Shooting someone else's injured buck - etiquette question

[Bullkllr]

I know this topic had me looking for an injured animal today.
Found some blood,while taking my wife hunting.
Couldn't figure it out , anybody ever find blood from a doe in heat.
It was strange, hopefully not the buck my wife has been looking for.

So I'm saying this topic sucks.,sure hope I'm not finding one .

I killed a buck by following a blood trail I found in the snow. Blood was from a fresh muzzle-loader ball in the hindquarter. No other hunters in the area.

Can't imagine a doe in heat leaving a trail.

[fishngamereaper]

No right or wrong answer necessarily....

But this thread reinforces why I avoid general season public land hunts....

[OutHouse]

This is a really interesting and thought provoking thread!

It really is, good learning opportunity. I learned a lot from another recent thread that discussed having a loaded magazine in a vehicle (but not inserted into the rifle) and whether that was a violation. A few weeks later that came up as a buddy and I were driving up to where we hunt elk.

Exactly. I read that one as well and had to re-think some things. The best threads are ones where upon first read you have to contemplate the issues and consider competing sides/arguments to formulate your own opinion. I love this site!

[Tball77]

If an animal was shot in the kneecap or thru an area that would only cause it pain and suffering that would not “piss on it” and mark it theirs.  Vital shot means toast inside of 100 yards.  If it’s outside that perimeter and still moving good it’s not your animal.  We as hunters don’t mark our game by putting holes in them.  We mark are game by not letting them run

[EnglishSetter]

Just for consideration, some Alaska rules require you to fill out (void) your tag if you wound a big game animal and don't recover it.