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Warbirdog
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I thought I would run this by you bowhunters.
Over the past 4 years I have found three dead bucks on my property. I have a 1/2 mile long parcel, that has a creek filled with olives and cedars in it. All these deer had a broken off arrow in them. I observed another buck in Jan of this year, he was very thin, and had an arrow sticking out of his shoulder area. I found him dead in Feb.
So I have this jar of arrows sitting on my desk. Taken from deer that bed here but that are being shot on the neighbors property.
I would like to see the F&G Dept pass a regulation that would require all archers to have id on every arrow in their possession. One of those golf club type stickers. Name, address and phone.This way I can notify the hunter when I find his deer. If he won't come and get it and surrender his tag I'll let the local C.O. do it. Irealize that a good killing shot usually passes through the deer, but poor one don't
Would you guys object to this and if so, why?
Gordo
Over the past 4 years I have found three dead bucks on my property. I have a 1/2 mile long parcel, that has a creek filled with olives and cedars in it. All these deer had a broken off arrow in them. I observed another buck in Jan of this year, he was very thin, and had an arrow sticking out of his shoulder area. I found him dead in Feb.
So I have this jar of arrows sitting on my desk. Taken from deer that bed here but that are being shot on the neighbors property.
I would like to see the F&G Dept pass a regulation that would require all archers to have id on every arrow in their possession. One of those golf club type stickers. Name, address and phone.This way I can notify the hunter when I find his deer. If he won't come and get it and surrender his tag I'll let the local C.O. do it. Irealize that a good killing shot usually passes through the deer, but poor one don't
Would you guys object to this and if so, why?
Gordo
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Having said that I would do it. I'd be tickled if I lost a deer and someone called me to say they found it.
That being said, would you also like to make firearm hunters have their name etched on their bullet or a ballistics match on file to do the same? I would challenge most firearm hunters to claim to shoot and practice 1/2 as much as a dedicated archery hunter.
BTW, I would like to know if a deer that I shot, regardless of the weapon used, and I didn't find, was found.
I lost one with a gun. [V]
All of the bowhunters that I know would be tickled pink to have someone call and tell them that they found their buck. Most would willingly surrender their tag for it too, if they had one available. I would not make it mandatory though. Everyone who hunts a lot has lost a deer or two. Unfortunately, it is part of hunting.