Whose deer is it?
Scenario 1:
More than one person hunting same piece of land (private or public). Shot/arrow fired by hunter 1 (H1), deer runs, hunter 2 (H2) fires shot/arrow at fleeing deer. Second wound did not stop the deer in its tracks. Deer expires. Two wounds are present.
Scenario 2:
H1 fires shot/arrow mortally wounding deer. The deer runs and lays down under H2 stand. H2 finishes off mortally wounded deer.
Scenario 3:
Deer shot. Runs onto neighboring land and expires.
I am pretty sure the answer to scenario 3 is that the deer belongs to the land owner. Whether or not they fired any shot/arrow.
Scenario 4:
Similar to scenario 1. Deer wounded by H1 at dusk. Not recovered that night. Next morning H2 goes to his/her stand/blind in the dark. The sun comes up and the deer is expired at the foot of the stand/blind. H1 comes walking through the woods to find the deer at the foot of H2 stand.
I have not had any of these scenarios happen to me, but I am curious to hear what ya'll think and say.
Happy hunting,
Dreaming Man / Tim Parrish
Scenario 1:
More than one person hunting same piece of land (private or public). Shot/arrow fired by hunter 1 (H1), deer runs, hunter 2 (H2) fires shot/arrow at fleeing deer. Second wound did not stop the deer in its tracks. Deer expires. Two wounds are present.
Scenario 2:
H1 fires shot/arrow mortally wounding deer. The deer runs and lays down under H2 stand. H2 finishes off mortally wounded deer.
Scenario 3:
Deer shot. Runs onto neighboring land and expires.
I am pretty sure the answer to scenario 3 is that the deer belongs to the land owner. Whether or not they fired any shot/arrow.
Scenario 4:
Similar to scenario 1. Deer wounded by H1 at dusk. Not recovered that night. Next morning H2 goes to his/her stand/blind in the dark. The sun comes up and the deer is expired at the foot of the stand/blind. H1 comes walking through the woods to find the deer at the foot of H2 stand.
I have not had any of these scenarios happen to me, but I am curious to hear what ya'll think and say.
Happy hunting,
Dreaming Man / Tim Parrish