Leaving a deer in the woods to retrieve later...
#21
I have left deer in the woods overnight, because I could not find it during the night, but I have never left a deer in the woods that I had down. I would be setting myself up for disaster. If its down get it out, at least thats what I would do.
#22
I started my season off thinking I could hunt a couple of hours in the am then go to work. Seemed like a great idea but I needed to be at work at 8 so that left roughly 1 hour of shootable time. If I harvested an animal I would be late for work more than likely, and the what if's that ran thru my head ruined every hunt. After a couple of those hunts I just used that time to scout and did my true hunting when I knew I had the time to do it all. Guess what I'm saying is wait til you have all the time you need. It will make you more relaxed to hunt.
#24
agreed with these two gentlemen, if you are worried you won't have time to take care of it, then perhaps you should pass on the shot...you could always leave a bit earlier and still hunt your way back to home/truck
#25
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Md.eastern shore
Posts: 79
wouldnt do it !!
coyotes arnt a problem where I live but a friend had to leave a nice buck over night . He was hunting a federal area and the rule is off property by 8 pm!! no exceptions when he retreived what was left from coyotes it was a mess !! What a waste!!
#27
I bet if I called your Fish & Game there, they would DISPUTE that statement! I'd take and win that bet. Especially the way that statement is generalized.
Can't imagine all the deer that are left over night in the woods because they either can't find him immediately and are waiting 'til the morning for better tracking light OR...
...all the deer that are left over night simply because the shooter was uncomfortable with the hit and wanted to give time for the animal to expire. 'Round here in the lower states, we hunters have a saying... "When in doubt, back out".
Now if a hunter shoots a deer, locates it and leaves it over night, they should be required to tag it first. Then if the carcass encounters predation, spoilage, etc, the hunter is out the meat and the tag.
iSnipe
Can't imagine all the deer that are left over night in the woods because they either can't find him immediately and are waiting 'til the morning for better tracking light OR...
...all the deer that are left over night simply because the shooter was uncomfortable with the hit and wanted to give time for the animal to expire. 'Round here in the lower states, we hunters have a saying... "When in doubt, back out".
Now if a hunter shoots a deer, locates it and leaves it over night, they should be required to tag it first. Then if the carcass encounters predation, spoilage, etc, the hunter is out the meat and the tag.
iSnipe
Mike
#28
It sounds like some of you need to do some coyote management. I havent had much of a problem with coyotes in Ohio and Missouri. This Jan or Feb take a few of those guys out.
I would agree gut it, drag it away from the gut pile, and cover it with a few branchs and something with some human scent on it.
I would agree gut it, drag it away from the gut pile, and cover it with a few branchs and something with some human scent on it.
#29
For instance, when you quoted my thread, I clearly stated:
"Especially the way that statement is generalized."
I was referring to the fact that particular poster, aaalaska, wasn't entirely clear when he said "...anyone leaving an animal in the field over night should either be required to eat it or pay a fine for wasting the meat."
That's what I meant by "...that statement is generalized." and that specifically is what I was replying to.
To back it up a bit and to give aaalaska some credit, I do see when he replied, at the top of his reply it states "Leaveing a kill", so in a way, he does make some reference to what he was talking about. I didn't see that originally because most people have something like that in the actual post.
iSnipe
#30
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 157
I think if you locate the deer and tag it you would be fine. If you were to shoot, locate, and leave without tagging, it would be the same as poaching in my eyes. If you shoot and leave to let it expire, but have plans to come back a few hours later, you would be okay.