Post by: remington300mag on October 25, 2010, 10:42:32 PM
I have often wondered what type of hunters, friends, partners, and all around people are on this site. Sometimes it is a little tough to read people from the computer. So, here is a little pole to see how you would all handle a very sticky situation....I would love to see some honest answers and not the normal "That would NEVER happen to me or a hunting partner of mine".....Let just go with the "What If"!!!
Post by: TONTO on October 25, 2010, 10:55:54 PM
Post by: remington300mag on October 25, 2010, 11:03:27 PM
Post by: Annette on October 25, 2010, 11:20:19 PM
Wow I see I was the first to answer. Alright I know it isn't legal to tag an animal somebody else has shot. In my opinion the legal answer isn't always the most ethical. I would not be happy about it but I would cut my tag to keep from wasting the deer. My partner would also know I was not happy about the situation either. I know there are people out there that party hunt, I'm not one of them, I would never shoot an animal for someone else or encourage someone else to shoot mine, but in this situation I would cut my tag, and it would be a long quiet ride home.Good answer
Post by: YoungBuck on October 26, 2010, 05:22:29 PM
Wow I see I was the first to answer. Alright I know it isn't legal to tag an animal somebody else has shot. In my opinion the legal answer isn't always the most ethical. I would not be happy about it but I would cut my tag to keep from wasting the deer. My partner would also know I was not happy about the situation either. I know there are people out there that party hunt, I'm not one of them, I would never shoot an animal for someone else or encourage someone else to shoot mine, but in this situation I would cut my tag, and it would be a long quiet ride home.Thats the best answer in my opinion.
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Post by: huntingfool7 on October 28, 2010, 07:52:01 AM
No citation on that one?
Post by: quadrafire on October 28, 2010, 08:14:07 AM
Post by: jackelope on October 28, 2010, 09:10:12 AM
Post by: BIGINNER on October 28, 2010, 09:17:54 AM
I'd tag it too. There would be no "long quiet ride home" either. People make mistakes. If you guys would seriously never hunt with your hunting buddies again because they made an honest mistake I'm glad I'm not your hunting buddy. Geez there's either a bunch of internet tough guys here or a bunch of perfect angels who have never made a mistake.
i agree with you. i would tag the deer and i wouldn't give my patner $hit about it, it was an honest mistake, i would tag the deer and have a full freezer :drool:
Post by: rasbo on October 28, 2010, 09:27:05 AM
Post by: Skillet on October 28, 2010, 09:34:13 AM
I'd tag it too. There would be no "long quiet ride home" either. People make mistakes. If you guys would seriously never hunt with your hunting buddies again because they made an honest mistake I'm glad I'm not your hunting buddy. Geez there's either a bunch of internet tough guys here or a bunch of perfect angels who have never made a mistake.
Respectfully disagree - the perfect angels are the ones calling the WDFW or making the buddy turn himself in under threat of reporting him as a poacher. The majority would be rightfully PO'd that their season is over because of a mistake the buddy made.
This is a good poll. I guess technically I'm a lawbreaker at heart - I feel the intent of the law is not to ruin a guy for making this mistake, but to prevent wonton waste of game, and that the waste of the deer is a greater crime than me tagging an animal I didn't shoot and my season ending sooner than it should. I tag the deer, chew his butt for being a *censored* and ending my season early for me, and if he gets lippy with me at all about it or isn't falling all over himself apologizing, I don't go hunting with him anymore. Can't trust him to not make that mistake again if he thinks it's "no big deal." I would start thinking it was all a story, and he saw the two bucks to begin with and couldn't resist dropping them both.
Post by: remington300mag on October 28, 2010, 09:39:33 AM
I also want to say that after looking at the results so far and reading the posts....It has only helped me to see that the men and woman on this forum are stand up friends, hunting partners, and people! Mistakes do happen....and it is nice to see we don't look for any and all reasons to persecute others!
Post by: bullrider97 on October 30, 2010, 07:01:11 AM
I don't know what the outcome was.
