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Thread: Same Deer, two shooters.
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December 2nd, 2018, 06:56 PM #1Banned
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Same Deer, two shooters.
Hey all, brand new to the forum. I've been hunting in Vermont for 7 years now, taken two deer over that time. This past weekend during our muzzleloader season, I was hunting a distant relative's property for the first time. One other gentleman was hunting there as well whom I actually bumped into on my way through the woods.
Around 8:30am, I had a line of doe come through and I placed a shot on the largest one I saw. About 60 seconds later I heard a shot presumably from the other hunter. As I got up to track the doe, I came upon him standing with the deer down about 50 yards from where I had shot.
My shot was a little far back, puncturing the diaphram and grazed the stomach from what I could tell. (Maybe a bit of lung? There was a pretty heavy bright blood trail) His shot was on the spine at the base of the neck.
We were both unsure what to do next. After a friendly conversation, dressing the deer together, and some hem and hawing, I decided to offer up the deer for him to tag.
Seems that this is a coin toss situation. Some people I talk to say first blood should take the harvest (within a reasonable distance), others say kill shot. I'm curious of your folks' input!
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December 2nd, 2018, 07:03 PM #2
Re: Same Deer, two shooters.
Flip a coin to determine who gets what.
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December 2nd, 2018, 07:03 PM #3
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I say you did fine. It was an amicable resolution. If you only have one tag, he is done and you get to spend more time in the woods, and he does not. Now if it was a trophy buck, I might have thought about it, but you can say closest shot won.
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December 2nd, 2018, 07:22 PM #4Grand Member
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Re: Same Deer, two shooters.
The rule I always heard it is the person who shot it last. You will never know if you would have found the deer if he didn't finish it.
But there are asshats that will shoot it on the ground and say its theirs. Thats when the arguments begin.
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December 2nd, 2018, 08:19 PM #5
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Hunter that puts it down gets the deer. That’s how I see it.
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December 2nd, 2018, 08:25 PM #6
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December 2nd, 2018, 08:27 PM #7
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December 2nd, 2018, 08:28 PM #8
Re: Same Deer, two shooters.
Our camp always use the first blood rule but as long as both sides are happy who cares.
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December 2nd, 2018, 08:30 PM #9
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Ground rules should have been established upon first meeting.
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