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What's with the comments regarding "1st blood"? Obviously the 1st blood drawn was not fatal and if an organized drive wasn't held chances are the deer would have survived.

Hunters safety course and the "moral rule" I have always gone by for 45 years is the hunter who fires the 1st fatal or mortal wound gets the animal.

That's bullschidt. Learn how to shoot, and then you don't have to worry about who shot it first.

When the buck is large, things get more interesting. BTDT

First lethal hit has always been my thought on it.

A rodeo is always waiting to happen. Even to the best.

Had one Deer looking over his back, and in the shadows I would have sworn I was looking at the chest. Not until it put its head down to feed did I realize I was looking at its ass.

Village People? Not even close.

I teach Hunter Education and don't recall any text regarding "the moral rule". That said, I don't care 'cause I only hunt on private ground and I give most of the deer that I shoot to Hunters For The Hungry. In Nebraska, hunters have to have landowner permission to trespass, including recovering wounded or dead game.

Dan, your cousin was/is a dick. You can tell him I said so.

I agree, it's B's deer (to do with as he decides).

Dale

Early morning fog did that to me a few years back. Only I shot the deer, turns out I hit it in the hindquarter and the 200 gr Hornady from the 358 plowed on through to the vitals.

Schitt Happens,

Dale

This!!

This is why bucks have 2 antlers. Hunter A gets one side, Hunter B gets the other. Lol

Of course you give the deer to your buddy. That's the sportsmanlike thing to do.

But it's a different issue from that of who is legally entitled to the deer.

The deer belongs to B, since he is the one who deprived the deer of its natural liberty.

amazing how wound up folks get over a flipping deer.....

I would have a long time ago, now I wouldn't think twice. I might call you a few stupid names.... as to your intelligence level but you want it you can have it.

Its meat and antlers maybe.... I can get more where that came from.

BC Buck? Who cares, its just a number. Really. How I hunt and harvest means way more to me than the inches.... I just shot the largest buck I've ever harvested a few months ago. Likely the largest I"ll ever shoot also.
A doe I have on the wall still means a lot more to me...

dvd - I still have a light jacket just like that-un.
Treebark ?

In your instance that buck was yours!!



In the OP hypothetical - hunter B. ----hunter A did not kill the deer.


Jerry

35 years ago I was Hunter B following my friend, Hunter A, down an old logging road. It was sub-zero weather. Hunter A was making a lot of noise on the frosty trail. I hung back about 75 yards, watching.

Hunter A snaps a twig and I see antlers raise up. I aim and fire my Remington 760 pump and hear a weak "click", the super cold weather had solidified the oil/grease in the rifle's action.

Hunter A hears me say "deer". Hunter B shoots it and hits it but not a killing shot. My next round fired OK and killed the deer.

Hunter B claimed it was his before I said a word. I simply congratulated him and then we proceeded on a five hour uphill drag back to camp.

I didn't think it was worth making an enemy.

Wouldn't want a buck that someone else hit, would give it to hunter A. Probably a lot of bloodshot meat....

It's reassuring to hear many of the answers here. Nice to know most care more about those they hunt with more than what goes home with whom. Seen it happen both ways and made the difference who I shared hunting camps with.

One year we worked real hard to help Hunter A get a moose. He did draw first blood, but "hypothetically" his moose wound up with a bit of extra lead (and/or perhaps a monolithic metal thingy) in it. After we heard the initial shot my partner and I circled back to find "A" walking in circles in front of the small hill we told him to sit on (looking for blood). I went in front of the hill and my buddy climbed up the back of the hill to look for said moose. Suddenly buddy yells from the hill and I hear his .338 barking...holy schitt....there was lead flying overhead. Then he points me in a downhill direction and I take off running (in hip waders no less). I run and stop to look and he yells, "50 f**king yards so I run some more. After about 4 iterations of the 50 f**king yard game I can just see a moose's back about 150 yards out. Being completely out of breath, I adjust down a bit and turn loose the mono-metal. Bam, he magically drops!

Happy Hunter A, and we even convinced him his bullet was what killed that moose.

Happy Hunter A!!



I/we'd do it again in a heartbeat!

Haha country I guess I'll call you tomorrow and see what has happened on the farm to start this thread.

I only had this happen one time. A guy from our camp jumped a buck up above me, and missed it with his first shot. It ran towards me and I missed with my first shot. His second shot hit it, and I couldn't hold off in time to keep from shooting it too. No big deal as far as I was concerned-his deer, and I congratulated him on it. His shot might, or might not have been fatal. My shot hit it in the head, so it was dead right there. Still doesn't matter. 'Glad one of our guys went home with the deer, and there was never any dispute whatsoever.

That shirt is long gone, my guide on a Quebec caribou hunt took a shine to it so I gave it to him