Poor kid trying to help the family by getting some meat, possibly?
Did he leave the deer to waste before he saw the warden coming?
I see these deer in central and west central Texas protected to the point of overpopulation and starvation by the thousands in bad drought years. I hate to see white tails eating cactus with their ribs and spine showing in Jan.
Grown bucks dress out at 80 lbs and does at 55 in a lot of areas.
Just some thoughts most never consider.
Fire away.
I see where you are coming from, but we're probably a couple of generations past the time when the rural poor would go hungry if they didn't poach. If the kid is going hungry, it's because mom is trading her EBT cards for booze, meth, etc,. Also, if a deer is really needed, there are a lot better ways of going about it than shooting one out of your neighbor's yard. Most likely, the kid was bored and looking for a thrill.
