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One time, at band camp........

I remember one night in St. Maries (that St Joe country- we were working out of Calder Ranger Station) about 2 am on a July night seeing a Bronco come down main street with an elk tied on top.

Since we were all underage and drunk it was probably a wise decision not to flag down the Sheriff car we passed a couple blocks later... Don't know outcome.

I know of three instances where porcupines were initially mistaken for bears - two of them I was involved in, but only one where I made the ID... alpine country, and it took the spotting scope to sort it out. Biggest danged porky I ever saw, too.

Points for effort seem deserving of the situation at least.

What does donkey taste like?

Sadly when I read the original article, I thought it was an anomaly .
In my wildest dreams I can't image the mistake much less all the others
posted.
My MO was to try to bait the resident hunters who want to ban the nonresident
hunters because they do stupid things,wanton waste, not safe in wilderness , etc....
The shooter being a resident being the irony.

We are our own worst enemies.

I have heard of guys mistaking turkey vultures for wild turkeys.

If he had turned himself in, admitting his screw up what would have happened to him?

I can match that, a couple of older Italians used to come from Melbourne each year to shoot black ducks, they shot them, processed them, and took them home for their families to eat...that's right, you guessed it they were shooting crows.

It has been the local joke here for some considerable time, mainly because they simply would not be convinced that the birds were not "black ducks".

When I was in my early 20's I was hunting at Fort Hunter Liggett in CA. In the low-light early evening, I almost mistook a tule elk for a deer (I had a doe tag, so horns were not an issue). At that time, I had never seen a tule elk before, but didn't shoot because I knew it was too large for a coastal blacktail. I could see making an error based on inexperience, but trying to cover it up is another matter.

This year in GMU 18, Colorado, a bow hunter did just that. Shot a cow moose thinking it was a cow elk! Colorado has a law that if you turn yourself in the fine ain't as heavy. Turned out just so. He was a local too! Good enough to kill with a bow but not good enough to tell the difference??? Retired game officer told us this story. We all just scratched our heads!

Not much typically. Here in Colorado we typically use a basic regulation violation that'll run someone about $70 for a self reported accidental kill(spike on a cow tag, etc) or a careless hunting ticket (usually $500 for killing the wrong species), often followed with a few written warnings. Don't self report and take care of the meat, you often get the book thrown at you.

I've spent a few months there, would love to hunt it! It was the only time I've seen elk in person, also the old mission out there is pretty cool!

That is very reasonable.

I can beat this story. I went up to Utah to visit a friend, opener of deer season was that day. The hills were full of horses and riders both wearing full blaze camo. I thought, how crazy are they?

That night on the news, a guy had been shot off his 4 wheeler while riding down the road with a deer on the back of the 4 wheeler!

I've seen it happen to mule deer in WT only zones...you think people would know but they either don't or just shoot and ask questions later. Just want to kill something so they can be a "hunter".

tastes like ass

You seem experienced. What does ass taste like?

well Donkey of course!

unless you were serious, in that case it was a metaphor and a play on words or "pun". (ass is another word for donkey)

I'm surprised no one quipped on it earlier. must be one of them mornings

Wonder how many reading this thread have been guilty of shooting the wrong animal. I'll bet a few.

I know a donkey is also called an ass, and no, I wasn't serious.