Used up a tag for being humane

WestIslandRifle said:
i think a 223 wound of been a through maybe a 17 hmr ?, it was probaly someone shooting and it got hit or maybe some dumb as* kids thinking it was fun to do
Click to expand...

I don't think a .17HMR would cause the devastation inside the leg we found. That leg was a mess inside. The round hit a bone inside the leg then skipped straight down the leg.

Granted I've never seen what damage a .17HMR could cause....
 
Good on you; at least there are still a few decent hunters out there.

My one observation is, I'd not discount the possibility the animal was shot in a defensive action. Maybe I just try to see good too often though.
 
Good on you for sure.

Playing the devils hand .... Bears some times get a little to close for comfort.. Younger ones at that. If all I had was a .22 and one was not going away.... Sorry bear.. Its for my own survival.
 
Neo said:
x2

Lots of guys will shoot lots of bigger bears this season, but this one says more about the guy who killed it than any record book could ever say.

Good on you!
Click to expand...

I would have to agree with all statements. To have done the right thing instead of waiting for the "trophy" Hopefully next year that sow will be even bigger and you can tag out on it.

W
 
NorthernMopar said:
Good on you; at least there are still a few decent hunters out there.

My one observation is, I'd not discount the possibility the animal was shot in a defensive action. Maybe I just try to see good too often though.
Click to expand...

Not to bring any negativity into this , but he said there was a whole 6lbs of meat, assuming that the other legs was done for , that leaves one good rear and the fronts for 6 pounds. Don't think i would be too concerned about a bear that weighs a total of 40-50-lbs. If I'm off on the size call me on it OP but defense is probably not the reason. Much more likely to be someone just making a bad shot, it happens and it sucks when it does but you can't condemn a guy for one wounded animal if there was no mal-intention and he thought he could kill it clean imo
 
Good stuff.l recently read a post about a bunch of guys that randomly blast just about everything after the close of hunting season for fun.You are a true sportsman in my opinion.
 
Well done Drache - I hope you get a good chance at a super big bear on your next bear hunting trip.
 
Mighty Peace said:
x2 what Neo said.

I would talk to the Wildlife Officer and show him the bear and the hide and explain the story. They may issue you another tag.

My buddy took a bull moose a few years back. When dressing out the bull , we noticed his hind leg on one side felt soft at the knee...seemed broken. When we got back to camp and began skinning the bull out we got an aweful smell and seen green around the knee, and also a small bullet hole in the bone and hide (22lr sized).

We went to the butcher, butcher said the meat was tainted and unsuitable for consumption. We talked to FW witht he butcher also, and FW issued a new tag. Only bad thing was there was only 10 days left inthe calling season and we already had our tripo and days off. We tried to get the late-November season tag but no go. Didnt make sense but oh well.
Click to expand...

Just for the record ... Anytime wild game is taken a tag must be cut. Even if its a mortally wounded animal on the side of the road. Leagally if you do not have a hunting license or or tags , or the animal is out of season the animal must be euthanized by F&W or RCMP otherwize you are in a position to be cited by F&W. If you think you can dump an animal because " You think in may not survive " think again ! I have read articals that state " even if you see a deer that has as many as 2 broken legs, you are not to put the animal down, as it is most likely to survive. " Often animals that are wounded by gunshot become septic and die hard ... however do not ever underestimate the abillity of an animal to recover from a wound that was inflicted by something like being hit by a car. If it walks away and its jaw is not broken it will likely survive. Any time you take wild game " wounded or not !" it must be in season and you must cut a tag !

I second Mighty Peace ... F&W may very well issue another tag depending on the circumstances ... although i would not count on it.

I personally have seen in the past 5 years, 1st an elk thats Skull was so badly broken his antler pulled the top of his eye socket into his eye and had completely healed. The injury was noticed at " Artistic wildlife Creations " a local taxidermist when the animal was being mounted. The mount is now hanging on the wall at River Sportsman in Campbell River.

2nd A friend of mine took a Cougar 2 years ago thats Skull was likely kicked in by an Elk, So Badly it was completly twisted in the center. At first we thought it was a birth defect but upon closer inspection you could see where it had bin cracked and the calcium had grown back over.

I do commend you Drache for taking a weakend animal ... but even more so for doing by the laws that are set to protect are precious game !
 
drache said:
So a friend and I were out bear hunting yesterday trying to find a big sow we knew was in the area when we came across the tracks of a small bear and a lot of blood. We decided to follow it just to see what the blood was about.

We finally got sight of small 2 year old black bear and through the scope you could see the rear leg all bloody and he was barely walking.

He was put him down with a single round from a CZ-858 (which makes a big exit wound BTW) and when we got up to the bear there was a small hole in his flank.

It appeared to be tiny like a .22 sized hole so we though someone had shot him in the rump with a .22LR and no apparent exit wound. It wasn't until we actually skinned him that the damage was more apparent. The small round went into the rump, hit bone, then traveled down the leg making a decent amount of damage as it went down. So not a .22LR due to the amount of damage but a really small hole none the less. Maybe .223 or something like that?

The wound was fresh enough that it had to have happened that day.

Not a whole lot of meat on this poor guy but using up a tag was worth it to end his suffering.
Click to expand...
A good deed done and my hat is off to you for doing what you did.
 
There used to be a really good timber choked beaver pond we hunted waterfowl on years ago. There was a group of guys that hunted together I knew and none of them owned a dog and why they would choose to hunt this particular thick pond with little way of recovering birds was well beyond me. I can remember suggesting to one of them several times that they should hunt where they could recover their birds easier. I owned a trained dog back in those days and as there was no Sunday hunting at that time I would get up early Sunday morning after I knew they had been there on a Saturday evening shooting the birds coming in to roost and I would don my waders, clip on my bird strap and whistles, then set my dog out to work the pond and whole area surrounding it. I had many Sunday mornings with well over a legal one man limit from their wounded and / or unrecovered dead birds.
 
A guy I hunt with is OPP and we talked about this once- what do I do if I hit a deer on the side of the road.

Step one is call the local constabulary, whether it's municipal, or provincial and tell them what happened. They will attend and dispatch the animal if needed. Then they'll confirm it dead, give you an occurrence number and you can keep the animal. That way if you're transporting your 'catch' and get stopped, you won't be accused of poaching, or at least not for long.

A tip there: Even if the OPP officer is an experienced hunter and calls the animal dead, do your own practical exam- they might wake up half-way through skinning otherwise. Just sayin.
 
Mighty Peace said:
x2 what Neo said.

I would talk to the Wildlife Officer and show him the bear and the hide and explain the story. They may issue you another tag.

My buddy took a bull moose a few years back. When dressing out the bull , we noticed his hind leg on one side felt soft at the knee...seemed broken. When we got back to camp and began skinning the bull out we got an aweful smell and seen green around the knee, and also a small bullet hole in the bone and hide (22lr sized).

We went to the butcher, butcher said the meat was tainted and unsuitable for consumption. We talked to FW witht he butcher also, and FW issued a new tag. Only bad thing was there was only 10 days left inthe calling season and we already had our tripo and days off. We tried to get the late-November season tag but no go. Didnt make sense but oh well.
Click to expand...

.22 to the knee sounds familiar old native ways shoot out the knees and then finish them off with one in the ear
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom