What Would you do ???

[mrarcher62]

I have a moral question that i am not sure how to answer,
and would like your opinions!!

In our group of hunters we have 3 kids under 18, we get the younger hunters doe tags for the private land we hunt so they may experience hunting at it fullest the first time out. After they bag a doe, we no longer provide them a doe tag, and let it become their "moral choice" weather or not they do so in the future. My problem is this. We hunt where one side of the road is one county, and the other is another. Yesterday we had a 16 year old shoot a nice doe and it promptyl ran far enough to cross the road to the other county and went about 30 more yards. Now our permit allowed does in one county but wasnt for the other. we dragged the doe to the right side of the road after getting permission from the land owner, but i know this brings up some issues. Had we cleaned it on the other side and tagged it we could have been fined for violating I suppose. So what can a person do in this situation ???
any help would be appreciated :confused:

[nymph]

Sounds to me like you did everything right. Now I'm not a CO, but I would have a very difficult time giving someone grief over what you just described. Besides, if they did question where you shot the deer, I would have to believe that you could back-track some sort of blood trail to the origin of where the deer was shot.

just my .02


nymph

[fatboy]

This is a question best for boehr in the laws forum. but i believe that it is perfectly legal. the law is about where you shoot the deer and not where it dies.

[Ron L]

Ithink this would be similar to shooting a doe on state land, with the proper tags, and then having it run onto a farm before it dies. You contact the owner to retrieve the deer, but it's now on private land. Or vice versa.

I'd agree that it depends on where the deer is hunted and shot, not where it dies.

[mrarcher62]

Thanx for the input

I was just worried had we decided to clean the deer and tag it where it layed, that we could be opening ourselves up to problems based on technicalities since technically we would be tagging a deer out of its leagal area

I appreciate the responses

mrarcher62

[malainse]

I agree you did the right thing.....I also like the fact that you are taking the kids out into the field....you say a lot about yourself when........
#1 obtained permission from the land owner to get the deer.
#2. Posted question about you actions on this site.....

[dayooper]

I believe the law states that it is where you shoot the deer. Also, just a reminder for next time, the law also states that you need to tag the deer BEFORE you move it. It sounds like you had a greater chance of getting a ticket for an untagged deer than for using the wrong tag! ;)