Free: Contests & Raffles.
Depending where I was hunting those guys wouldn’t be leaving anytime soon after and neither would they ever be back
My wife was hunting with her dad when she was a teenager, he shot a nice 4 point blacktail in wilkeson. two or three guys came up to them and said that's our deer while he was gutting it out. The situation left him with no choice but to walk away, he's was a big man. Happens that his brother was a game warden at the time, he gave him a call and from the license plate off the d bags truck, he had his deer back within the day. He has since passed and we have the antlers now, love how that story ended out. As far as some saying it's not worth it, well, somethings are just not worth letting go, I would turn into a predator if some azz hat did that to me.
Quote from: trophyhunt on March 27, 2024, 10:15:56 AMMy wife was hunting with her dad when she was a teenager, he shot a nice 4 point blacktail in wilkeson. two or three guys came up to them and said that's our deer while he was gutting it out. The situation left him with no choice but to walk away, he's was a big man. Happens that his brother was a game warden at the time, he gave him a call and from the license plate off the d bags truck, he had his deer back within the day. He has since passed and we have the antlers now, love how that story ended out. As far as some saying it's not worth it, well, somethings are just not worth letting go, I would turn into a predator if some azz hat did that to me. No deer is worth your life. Sorry to thread jack
Quote from: tgomez on March 27, 2024, 04:27:44 AMShot it and dropped it in it's tracks. Had to make it down a canyon that was extremly verticle, mostly shale rock, and across a deep creek. When I made it up to the buck there was a man sitting on my buck with his brother standing by smoking. They had already tagged my deer. I told them I had shot that buck from across the canyon. The older brother said, "Your not taking this buck...my tag is already on it." It was right before dark, didn't want to argue or get in a fist fight over a deer. Their excuse was, "We thought someone lost it." Due to the fact he already tagged it, it becomes his "legal" property. I could have called the Game Department and Sheriff. However, I didn't want to deal with all of the hastle. I personally would never do that to anyone. It was an absolutely terrible and dejecting feeling. I hope none of you ever have to experience that.Man that sucks bad. I’ve read lots of stories like this, more so with elk than deer but none the less. Every time I read one I think “I hope every time that thief looks at that buck on the wall he’s reminded of what a spineless loser he is and the fact that he’ll never really be a hunter.”Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Shot it and dropped it in it's tracks. Had to make it down a canyon that was extremly verticle, mostly shale rock, and across a deep creek. When I made it up to the buck there was a man sitting on my buck with his brother standing by smoking. They had already tagged my deer. I told them I had shot that buck from across the canyon. The older brother said, "Your not taking this buck...my tag is already on it." It was right before dark, didn't want to argue or get in a fist fight over a deer. Their excuse was, "We thought someone lost it." Due to the fact he already tagged it, it becomes his "legal" property. I could have called the Game Department and Sheriff. However, I didn't want to deal with all of the hastle. I personally would never do that to anyone. It was an absolutely terrible and dejecting feeling. I hope none of you ever have to experience that.
No animal is worth escalating into what could be a confrontation with someone that almost certainly has a deadly weapon. Taking the higher ground and walking away was the smart move.
My personal best WA whitey in 2013 and best WA muley in 2023
