henn5849
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Deleted. Quoted wrong person.
You are incorrect. The first thing you MUST do upon finding your deer is tag it. You can gut it whenever you wish(no law on that). If you fear losing the tag, you can put it in your pocket til you get the deer to your truck. You do not want to be caught with an un-tagged deer by the DNR Nazis. Before removing it from the woods, you MUST enter the kill in big game harvest record. It is a hefty fine if you fail to do so in Md.
The regs say place of kill. It doesn't say upon recovery of the deer. This opens it up to inturpatation. To you it is whete the deer is found, to me it is before I leave the property I hunt on. The wording in the regs leaves a lot of argue room but one thing is clear for not be on the road with a deer that isn't taged.
You do not have to immediately check the deer in and put on harvest record. It is clear that you have 24 hours to do that part.
I was out of a stand but not real high maybe 12 feet up. And only at 25 yards.
On this farm I have shot more deer that didn't bleed for long time or only little bits here and there. For tracking I spend more time following the other signs this includes with my m.l. pistol 20 and 12 ga shot gun and arrows. Two years ago I using my m.l. pistol and made a bad hit. It hit to far back and littlerly gutted the deer I could see all the insides falling out. The deer ran several hundred yards before dieing not a single drop of blood could be found. I was able to recover that deer.
Read what I said. I am 100% correct. I did not say CHECK IT IN. I Said you have to log it in your harvest record before moving it. I will post the proof on next post.
Place of kill is where the animal died. Approximately 400.00 fine to move that deer without harvest record being filled out
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Don't know what you're talking about henn5849. I'm in full agreement with you. You are quoting my response to rickyp unless I just entered the Twylight Zone????? As to the fine, I know all about it, though not through personal experience.
I hate quoting people. I always mess it up. Sorry.
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A little late to the rodeo here, but I have to agree with If you kill it(and find it) you need to report it or you are a poacher. As for using up a antler tag ain't gonna happen was really disappointing to hear. Honor as a way of life!
The word is ethics.A little late to the rodeo here, but I have to agree with If you kill it(and find it) you need to report it or you are a poacher. As for using up a antler tag ain't gonna happen was really disappointing to hear. Honor as a way of life!
Crap, I didn't know you had to fill the harvest report in the field at kill sight. I thought you just needed the field tag, then you do the report when you get the conf#. Hard enough to do the field tag in the dark with frozen hands... ( I partly fill them out prior, just adding the date to it at the kill sight)
And yes I worry about the tag falling off during the drag and load up. DNR needs a sticker tag like some states have, it sticks around the antler base or a leg and is a tough material. Or a nose tag like Quebec bear LOL
All these game regs, and even the DNR police don't know 3/4 of them. How are we to know them all? geeze
The next time you drive over the speed limit, please make sure to write yourself a ticket for your infraction.
Don't forget to calculate how much over the speed limit you were going prior to mailing your payment to the MVA.
You need to report it or you are a menace.
Honor as a way of life. In all things. At all times.
That's what I thought...