A young man was out hunting alone, and shot his first buck. Proud of his accomplishment, he laid his gun against a tree, and took his knife from his pack to go gut it.
As he was about to make the slice, he remembered the law said it had to be tagged first, so he pulled his tag from his pocket, and tied it on the antler.
As he picked up his knife, his "DEAD" deer revived, it had only been stunned by a glancing bullet!
Up it jumps and runs away! With only his knife in hand, he gives chase! And just over the creast, he hears a shot, and he is crestfallen. Oh no!
He comes over the rise, and sees another hunter approaching his downed buck.....
"My.....deer!.".. he pants.
"What? Like hell it's your, i just shot it." Says the hunter.
"TAG......MY........TAG! "....and points to the marker.
The hunter examines the tag, turns and stares at the young boy and declares " if you are man enough to tag it then run it down with a knife, that deer is yours!"