Post by: markts on October 30, 2010, 07:06:42 AM
I'd tag it too. There would be no "long quiet ride home" either. People make mistakes. If you guys would seriously never hunt with your hunting buddies again because they made an honest mistake I'm glad I'm not your hunting buddy. Geez there's either a bunch of internet tough guys here or a bunch of perfect angels who have never made a mistake.
My thoughts exactly
Post by: docsven on October 30, 2010, 07:43:01 AM
Post by: jackelope on October 30, 2010, 08:59:52 AM
I'd tag it too. There would be no "long quiet ride home" either. People make mistakes. If you guys would seriously never hunt with your hunting buddies again because they made an honest mistake I'm glad I'm not your hunting buddy. Geez there's either a bunch of internet tough guys here or a bunch of perfect angels who have never made a mistake.
Respectfully disagree - the perfect angels are the ones calling the WDFW or making the buddy turn himself in under threat of reporting him as a poacher. The majority would be rightfully PO'd that their season is over because of a mistake the buddy made.
This is a good poll. I guess technically I'm a lawbreaker at heart - I feel the intent of the law is not to ruin a guy for making this mistake, but to prevent wonton waste of game, and that the waste of the deer is a greater crime than me tagging an animal I didn't shoot and my season ending sooner than it should. I tag the deer, chew his butt for being a *censored* and ending my season early for me, and if he gets lippy with me at all about it or isn't falling all over himself apologizing, I don't go hunting with him anymore. Can't trust him to not make that mistake again if he thinks it's "no big deal." I would start thinking it was all a story, and he saw the two bucks to begin with and couldn't resist dropping them both.
Skillet-
With all due respect...
My comment was pretty much based solely on this comment:
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After you arrive to help out your partner you realize that he has just shot and killed 2 absolutely twin 4x4 bucksIf he shot a dink 3x3 then a 180 4x4 popped up and he dumped that one too my story would be exactly opposite. Because the OP said twin 4x4's I chalk it up to an honest mistake that we do occasionally make....we are human after all. If that kind of mistake is what it takes to cost you a friend and a hunting partner, I don't want to be your hunting partner. Don't take that the wrong way, I'm not directing it specifically at you, just making conversation.
Post by: Lowedog on October 30, 2010, 09:39:07 AM
In that situation I would probably tag it. When I was first hunting deer at 12, there was this brother-in-law of one of my uncles who would sometimes be in our party who shot a deer then asked me to tag it. I thought it was weird, I refused, and later asked my dad about it. He told me that this guy would shoot as many deer as there were tags in the party and expect everyone to tag the animals. I wondered why something like that happened more than once. Lots of people seem to get tags for their wife or kids and try to tag everyone out so they have meat for the winter. Not hunting to me.
This goes on way more than we all know. Or maybe we do know and there isn't much that can be done. There are far too many people who feel it is fine to shoot animals for other people.
Post by: ouchfoss on October 30, 2010, 08:13:45 PM
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Post by: remington300mag on October 30, 2010, 09:40:33 PM
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Post by: 7mag. on November 14, 2010, 10:17:54 PM
Seems a lot of people are caught up in following the law to the letter, and don't stop to think for themselves. There is always special circumstances that make following the letter of the law not the right thing to do. It is impossible to right a law that covers every circumstance with one broad stroke.
Post by: ICEMAN on November 15, 2010, 07:00:56 AM
Post by: DeKuma on November 15, 2010, 07:40:45 AM
This site has gotten out of hand with internet angles who never make mistakes and are so eager to jump on someone who, by appearances, may have.
IF you trust your partner as you should, you would not hesitate in tagging it and knowing it was an honest mistake.
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Post by: grundy53 on February 11, 2011, 05:06:40 PM
I'd tag it too. There would be no "long quiet ride home" either. People make mistakes. If you guys would seriously never hunt with your hunting buddies again because they made an honest mistake I'm glad I'm not your hunting buddy. Geez there's either a bunch of internet tough guys here or a bunch of perfect angels who have never made a mistake.
Same for me.
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