Two Hunters Shoot the Same Buck, Owner Decided with Coin Toss

2 years ago I had this exact same situation. Saw the buck chasing a doe and passed on him. He ran on the neighbors property and the neighbor shot 3 times hitting him once in the leg just as the one pictured is. Buck comes back by me and I dropped him. After a short discussion on his shot vs mine I kept the deer.

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if that landowner hadn't shot it, then the boy probably wouldn't even have "just a picture of the the deer"

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I totally agree but we are talking about an 11 year old kid. I would have given it up in a second.

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no way could I claim a deer that an 11 year old shot and tracked.. idk but seems like a dick move

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i thought the same exact same thing, hat

but, then again, i wasn't out in the field fighting with a eleven year old over future grilled strap


you gotta give the deer to the kid though

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me too, my friend, me too

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I dont know. I think the 11 year old needs to learn when you shoot a deer in the freaking leg you screwed up big time As a father I would not give my son the option in this scenario

I'd have given the kid the deer.

Adult may be a different story. But a kid? Come on.

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it was certainly a lesson learned for the boy

gotta put a kill shot on it if you it baw

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I agree, if it was my kid I wouldn't want the kid to keep the deer, he did not kill it. It's a good lesson for him to learn.

If I was the property owner though, it would depend on how often I managed to get a deer on my property. If I was hurting for deer, I may keep it.

Good lesson for the young man. Shoot better.

In the days past didnt you just call 'hide or horns'?

I had the same thing happen to me last year. I heard a shot right on the property line 10 min later I can hear something crashing though the woods. A young 8 point bleeding from his shoulder comes stumbling in the field. I immediatley finish the deer off. Not five min later a kid maybe 16 comes walking into my food plot without wearing any orange on the same trail the deer used and the same direction I had just shot. I was PISSED first it was a deer we wouldnt shoot and bc this kid came crashing through our property and the food plot. I told him to get the eff off my property and to meet me at my camp after dark to get the deer. I gave the deer to the kid and explained to him and his dad that under no circumstances were they to ever step foot on our property again. I gave him nd his dad my number and told them to call if it ever happens again and we would get the deer for them.

part of me says I would have taken a pic with me the deer and the kid who shot it and let him have it.. there will always be more deer and it's for a kid.. the other part says, back strap and the kid will learn to shoot better and never forget losing out on the deer.. I'd probably give it up

You sound real fun.