if you saw a wounded deer say shot in the leg and u killed it and another hunter came along to claim it? what if it was a young hunter? would u just say "shoot straightr next time" what does the law say? (where u live)
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if you saw a wounded deer say shot in the leg and u killed it and another hunter came along to claim it? what if it was a young
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Opening day of bow season on October 1st 2006 I had nice buck run and stop 48 yards out and I made a perfect lung shot just over the heart. When the buck ran over the hill about 100 yards out of sight, I heard what sounded like a screen door slamming. What the “H” was that, I packed up my stand and equipment and trailed my buck and found this fella was gutting my deer out. This crossbow hunter thought it was Christmas morning and said this is my first deer! I found his bolt and it was clean and I had the bloody arrow in my quiver. Do I ruin this new sportsman for life or do I do what I preach about promoting good Sportsmanship? Yes I agree with all of you and bylaw that was my deer! In Arkansas I’m allowed 4 deer pending the units I go to. I cheerfully complemented this new hunter on his first deer and counted the deer against my license.
To answer your question, yes I would let the kid have it. He did put the first bullet in and a kill is a kill no matter how long it takes for the animal to die!
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I don't know exactly if there is any laws that would solve this problem. Most of the times I've seen deer like this no one is around to claim it. I would have to say if the initial wound wasn't life threatening to the deer its my deer, if it was finishing it off for someone else I would let them have it.
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I would let them have it. The way I look at it is, if they are going to track it then they must have shot it, and they are doing the right thing by trying to find it. I really don't care if the law says it's mine or not, I'm going to do the right thing.
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I would definately let a first time hunter have it. It does not matter how hard it would be (especially if it was a big buck), because we need more hunters in this nation. I dont know what the law says about it, but there will always be more deer (hopefully) but that one incident could ruin a first-time hunter's view of hunting forever and cause him never to go again.
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