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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: BoomWhop on October 01, 2014, 10:43:02 PM

Title: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: BoomWhop on October 01, 2014, 10:43:02 PM: It was way too short of season. Bitter sweet. Perfect weather, some hunter 1st's and some great stories for the camp fire. Does it count if you miss the deer but the flame from your muzzle hit him??? It was a weird season. I will do as Bone did and just post the photo's. I had a huge dilemma to start with and would love some input from our members. WHO tags it.... Buck A is shot at and hit poorly... by hunter A... Buck A runs off and Hunter B helps look for the Buck. Hunter B finds Buck who is not moving but still standing but can not contact Hunter A. Hunter B--shoot it before it hobbles away or into property you can not hunt? If hunter B puts it down who tags it???
I will fill in the details after some discussion.
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: bobcat on October 01, 2014, 10:57:54 PM: I would say that's entirely up to the two hunters. Legally it would likely be the second hunter who would tag it, since he fired the fatal shot. But if I was hunter B, I wouldn't want a deer that had already been shot by somebody else. So if it were me, I would let the first guy tag the deer.
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: h2ofowlr on October 01, 2014, 11:07:29 PM: Gamies go with the person that killed it or dropped it on the ground dead. This is a normal every year Yakima battle.

I like the gun. Go cougs.
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: n_mathews13 on October 02, 2014, 03:00:14 PM: Hunter A, if it wasn't for hunter B there would be a hurt buck out there still.
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: elkoholic1 on October 02, 2014, 03:16:38 PM: congrats on the bucks!!! :tup: id say if hunter B doesn't care if hunter A tags it since hunter A was original hunter to shoot and hit buck A and probably mortally wounded it and hunter A is ok that hunter B finished said buck A that hunter A should tag!!! :dunno:
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: Miles on October 02, 2014, 03:38:35 PM: Quote from: bobcat on October 01, 2014, 10:57:54 PM
I would say that's entirely up to the two hunters. Legally it would likely be the second hunter who would tag it, since he fired the fatal shot. But if I was hunter B, I wouldn't want a deer that had already been shot by somebody else. So if it were me, I would let the first guy tag the deer.

I have been "hunter B" before... Deer jumps up wounded hobbling off and I finished it. Hunter A shows up and says "well it's your buck now". I said BS I just finished "YOUR" buck off so we didn't have to track it all over the damn mountain. It turned into a back and forth argument, and needless to say I will never help anyone by finishing off there buck again. What a *censored*ty way to end a hunting season for "hunter B".
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: BULLBLASTER on October 02, 2014, 03:44:34 PM: I think it depends on if a and b know each other or are hunting together. If i finished a animal that the original shooter wanted i would let them have it. If they didnt i would tag it. If it was a buddy of mine they would tag it since they shot it first.
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: MarkyMark on October 02, 2014, 03:49:48 PM: Like the rifle. Go Cougs!
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: Jason on October 02, 2014, 04:13:25 PM: Congrats on a nice buck and congrats on the ugliest ML I have ever seen!! but atleast you have the spirit :tup:
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: HardCorpsHuntr on October 02, 2014, 04:21:29 PM: Legally B. Sportsmanship...B should give A first right of refusal. :twocents:
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: SeaRun1 on October 02, 2014, 04:23:32 PM: Why would you ruin a muzzleloader like that?

Nice pics though. Hopefully things worked out between A and B.

SR1
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: hollymaster on October 02, 2014, 04:55:52 PM: If the ml in the first pic is hunter A's, I'd say he couged it. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: kirkl on October 03, 2014, 08:06:19 AM: If hunter A shot it through the hind quarters hes tagging it :)
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: runamuk on October 03, 2014, 08:16:03 AM: I dont have anything to say about the scenario just congrats on the dead bucks :)
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: Yakirack on October 03, 2014, 08:35:41 AM: Love it - Go Cougs!
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: skeeter 20i on October 03, 2014, 01:34:43 PM: Quote from: HardCorpsHuntr on October 02, 2014, 04:21:29 PM
Legally B. Sportsmanship...B should give A first right of refusal. :twocents:

:yeah:
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: JBar on October 03, 2014, 01:45:58 PM: Nice bucks :tup: let's hear the story!
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: nw_bowhunter on October 04, 2014, 07:41:26 AM: Hunter A should tag it IMO. Hunter B ensured a wounded deer wasn't running around the woods. Just seemed the right thing to do. If you guys are hunting buddies have conversation about it.
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: bobcat on October 04, 2014, 08:05:50 AM: Quote from: kirkl on October 03, 2014, 08:06:19 AM
If hunter A shot it through the hind quarters hes tagging it :)

:yeah: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: M_59 on October 04, 2014, 09:44:08 AM: I would say the degree of desire to tag the buck by hunter B would be directly related to the size of the rack. I will bet that if it was a 30 incher, hunter B's tag would be on it before it hit the ground. Especially if he knew hunter A. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: BoomWhop on October 04, 2014, 05:11:50 PM: :yeah: :yeah:
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: h20hunter on October 04, 2014, 05:26:00 PM: I would say A tags it. I have put a second arrow in a deer for the Bro in law last year. Did nothing but speed up the process from the damage done by his arrow. Among friends this is an easy one. I believe I'd still do the same thing for a stranger. To me is is the right thing to do. Just a harder decision when not among friends.

Now, not among friends and the first shot wasn't fatal....nay be a different dilemma.
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: BoomWhop on June 10, 2016, 08:19:58 PM: Update... I was hunter B my Dad was hunter A. What really sucked was I had to burn a Tucannon Muzzy deer tag. (10 minutes into the season) I felt I had to tag it since I tipped it over, and I was in full view of other hunters. I absolutely did not want to tag it. My Dad was hell and gone from us up the canyon.... But a dead deer 50 yards from the road, in full view and no tag, yikes, not a conversation I would want to have with LEO.
Well today the gods took pity on me and I drew the Tucannon deer tag again. I can't wait.

The Coug gun deer was the deer in question. Luckily my dad connected on his buck that evening.
Title: Re: Boomwhop's 2014 Muzzy Hunt
Post by: johnnyaustin44 on June 11, 2016, 01:56:24 AM: Congrats on the draw. Sounds like an unfortunate situation there. I think by law you did the right thing and karma paid off.