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Smallest of the 3 "Nosler bucks" poached in Bend
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<blockquote data-quote="PowellSixO" data-source="post: 858666" data-attributes="member: 66495"><p>Everyone is pretty fast to turn on a possible fellow hunter that has done nothing wrong, based on simple speculation of an internet article. Those of us that have hunted for years know how far a wounded animal can travel once shot. We all hope to have a quick humane kill, but things can happen. Archery hunting is probably more guilty of wounded game, rather than dead game, than any other way of hunting. Just because someone speculates that this animal was shot in city limits doesn't mean that it was. Without facts (arrow found in city limits, eye witness, confession, or something else), it's all speculation. I know that you are guilty until proven innocent now of days, but come on guys. Is it impossible that the guy was hunting perfectly legal (it happened right in the middle of archery season). The guy makes a bad shot on the edge of city limits, the deer knows its injured severly, the deer runs to town where it feels safe (people said that it was a common occurance to see it in town), the deer is found wounded in town, and everyone immediately screams foul play.</p><p> </p><p>My dad shot an elk within city limits here in Page, Az. After it was shot, it died. If you look at those simple sentences and you speculate, my dad was a gosh darn stinkin poacher. BUT wait............. My dad was contacted by game and fish (since he is the local vet), and was working with game and fish to humanely euthanize a bull elk that wouldn't stop coming into town. The elk was shot with a dart to put it to sleep, and then was disposed of by game and fish. My dad did blood tests and other things to see if it was sick, or had rabbies, or other things. Now when you hear the full story, it's a completely different story.</p><p> </p><p>Now don't get me wrong, everything I have just said above is also PURE speculation on my part. So before we all jump on the "let's hang him by his nuts" wagon. Think for a second that this could be just a simple exagerated internet article trying to paint a different picture than what may have really happened.</p><p> </p><p>Now if evidence comes into play that says this was poaching, and something indeed was done illegally, I'll be the first one to bad mouth the idiot, and expect a severe punishment. But until then this is simply a story of speculation, nothing more, nothing less. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PowellSixO, post: 858666, member: 66495"] Everyone is pretty fast to turn on a possible fellow hunter that has done nothing wrong, based on simple speculation of an internet article. Those of us that have hunted for years know how far a wounded animal can travel once shot. We all hope to have a quick humane kill, but things can happen. Archery hunting is probably more guilty of wounded game, rather than dead game, than any other way of hunting. Just because someone speculates that this animal was shot in city limits doesn't mean that it was. Without facts (arrow found in city limits, eye witness, confession, or something else), it's all speculation. I know that you are guilty until proven innocent now of days, but come on guys. Is it impossible that the guy was hunting perfectly legal (it happened right in the middle of archery season). The guy makes a bad shot on the edge of city limits, the deer knows its injured severly, the deer runs to town where it feels safe (people said that it was a common occurance to see it in town), the deer is found wounded in town, and everyone immediately screams foul play. My dad shot an elk within city limits here in Page, Az. After it was shot, it died. If you look at those simple sentences and you speculate, my dad was a gosh darn stinkin poacher. BUT wait............. My dad was contacted by game and fish (since he is the local vet), and was working with game and fish to humanely euthanize a bull elk that wouldn't stop coming into town. The elk was shot with a dart to put it to sleep, and then was disposed of by game and fish. My dad did blood tests and other things to see if it was sick, or had rabbies, or other things. Now when you hear the full story, it's a completely different story. Now don't get me wrong, everything I have just said above is also PURE speculation on my part. So before we all jump on the "let's hang him by his nuts" wagon. Think for a second that this could be just a simple exagerated internet article trying to paint a different picture than what may have really happened. Now if evidence comes into play that says this was poaching, and something indeed was done illegally, I'll be the first one to bad mouth the idiot, and expect a severe punishment. But until then this is simply a story of speculation, nothing more, nothing less. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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