Originally Posted by RickBin
Laws and locations vary, but ...

Reduction to possession

Edited to add:

Which is to say, know your laws, because if you come upon “your” game animal, and someone else has reduced it to possession already, there is a better than average chance that the other party has LEGAL rights to that downed animal ... hunter’s ethics aside.


I can’t speak for other states, but in Montana, the killing shot is the one who is supposed to tag the animal…


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