An ATL I Had to Part With!

[Alan K]

I'd have taken it anyways. . .

[Wea300mag]

That blows!!!

[Birdguy]

Man sometimes it is tough to do the right thing . Great example of ethics right there. Great find!

[luvtohnt]

My brother in law and I found two rams that had broken their necks. I am assuming from fighting, I called and asked and even gave detailed descriptions of where they were and they told me not to touch them. I also found an elk skull once that the right side grew out and around the front of his nose, obviously causing it to starve, and still couldn't pick that up either.I think it stinks but I wouldn't want the law overturned either.

Brandon

[mrgoodwrench]

*censored*, we pick up skulls all the time at work....even with wdfw employees, no one has ever said a word about it.

[509er]

dont worry duck, I made sure it was OK!

[wastickslinger]

I'll take you to it for a few photos if you want.

[ICEMAN]

Some laws are meant to be broken.

[ICEMAN]

Who is to say you didn't shoot that buck legally, then tie it's head in a place off of the ground, to let the birds, bugs, and bacteria do their work, for you to return later...?

[Alan K]

Yeah. . . I don't think it's unethical to pick up a skull you find. 

Now if you shot the thing, waited a while and went to pick it up, that would be unethical.

This law is like the cell phone law of hunting.  Absolutely rediculous. 

Also, I don't know if this law is in place in Colorado, but every year I go I pick up 90% of the sheds and winter kill bulls and bucks I find and have never been in any kind of trouble over it.  A game warden there told me I had found quite a pile one time when he checked my deer, and there were at least 3-4 skulls in the back of the truck with my buck.

[BLUEBULLS]

here's one I found this year. The DFW doesn't let you pick up skulls but when you give them exact directions to it they do nothing. I called them on this one when it was probably not even a day old and they didn't do a thing. I would have liked his skull because I have sheds from him and pictures from last year but with there being a bullet hole in his upper foot I didn't dare touch him. Someone has since went in and hacked his horns off with a hatchet or something. He was obviously poached and they did nothing.

[Tikka Bird Dog]

i agree 100% on that being a stupid law. i tell you what if i found a nice winter kill or cougar kill you bet your ass that rack will find its way into my collection of horns. SCREW EM 

[Tikka Bird Dog]

they way i see it either someone else gets the rack, like your example above with the poached buck, or the mice get it. id rather have it then let the mice eat it!i hate seeing the poached buck theres just too much of that going around, some people just dont have any sence of respect!