31 GMT -5
I'd call the game warden and tell him I made a HUGH IRRESPONSIBLE mistake and let him take it from there.
I might get a ticket (fine) out of it but at least it's the right thing to do.
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Post by benhuntin on Dec 18, 2003 8:31:26 GMT -5
First thing I would do is scratch my head and say "Oh SH#%!"
If I were hunting private land and It was a pretty safe bet that I wouldnt get caught I would take both of them home. I would do everything I could to make use of both deer but I wouldnt risk trying to sneak it through a check station.
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Post by t-roy on Dec 18, 2003 8:36:09 GMT -5
right there with ya ben. i might strip the loins out and if i had time, bone out the back legs.
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Post by flhuntress on Dec 18, 2003 11:06:50 GMT -5
i'd freak out but i would make sure they knew what happened....the truth.
we have to be responsible for our actions...even the wrong ones.
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Post by benhuntin on Dec 18, 2003 12:01:20 GMT -5
I'd call the game warden and tell him I made a HUGH IRRESPONSIBLE mistake and let him take it from there. I might get a ticket (fine) out of it but at least it's the right thing to do. Do ya'll do this for every law you may break? Speeding, running stop lights? What if you shot a deer right at the end of legal shooting time and come to find out your watch had stopped and it was actually a couple of minutes after legal shooting time? I commend you for your honesty but I believe most folks would attempt to take it home or leave it for the coyotes and buzzards. What good does it do to report it? Besides get you a hefty fine in most cases. The gamewardens around my area arnt that understanding. |
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Post by flhuntress on Dec 18, 2003 12:07:38 GMT -5
think it boils down to respect for yourself and the animal.
i just couldn't live with myself knowing i killed a deer,found her/him, and just left them there.
it's hard enough knowing you killed one and couldn't find it.
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Post by hunt4fun1 on Dec 18, 2003 12:15:02 GMT -5
I know all 3 Wardens in the county I live in.
I only hunt birds in my county. Deer I hunt in S. Texas.
They are all pretty cool guys. So I'd fell pretty comfortable calling one and letting him know what happened ......even if I didn't know him.
I have a problem being dishonest and I can't lie worth a damn.....cept for the occasional fish story.
If I didn't report it, the guilt would bother me far more than killing 2 animals.
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Post by carboat on Dec 18, 2003 12:22:14 GMT -5
u leave a dear in the woods after yuo shot it you need to stay out of the woods
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Post by BlueNorther on Dec 18, 2003 17:15:57 GMT -5
I have done it and I walked away from the deer.I make no excuses for it.Fish & Wildlife would fine me confiscate my rifle I'd loose my right to hunt for a minimum of one year,all that for being honest about a mistake.I could handle the fine but not to be persecuted to the fullest extent of the law.This happened many years ago and I have since matured in my way of thinking and also matured as a hunter.
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Post by deerslayer11 on Dec 18, 2003 20:22:02 GMT -5
You mean like the day I shot 3?? I took em to the processor and didnt think anymore about it.
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Post by commanche on Dec 18, 2003 21:00:37 GMT -5
i would clean deer out and leave it there and take the other home or to camp. call the game warden.sad part about it their are people who do this all the time.they want that piece of meat and nothing stops them from shooting. they are usually the ones that just take it home and dont report it.their you go again , picking on those meat hunters.sorry i got off track, biggie. first, before you shot the second deer you have to make sure you missed the first one.that means going to where you shot the deer and looking for hair or blood.i seen a person open up on 5 deer once, he hit 3 of them,you know what he told the game warden ?i [thought] i missed the first 2.unreal.he had his hat on sideways too. there i go again,ugh!mistakes happen but before we shoot we must make sure we missed,take care  |
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Post by noonebil on Dec 18, 2003 23:19:26 GMT -5
that's not a meat hunter... it's aPOACHER.
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Post by flhuntress on Dec 19, 2003 1:30:05 GMT -5
noonebil-totally agree.
commanche-
just curious by why don't you care for "meat hunters"?
if you're not out to eat what you kill then imo you'd be killing not hunting.
and i'm not tryin' to start anything.....sincerely would like to know.
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Post by Shorthair on Dec 19, 2003 5:11:48 GMT -5
I don't think I would take the shot on the second deer. I would have got down and verified no blood from the first one before I continued to hunt if all I could harvest was one a day.
commanche- Did you notice the word "harvest" there cuz? All of us here are not from the South we really appreciate that. We love the wide range of regions represented here. It really adds to the mix and it is very interesting meeting all these folks from all over America and Canada. The fact remains that this is The Southern Hunting Forums and a lot of us here in the South come from farming backgrounds. We look at deer as a crop as well as a game animal. They are to be managed and harvested. We hunt for sport, we hunt for the challenge, we hunt for the relaxation, we hunt for the experience of being outdoors and a part of nature, and we hunt for MEAT!
We all realize you have some very different views to most of us on the taking of does or harvesting a deer for it's meat. But please back off some on the constant reminders of the differences in the way you see it and the way we see it.
Thanks.
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