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Would you turn in someone you know?
#11
RE: Would you turn in someone you know?
It would depend on the violation. Shooting out of a car, killing and wasting game, poaching at night, poaching out of season....If it's on my hunting turf, someones gonna get hurt. Then I'm calling it in and I'll testify.
As for the dumb stuff or honest mistakes. I'd probably talk to the guy or be quietand just mumble to myself about it.
As for the dumb stuff or honest mistakes. I'd probably talk to the guy or be quietand just mumble to myself about it.
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 2,435
RE: Would you turn in someone you know?
It would depend on the violation. Shooting out of a car, killing and wasting game, poaching at night, poaching out of season....
Original question...
If someone you know killed more deer than they are allowed or didn't tag a deer would you turn them it to the law.
#14
RE: Would you turn in someone you know?
I think I would pretend the law breaker was an illegal alien and I was the US Govt. I'd look the other way.
Seriously, I wouldn’t continue to hunt with someone who broke the law, but I doubt I'd turn them in unless it was very serious.
#17
RE: Would you turn in someone you know?
There are a lot of "ifs" involved. To use some non-hunting analogies, I'm not going to turn someone in forrunninga stop sign or driving70 in a65 zone. But a drunk driver or teenager driving recklessly all over the interstate will have me grabbing for the cell phone. By the same token, if someone is spotlighting deer for their racks, or hunting waterfowl during nesting season, I'll call the law in a New York minute. But I'm not going to lose sleep over someone dropping a deer 5 minutes before legal shooting hours.
#18
RE: Would you turn in someone you know?
If they were wasting game or shooting out of season, I might turn them in. Its hard to say as nothing like that has ever happened to me. I did turn in a neigbor once for chasing deer off the fields on opening morning.
#19
RE: Would you turn in someone you know?
I posted this poll because of the complaints that people have with telecheck in Kentucky. Many people blame all the problems on the telecheck system. There is non stop crying about how some are getting away with taking more deer than they should (a one buck per year here) but they do nothing about it. I just think if they aren't going to do anything about the known violations then they should shut their cry baby pie hole. They want to blamethe system but don't want to do anything to make it better.
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: WV
Posts: 4,484
RE: Would you turn in someone you know?
As I believe both Lanse and James B. indicated, violations vary, as well as the likelihood of myself reporting the violater. I have called the law for one incident regarding game law violation. In that instance, the violater wasted several animals by leaving them lay. I couldn't stomach that and did the right thing I believe.
This person was someone I know, but do not consider a friend. I've never had to question the ethics of my true friends
This person was someone I know, but do not consider a friend. I've never had to question the ethics of my true friends