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Ethical question
« on: April 26, 2012, 12:21:36 PM »
       I know that it is illegal to pick up dead heads but I have a friend who found a set of elk sheds that are cut offs I suspect soomebody found the dead bull cut them off and stashed them in order to retrieve them at a latter date. What do you guys think should he keep them or call a gamie?

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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2012, 12:43:45 PM »
Call it in  :twocents:
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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2012, 12:49:41 PM »
Call it in then see if you can claim them after X number of days/months/years.

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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2012, 12:52:19 PM »
Bring em home, you found em that way :dunno:

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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2012, 01:06:31 PM »
call and cover your butt

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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2012, 01:16:48 PM »
:fire.:

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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2012, 01:23:25 PM »
Crazy ...I had a friend friend a 34 in muley last fall ...hit by a car ... he took a picture and drove off ... :yike: can not say I would be that nice  :dunno: :chuckle:

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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2012, 01:40:28 PM »
If it's on the eastside call me and I'll go and pick them up. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2012, 01:53:28 PM »
I wish it was more like Oregon where I believe if you break the skull plate you can keep them.  If you think about it, a guy thats gonna shot an animal and retrieve antlers later and willing to break a bigger crime by poaching it in the first place, isn't going to detour from a lesser crime by packing the head out later.  Just keeps the honest people more honest.  As far as ethics are conserned, sometimes by not following the law doesn't make a person unethical.
When you see the third, thin the herd.
Right now I'm somewhere picking up sheds.

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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2012, 04:05:04 PM »
 As far as ethics are conserned, sometimes by not following the law doesn't make a person unethical.
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you guys are gonna tear me apart but i would keep them and keep my mouth shut if he didnt pick them somebody else wouldve and i know if most of you found a dead bull you would cut the horns off.  :twocents:
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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2012, 10:17:58 PM »
This is kind of off track from subject, but an example of why I say sometimes breaking the law doesn't make you unethical.  Heres another stupid law!  About a month and a half ago a buddy and I was walking down a logging road, a cow elk was in it and as we got close she tried to run, clearly her back leg was snapped in half up high as it was doing the helicopter, she was pretty sick, it was a horrible thing to watch.  We tried to give her time to clear the road so we could go on but she wouldn't, so we started walking, she stumbled off the road about ten yards and stopped, as i walked by I could see the whites in her eyes as they were bulging out, clearly freaked out.  I just turned my head and couldn't watch, and we kept going.  My buddy told me I should pull my pistol out and end her.  I said screw that, not getting in trouble by putting a elk out of misery.  3 days later she was dead about 50 yards farther up the road.  I'm sure she suffered greatly, and over the weeks I watched all the meat turn into coyote crap, what a waste.  The ethical thing would have been to shoot her, call a gamie, show him why I shot her, then help field dress and load the meat for the needy.  We all know it dont work that way though.
When you see the third, thin the herd.
Right now I'm somewhere picking up sheds.

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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2012, 10:22:46 PM »
This is kind of off track from subject, but an example of why I say sometimes breaking the law doesn't make you unethical.  Heres another stupid law!  About a month and a half ago a buddy and I was walking down a logging road, a cow elk was in it and as we got close she tried to run, clearly her back leg was snapped in half up high as it was doing the helicopter, she was pretty sick, it was a horrible thing to watch.  We tried to give her time to clear the road so we could go on but she wouldn't, so we started walking, she stumbled off the road about ten yards and stopped, as i walked by I could see the whites in her eyes as they were bulging out, clearly freaked out.  I just turned my head and couldn't watch, and we kept going.  My buddy told me I should pull my pistol out and end her.  I said screw that, not getting in trouble by putting a elk out of misery.  3 days later she was dead about 50 yards farther up the road.  I'm sure she suffered greatly, and over the weeks I watched all the meat turn into coyote crap, what a waste.  The ethical thing would have been to shoot her, call a gamie, show him why I shot her, then help field dress and load the meat for the needy.  We all know it dont work that way though.

works just like that in other states just not here.....and that seriously sucks


I'd call and turn it might help solve a poaching case  :dunno:

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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2012, 10:46:38 PM »
This is kind of off track from subject, but an example of why I say sometimes breaking the law doesn't make you unethical.  Heres another stupid law!  About a month and a half ago a buddy and I was walking down a logging road, a cow elk was in it and as we got close she tried to run, clearly her back leg was snapped in half up high as it was doing the helicopter, she was pretty sick, it was a horrible thing to watch.  We tried to give her time to clear the road so we could go on but she wouldn't, so we started walking, she stumbled off the road about ten yards and stopped, as i walked by I could see the whites in her eyes as they were bulging out, clearly freaked out.  I just turned my head and couldn't watch, and we kept going.  My buddy told me I should pull my pistol out and end her.  I said screw that, not getting in trouble by putting a elk out of misery.  3 days later she was dead about 50 yards farther up the road.  I'm sure she suffered greatly, and over the weeks I watched all the meat turn into coyote crap, what a waste.  The ethical thing would have been to shoot her, call a gamie, show him why I shot her, then help field dress and load the meat for the needy.  We all know it dont work that way though.

You know, this state did not used to be this way.  I can remember when you called a road kill or wounding in.  The police showed up, loaded up the dead animal and in the case of Clark County, took the meat to the Larch Mountain Correction Center.. to be used to supplement the diet there.  They also got to raise all the orphaned fawns in the area..... bottle feeding and everything...  Not sure when this state went from fairly decent to completely stupid with head up ass... but that is how it is anymore...
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Re: Ethical question
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2012, 10:58:37 PM »
This is kind of off track from subject, but an example of why I say sometimes breaking the law doesn't make you unethical.  Heres another stupid law!  About a month and a half ago a buddy and I was walking down a logging road, a cow elk was in it and as we got close she tried to run, clearly her back leg was snapped in half up high as it was doing the helicopter, she was pretty sick, it was a horrible thing to watch.  We tried to give her time to clear the road so we could go on but she wouldn't, so we started walking, she stumbled off the road about ten yards and stopped, as i walked by I could see the whites in her eyes as they were bulging out, clearly freaked out.  I just turned my head and couldn't watch, and we kept going.  My buddy told me I should pull my pistol out and end her.  I said screw that, not getting in trouble by putting a elk out of misery.  3 days later she was dead about 50 yards farther up the road.  I'm sure she suffered greatly, and over the weeks I watched all the meat turn into coyote crap, what a waste.  The ethical thing would have been to shoot her, call a gamie, show him why I shot her, then help field dress and load the meat for the needy.  We all know it dont work that way though.

No doubt in my mind I would've shot that elk.

I sure wouldn't try to call and report it to anyone after doing so, however.

Next time put her out of her misery, I bet you'll sleep better at night. And don't worry about wasting the meat, coyotes gotta eat too.


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Re: Ethical question
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