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| GeoSwan:
My brother and I heard a gunshot and saw a nice injured buck crest over the plateau into a drainage. He had a dangling front leg and no kneecap.. A survivable injury ultimately. The hunters who shot him appeared at the top of the plateau 15 minutes later and clearly didn't see that the area the buck went into was a mere 100 yards away from them. They gave a feeble attempt at trying to locate the deer and turned around and walked away. We ended up shooting the deer who had by now dropped a few hundred feet in elevation and was sitting under a cliff. My brother snuck up to him and put him out of his misery. I called WDFW to get an actual legal opinion on this and they said what I though: If everything else was legal, which it was, (tag, 3 point min, shooting hours, public land etc.) We were fine from a legal standpoint. I think I know the answer that most of you will give, which is yeah, go put meat in your freezer because the first shooter was done looking for it, but I just want to see of anyone had any other opinion on this from an etiquette perspective or if anyone has a story of something like this happening to you. I'm curious to hear them. Thanks |
| Fidelk:
Your etiquette was perfect......you dispatched a wounded and suffering deer. The law is clear.....the licensed hunter who legally KILLS the animal is entitled to tag and keep the animal. Years ago, a spike elk ran through our camp and was shot. It ran on and a couple of us pursued it too soon for it to bleed out. As they approached, it was lying down but jumped up and ran off. A minute later, it was staggering across a road and was killed by different hunters from a nearby camp who were there after hearing the shot. No arguments from us......they killed it, they got to tag it. |
| jamesfromseattle:
Especially if the first shooter gave up, there’s no grey area. You were 100% in the right. |
| Gentrys:
You put it down, your deer. Good that you were there and harvested it. |
| Kingofthemountain83:
:tup: Good on you guys... Long ago in Cowichie, when it was any buck... My Dad was sitting in a spot he sat often... Shooting started above him... Two different guns... One series of shots... About 8 or so... Then a pause for a few minutes... Then another series of shots... About 6... Then he see's a deer running down ridge past him... My Dad shoots it and drops it... A small forky muley... Lead it too far at 400 yards and blew the neck out quartering away... Was very obvious where my Dad shot it... 7mm Weatherby with 154gr spire points... My Dad starts gutting it then the guys come down ask if he's gutting their deer... My Dad shows them where he shot it and non of them could find a spot where they hit it... They go back up ridge while my Dad deals with the buck... He found one of them actually hit it in the paunch flap wear the rear legs are while it was running but you couldn't tell while the deer was still alive... Through and through flesh wound... Deer would've survived... About 20 years ago in Mason GMU I hiked in about a mile to sit on a cut in gated timberland... Some people have keyed access... I heard a rig coming up a road... I spot a deer and glass it up... It's a nice buck... Froze staring toward the road... I get lined up for the shot and squeeze off... I hit the deer good and he kicks up and runs... 228 yards... Then I hear a shot, deer drops, and some yelling... A guy and his son were driving up the road and saw the deer running after I shot it... They got out and the kid shot it while it was in it'd death wobbles... I shot it through the middle of the lungs angled cause I was slightly uphill... Kid blew the spine and back straps out of it... Dropped it... Like 70 yards... I think the kid was like 9... He was very excited... It was a big 4x! I helped them gut it and get it in the truck... Seemed like his Dad didn't know what he was doing... Was a nice guy... Still kind of butt hurt... I hunted that area a lot over the years and never saw them again... |
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