One of my old neighbors went out yesterday and parked his truck close to the highway. He started walking to his stand, looked to his right and saw an 8 point standing there. He shot it with his bow and it took off running towards the road. While crossing the road the deer gets hit by a car and dies on the side of the road. Can he legally tag the deer at that time and take it home or does he have to call a game warden and see if he can get permission to take the deer since it was hit by a car? Or, does the deer belong to the person who killed it with the car if the game warden agrees to release the deer?
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The deer definitely does NOT belong to the guy who hit it with the car.
I think the regulation governing this actually says you can't keep any part of a deer that has been struck by a motor vehicle, but I bet the game warden would make an exception in this case (for the hunter). -
And if he tags the deer, claiming it as "his," is he then liable for the damage to the car that "his" deer caused?
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Hope it was a good un!
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Good one Snakelover! I was actually thinking that I hope he got a pass thru
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and the guy in the car must have been road hunting...Comment
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Tag the deer and take it home. Tell the guy to call his insurance company to fix his car. He was traveling at a unsafe speed. If he was traveling at a safe speed he would of been able to stop, so it was his fault he hit the deer.
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Nice one Swat791!Comment
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