Yes. You should be fined.
It seems people that are concerned if it was a buck or a doe, or think that this particular instance the hangmans noose should be tightened perhaps have forgotten what hunting is about.
To me I care less whether party hunting is allowed or not, It was merely an example offered that showed sometimes laws are not one size fits all and often times such as the caliber and tag with the mount merely a way to tighten the screws.
I was in Bowbells at the advisory meeting the year Hildenbrand announced this new law went into effect requiring tags to be on deer forever.
I asked how they would determine 5 years down the road what deer had been shot before the law and that people would be assumed guilty would be required to prove our innocence as a result of this law. He claimed to everyone there it was not intended to be used in that manner. I asked why have the law then.
That winter at an archery shop I walked in as the warden was telling the fella that owned it he would have to provide documentation of some sort as to when the deer on his wall were shot..........
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GST... you are not do well in arguing your point.
So if a dad is an A-hole and shoots his kid's deer, we should change the law because he is not going to follow the law anyway??? That is some solid logic.
I don't care if he is on a fixed retired military income, I appreciate HIS service, but that doesn't give YOU any more right to shoot an extra buck. If he really wanted venison, sounds like you took care of it by sending a couple deers worth of meat back with him. However, you paying for the shipping doesn't give you the right to shoot two bucks.
Could you show where I said the law should be changed?? We are talking about implementing laws (caliber limitations, ect) that have flaws with in them that often the G&F care little about.
Can you show where I assumed it gave me the "right" to shoot two bucks or that they were even bucks?
Would you be alright with it if they were two does?
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you're really equating walleyes to deer on THIS web site after all the bitching about not getting a tag for years? ha ha
if it took five years to draw a walleye tag you bet your sweet ### people would care
For those claiming it is the law, what is the difference if it is a goose or a deer?
Antlers seem to make people a bit crazy.
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I think others have covered this already, but it's much different because none of the other things you mention are lottery-based. Party hunting encourages people to fill tags for their relatives and buddies that otherwise never would have applied at all, thus diluting the lottery.
Aren't you "Mr. One-Tag System"? I forget... If so, you of all people should be interested in increasing your chances in the lottery.
there are laws making it illegal so why is breaking those any different?