Bambistew
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The live sheep hunt on Bowsite is an interesting situation, but unfortunately not uncommon. http://forums.bowsite.com/tf/bgforums/thread.cfm?forum=12&threadid=445655&MESSAGES=29&FF=12#4072030
Brings up question that I see from time to time. Who's animal is it, the one who draws blood, or the one who kills it? Drawing mortal blood is one thing, drawing non-fatal or prolonged death blood is all together another IMO. I'm not sure I've heard of an animal killed and claimed days after the initial shot, seems like its usually just after the shot or within an hour or two.
So who's ram is it when its finally killed? At what point does your ownership of a wounded animal end? Once he gives up chase, or some other reasonable time? Reason I ask is because the stink that came from the other guys going after a ram that the original shooter couldn't identify as "his" ram. Pretty balzy move to sneak in on an animal that was spotted by someone else, but then again... loose lips... and there are lots of assholes in the hunting world.
What if you found the ram 3-7 days later and put an arrow in it, only later to find the previous wound. Would you look for the owner of the previous wound? What if you were to find original shooter, would you give it up to him after you packed it off the mountain?
I had a mortally wounded elk taken from me when I was about 17. The thing was dead on its feet, squirting blood out both sides of his rib cage. Another hunter shot it after it went about 50 yards over a small ridge and dropped it. The foot race was on, and he won... one of the craziest hunting moments of my life.
Brings up question that I see from time to time. Who's animal is it, the one who draws blood, or the one who kills it? Drawing mortal blood is one thing, drawing non-fatal or prolonged death blood is all together another IMO. I'm not sure I've heard of an animal killed and claimed days after the initial shot, seems like its usually just after the shot or within an hour or two.
So who's ram is it when its finally killed? At what point does your ownership of a wounded animal end? Once he gives up chase, or some other reasonable time? Reason I ask is because the stink that came from the other guys going after a ram that the original shooter couldn't identify as "his" ram. Pretty balzy move to sneak in on an animal that was spotted by someone else, but then again... loose lips... and there are lots of assholes in the hunting world.
What if you found the ram 3-7 days later and put an arrow in it, only later to find the previous wound. Would you look for the owner of the previous wound? What if you were to find original shooter, would you give it up to him after you packed it off the mountain?
I had a mortally wounded elk taken from me when I was about 17. The thing was dead on its feet, squirting blood out both sides of his rib cage. Another hunter shot it after it went about 50 yards over a small ridge and dropped it. The foot race was on, and he won... one of the craziest hunting moments of my life.
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