December 08, 2005 at 4:50pm
You guys are quick to jump all over one another. Lets keep it clean are they will delete the post. as for my comments on "unsportsman like crap", that was from a post a few months ago where some of these guys called fenced ranch hunting not a sport. my argument stated that there are many different types of ranches, and not all were easy hunting. but as one guy stated, in this post, "the doe would follow him to the stand". If that was the case with this deer, thats not a trophy. just to clarify, I would have shot this deer deader than a door knob, especially IF I didn't see the tag, but that tag is very visible. and I probably still would have shot him if I did see the tag, in the spur of the moment. Its just ashame that he probably didn't get the chance to breed in the wild.
like hank said, the thought that it was tagged will always be there when you see him mounted on the wall. If you do consider this a trophy, than leave the tag in the ear when it is mounted, and be proud of it. talk about a conversation piece in your house. people mount ducks with bands, same thing right?
On another note, if he was tagged and not chipped, he was more than likely intended for breeding purposes only, not hunting on the ranch that he came from. If that's the case, he was worth well over $7000, but you guys are right, the hunter is not responsible for this in any way. But that also means he was pretty tame, and monitored constantly, and comfortable with human contact. If he was chipped, the taxidermist will find it, usually high on the back of the neck. My question is, would this deer go in the record books? they don't allow pinned deer in B&C, would the fact that this deer got loose make it eligible?
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