Hunters code

I always hunt with the same group of individuals. We all participate in the hunt equally physically and financially, (i supply a truck) we all get a share.
I live in Alberta as well and hunt with two other people. Our limit would be nine deer. We usually stop at two apiece. One we cut for steaks, roasts and burger, and one for sausage. Trophies belong to the shooter.
 
We normally take 2 moose out of our camp, with a growing family, it now gets split about 8 ways 2 sets grandparents, 8 sets kids, with our own growing families. Oldest grandkids getting near time to start their own brood. thankfully we also hunt other areas.
 
We hunt like a wolf pack - If one eats, we all eat.

Just the way it's always been - Kind of an unspoken understanding.

I'd feel really guilty if I got the critter and he helped me drag it out of the canyon, clean and skin it, load it on to the truck and he ended up not getting an animal and I didn't share it. I think you'd have to have a pretty tough hide to do that.
 
I don't eat it myself so my deer gets split between two seniors who can no longer get out hunting a friend and a brother,Better to give it to people who appreciate it instead of letting it get wasted in my freezer.
 
I haven't read this whole thread, but I hunt with 2 other guys and no matter what is shot, we split it all 3 ways. This is by prior spoken arrangement. I wouldn't just assume anything.
 
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We hunt like a wolf pack - If one eats, we all eat.

Just the way it's always been - Kind of an unspoken understanding.

I'd feel really guilty if I got the critter and he helped me drag it out of the canyon, clean and skin it, load it on to the truck and he ended up not getting an animal and I didn't share it. I think you'd have to have a pretty tough hide to do that.
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Amen
 
All these differing opinions are the reason I hunt alone when it comes to deer, when I do hunt them and that is quite rare. I had the privilege of hunting with a group of guys one season, it was an invite from a co-worker. At the end of the week I had witnessed them trespass on property they were not allowed on, steal some guys dog that ran a buck to them that they shot and then proceed to get into the most outrageous fight at the butcher shop after the meat was cut and wrapped over who was entitled to what amount of meat based on who had missed days on the hunt, who shot etc. I never saw such unsportsmanlike like conduct in my life and that was the last time I ever hunted with a group again.
The people I hunt waterfowl with are much more gentlemanly,there is never any argument over who takes what. It is just a given that we split our harvest equally.
 
You shoot it, you tag it, you get it, you dog the next deer.The farmers get one or two summer sausage deer.I keep one for myself,a couple other guys keep there's and three others don't eat it,so there are lots of tags and lots for the farmers.As some one said I like to shoot my freezer deer as quality of shot is important,blowing stomach all over a deer is not in the best interest for an eater. Ps spots are important in the freezer not racks!
 
I got in with some guys last year that have been hunting together for like 30 years. I'm half their age, and have only been hunting for a few years. We only got 1 deer last year, but we all got a share of the meat, myself included. I thought this was pretty awesome! Everyone that is at the camp gets an equal share of any game taken.
 
Yah I agree .
Here is another snairo you and a bud go hunting he shoots a deer end of a cut block you get it ouit together
 
I just think there could be more fights with the " helping a friend out way " rather then
spliting it . You shoot deer, call him, he comes and helps . He shoots deer, calls you your busy
with live you cant come and help now he might get pissy.
 
All details should be decided and agreed to ahead of time.
An important consideration is who gets to shoot. A lot of trips have been ruined over this. If two are together, it is common for who sees it shoots it. But this is entirely unsatisfactory, because the game is usually seen by both parties, about the same time.
A system I worked out is by time. Starting out in the morning, prime time, agree on fifteen minute time period for a shooter. Flip to see who gets first time period and during that time period any game seen is shot by the designated party. In fifteen minutes you change shooters. I have never seen a problem with this plan.
In some groups where hunters are alone from each other, first hunter to see game fills all tags, if he can. I will have no part of this. If I think there is the slightest chance that one person my do this, I make it crystal clear ahead of time. My tag is my tag and no one else can use it. The first time I went with a well known hunter and told him this, he couldn't believe what he was hearing, but I wouldn't give. He said what if he accidentally shot two moose? Looks like you would have a problem, doesn't it?
No problem can arise, if everything is clear ahead of time.
 
The group i usually hunt with shares all our deer, but i do a trip or two a year with some buddies and we dont share the deer. We all give 100% to get the deer back to camp tho, noone hesitates to lend a hand recovering.
 
My buddies had a moose permit this year, not me.

One buddy had a quad but no truck to tow it with. I did and provided truck. We traveled together, we all contributed food and beer, I did most of the cooking, one got the moose, I'm the designated gutter for some reason, we did all the rest of the work together and at the end I got 1/3 of a moose.
 
"Hunter's Code" to me implies a pretty universally accepted set of rules and I don't think there is such a thing. For the situation described, unless the two involved have agreed something specific in advance there is nothing, but personally I would feel an obligation to keep hunting with my partner until he got a deer too, and offer the same help he gave me. If he didn't get a deer I'd share mine, but I wouldn't say he necessarily gets half.
 
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When party hunting we split the meat evenly between all the hunters that participated in the hunt, the exception being that the shooter gets the tenderloins. When myself and a friend are hunting together we split it down the middle. For example a couple years ago I shot my calf moose, my friend helped me load it, gut it, butcher it, and he got half. The following year he got the buck and I got half the meat. Everyone is happy this way from what I've experienced.
 
The only hunter's code I know of is to make sure you know what is expected before you start. In 1968 we called it "being straight" with each other. It likely has a new name now, but it will be the same sort of stuff. If you can't be straight with the guys who are hunting with you, you should find some other friends.
 
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