No 2017 firearm opening day deer thread?

[abear2354]

My neighbor has got three already. He always shoots more deer than he has room for in his freezer. Luckily for me I have lots of room in mine. Last bag was eight packs of steaks/chops and a roast.

[jeffy]

Yes I have permission to hunt and have for 20years.They do not. Never would keep a deer I didn't shoot. Bad ju-ju. When I say drilled it I mean it didn't get up. Did I say it was a REALLY good deer.

[balrog006]

Yes I have permission to hunt and have for 20years.They do not. Never would keep a deer I didn't shoot. Bad ju-ju. When I say drilled it I mean it didn't get up. Did I say it was a REALLY good deer.

It was so good they really wanted it, enough to shoot at it almost half a dozen times and trespass to try and get it. The way I see it, it was on the property you have permission to be on and you made the kill shot-it’s your Deer. If they have a problem with it tell them they can call the CO.

[oldmann1967]

Don't know if I should start another thread or not , but I have an opening day question on etiquette.
I'm sitting in my happy place. I hear like three shots 4/500 yards away off the land I'm on ,half hour later 2/3more same area. 20 minutes go by and a really nice buck comes trotting by. I drill it. Falls down rolls over side of the hill. Got down to look and two guys come walking way in on private land. Say hey did you shoot my deer ? I tell them yes I shot one and I'm trying to find it. They say they are following a blood trail this way. Who's deer is it? I know my answer but am curious what you guys think.

Tell them to leave. If that doesn't work, call the fish cops.

[Sledhead]

Last shot is the kill shot is what we have always gone by.

Kill shot takes the deer.

[Ruger]

From a 2009 thread: Some spirited discussion and some opinions on the law!




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Quote Originally Posted by who dat
Only with the owners permission. If you'd have asked first, you would have had a better chance.
Agree ....

If the deer enters private land it becomes the land owners deer. You would have no rights to track it or retrieve it with out permission first.

If I Am hunting on state land that is boarding private I will shoot for the front shoulders instead of heart/ lung shot and drop the deer in its tracks. On a lung shot the deer could easily run a hundred yards before it croaks. So if your hunting near the boarder the heart lung shot may not be a good idea
of coarse with the shoulder shot you will lose some meat ....... but if its that rack of a life time it may be worth it to you to lose some shoulder meat.

CHAPTER 4
RECREATION
SUBCHAPTER 1
RECREATION
RECREATIONAL TRESPASS
PART 731
RECREATIONAL TRESPASS
324.73102 Entering or remaining on property of another; consent; exceptions.
Sec. 73102. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4), a person shall not enter or remain upon the property of another person,
other than farm property or a wooded area connected to farm property, to engage in any recreational activity or trapping on that
property without the consent of the owner or his or her lessee or agent, if either of the following circumstances exists:
(a) The property is fenced or enclosed and is maintained in such a manner as to exclude intruders.
(b) The property is posted in a conspicuous manner against entry. The minimum letter height on the posting signs shall be 1
inch. Each posting sign shall be not less than 50 square inches, and the signs shall be spaced to enable a person to observe not
less than 1 sign at any point of entry upon the property.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (4), a person shall not enter or remain upon farm property or a wooded area connected
to farm property for any recreational activity or trapping without the consent of the owner or his or her lessee or agent, whether
or not the farm property or wooded area connected to farm property is fenced, enclosed, or posted.
(3) On fenced or posted property or farm property, a fisherman wading or floating a navigable public stream may, without
written or oral consent, enter upon property within the clearly defined banks of the stream or, without damaging farm products,
walk a route as closely proximate to the clearly defined bank as possible when necessary to avoid a natural or artificial hazard or
obstruction, including, but not limited to, a dam, deep hole, or a fence or other exercise of ownership by the riparian owner.
(4) A person other than a person possessing a firearm may, unless previously prohibited in writing or orally by the property
owner or his or her lessee or agent, enter on foot upon the property of another person for the sole purpose of retrieving a hunting
dog. The person shall not remain on the property beyond the reasonable time necessary to retrieve the dog. In an action under
section 73109 or 73110, the burden of showing that the property owner or his or her lessee or agent previously prohibited entry
under this subsection is on the plaintiff or prosecuting attorney, respectively.
(5) Consent to enter or remain upon the property of another person pursuant to this section may be given orally or in writing.
The consent may establish conditions for entering or remaining upon that property. Unless prohibited in the written consent,
a written consent may be amended or revoked orally. If the owner or his or her lessee or agent requires all persons entering
or remaining upon the property to have written consent, the presence of the person on the property without written consent is
prima facie evidence of unlawful entry.
History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. ***. May 24, 1995;—Am. 1998, Act 546, ***. Mar. 23, 1999.
Popular name: Act 451
Popular name: NREPA
Popular name: Recreational Trespass Act