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So are you an ethical hunter. You make a mistake. Not enough points, doe by mistake whatever. Do you risk getting charged by a over zelous CO or walk away?
I'll start. I was in Wyoming in 2001 on a guided white tail hunt. Half dozen does, an eight point buck and another ten point buck were in the field. I liked the eight over the ten and took a 300+ shot on a the big eight. He went down like a ton of bricks.. I took my eyes off the deer for a second and my guide said he was up and running. He ran to a barb wired fence and was just about to jump over when my guide shouted shoot him again, shoot him again, so I very quickly shot him. Once again dropped like a ton of bricks.
After the high fives we walked over to the fence where a 10 point deer lie dead, not the one I originally shot. We walked over to my first shot where the 8 point from my first shot lie dead.
So here we are in the middle of nowhere with two dead bucks and only one tag. No one else around for miles.
After some discussion the guide drove to get cell reception and call the CO to report the incident.
When he arrived we explained what happened and he calmly said "no problem boys" He told the guide to go gut the two deer and bring them up to his truck as he wrote me out a $450.00 summons for shooting two deer.
He said I needed to give him the money that night and if I couldn't I would have to spend the night in lockup. I asked him if I was in the twilight zone and he got in my face and replied "NO, YOU ARE NOT IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE YOU ARE IN MY STATE OF WYOMING WHERE YOU SHOT TWO OF MY DEER AND IF YOU DON'T COME UP WITH THE MONEY YOU STAY IN LOCKUP UNTIL WE GET IT"
True story..
After reading this, what would you have done? What would you do?
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So are you an ethical hunter. You make a mistake. Not enough points, doe by mistake whatever. Do you risk getting charged by a over zelous CO or walk away?
I'll start. I was in Wyoming in 2001 on a guided white tail hunt. Half dozen does, an eight point buck and another ten point buck were in the field. I liked the eight over the ten and took a 300+ shot on a the big eight. He went down like a ton of bricks.. I took my eyes off the deer for a second and my guide said he was up and running. He ran to a barb wired fence and was just about to jump over when my guide shouted shoot him again, shoot him again, so I very quickly shot him. Once again dropped like a ton of bricks.
After the high fives we walked over to the fence where a 10 point deer lie dead, not the one I originally shot. We walked over to my first shot where the 8 point from my first shot lie dead.
So here we are in the middle of nowhere with two dead bucks and only one tag. No one else around for miles.
After some discussion the guide drove to get cell reception and call the CO to report the incident.
When he arrived we explained what happened and he calmly said "no problem boys" He told the guide to go gut the two deer and bring them up to his truck as he wrote me out a $450.00 summons for shooting two deer.
He said I needed to give him the money that night and if I couldn't I would have to spend the night in lockup. I asked him if I was in the twilight zone and he got in my face and replied "NO, YOU ARE NOT IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE YOU ARE IN MY STATE OF WYOMING WHERE YOU SHOT TWO OF MY DEER AND IF YOU DON'T COME UP WITH THE MONEY YOU STAY IN LOCKUP UNTIL WE GET IT"
True story..
After reading this, what would you have done? What would you do?
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