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    Default 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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    Flip a coin to determine who gets what.

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    Default Re: Same Deer, two shooters.

    Quote Originally Posted by Emptymag View Post



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    Looks like someone got king Solomon involved with that one.

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    Default Re: Same Deer, two shooters.

    Quote Originally Posted by internet troll View Post
    Looks like someone got king Solomon involved with that one.
    LOL! First thing I thought of was "King Solomon", but didn't think anyone would understand the biblical reference - so I went with visual humor.

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    Default 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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    Ground rules should have been established upon first meeting.
    Gender confusion is a mental illness

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    Default Re: Same Deer, two shooters.

    Quote Originally Posted by Walleye Hunter View Post
    Ground rules should have been established upon first meeting.
    i think this is a Vital Solution, No issues if its something that has been already agreed on.

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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.
    Illegitimus non carborundum est

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    Default 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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    Default Re: Same Deer, two shooters.

    Hunter that puts it down gets the deer. That’s how I see it.

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