Thanks for the clarification. I think the wording here is that a hunter must make "every effort" to retrieve an animal. I think that if you don't retrieve it, you can continue hunting.
Which provinces require you to tag an animal....
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Thanks for the clarification. I think the wording here is that a hunter must make "every effort" to retrieve an animal. I think that if you don't retrieve it, you can continue hunting.
We see you guys and Quebec as the same boat
To the OP, in Quebec, the answer is no.
Thanks - I could not have put it better.
I will add, undoubtedly providing another source of ridicule to the west, that once you have registered your big game animal or turkey (the only game that requires registration), you are provided with a document that allows you to be in possession of game meat. That's right, it's illegal to have wild, big game meat in your freezer without this paper or a photocopy from the hunter that originally took the animal.
Thanks - I could not have put it better.
I will add, undoubtedly providing another source of ridicule to the west, that once you have registered your big game animal or turkey (the only game that requires registration), you are provided with a document that allows you to be in possession of game meat. That's right, it's illegal to have wild, big game meat in your freezer without this paper or a photocopy from the hunter that originally took the animal.
bearkilr
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On an animal you wounded and didn't find before the predators got into it? You would just walk away? If so, that's a piss poor attitude,stay far away from my hunting area.
ninepointer
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An interesting topic, and one that I have never before considered or ever seen enter into the discussion here in Ontario. Once every reasonable effort has been made to locate a wounded animal, and if that effort fails, the hunter keeps his valid tag and moves on. Legal? Ethical? Its just the way its been done and I don't know of anyone who's lost sleep over it.
But that leads to another interesting set of scenarios...
Scenario 1: Hunter wounds a doe, loses it but finds it the next day spoiled or ravaged by scavengers. Would he affix his tag to it. I dare say, probably not.
Scenario 2: Hunter wounds a trophy buck, loses it but finds it the next day spoiled or ravaged by scavengers. Would he affix his tag to it. I dare say, yes he would tag it, because he wants his trophy.
Its wrong by any measure, but the hunter's ultimate decision in these virtually identical scenarios is influenced entirely by the deer's headgear.
But that leads to another interesting set of scenarios...
Scenario 1: Hunter wounds a doe, loses it but finds it the next day spoiled or ravaged by scavengers. Would he affix his tag to it. I dare say, probably not.
Scenario 2: Hunter wounds a trophy buck, loses it but finds it the next day spoiled or ravaged by scavengers. Would he affix his tag to it. I dare say, yes he would tag it, because he wants his trophy.
Its wrong by any measure, but the hunter's ultimate decision in these virtually identical scenarios is influenced entirely by the deer's headgear.
I agree ninepointer...The Scenarios you describe are about abiding by the laws, not a question of ethics....If one chooses to ingnore the law in question, they have little in the way of ethics of any type..
Ehics are nothing more than a personal code of conduct ...Yours, and yours alone...A totaly useless term when making a point to others, because there is a very good chance your idea of ethics, and theirs is not the same...
In Sask. there is a requirement to not leave edible meat in the field except bear. This would apply to leaving a deer in the field and only taking the head, or leaving dead ducks floating on water and not making a reasonable effort to recover them. Those are not the exact wording of the laws but you should get the drift of it. I think most provinces has a similar rule.
(You are right of course. It should most certainly receive a good Christian burial first!)
Seriously, almost all game animals will be eaten by predators ( 4-legged or two-legged) eventually and are truly almost never wasted.
Everybody hates to lose an animal but s**t happens occasionally and most of us will near enough bust a gut to retrieve/recover. Coyotes, wolves, foxes, weasels, ravens and magpies and all the other "guys" gotta eat too. However, I think most people carry on hunting after every effort has been exhausted and it is not against the law nor is it generally considered unethical to do so, at least hereabouts.
