#3002222 - 10/27/12 05:42 PM
Questions about tracking wounded game.
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Mike9685
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Some of my friends and I were sitting around sipping bourbon and discussing the recent situation I was in-
http://www.tndeer.com/tndeertalk/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2995491&page=5#Post2995491
The discussion brought up several good points and we can't find anything online to help us figure these points out. We went through the TWRA booklet (granted, we were suffering from the "fog"), but we really tried. First off, we agreed that it is the duty of every hunter to make every effort to make a clean kill and find any deer that might be the result of a bad shot. I admit that I should have waited longer before I started tracking and may have spooked the wounded deer and made him run. I've never lost a deer in 40+ years of hunting and this situation has me bothered; not the situation with the landowner, but what happens if I CAN'T get permission to track/recover in a resonable amount of time. (It is my first year bowhunting and I'll admit upfront that it's alot tougher than gun hunting. I'm not making excuses, though, it's all on me...)
(1) Hypothetically, if the wounded deer crosses several pieces of properties, do you have to have permission from every property owner to track the deer?
(2) What if you can't get in touch with the property owner? More and more pieces of property in TN are being purchased from out of state people. They can also be on vacation, out of town on business - what do you do, LEGALLY?
(3) If the property owner is anti-hunting, won't listen to reason and won't let you track, do you just let the deer suffer and die?
(4) How do I find out who owns the adjacent properties? Is there a website I can go to, or do I need to go down to the local County Clerks office. Are they allowed to give me contact information? We've noticed lately that alot of plots are getting broken up and sold; they seem to keep getting smaller and smaller, we may have to go through several properties if the deer decides to circle. If the one I shot made a 600 yd circle, it could potentially go through 8 different properties...
Anyway, just food for thought. I'd really like to hear from TWRA and see what they think/know. We want to do this legal. I'm trying to get in touch with everyone within a 1 mile radius of where I hunt to get permission to track before I go back out (minus the guy that "helped" me last time...). I've got 50 acres up around Dowelltown (near Center Hill Lake) that has some big bucks on it; however, I've been trying to get in touch with 2 of my neighbors for over 2 years with no luck. 1 lives in Oregon, and the other lives (I think) in Florida. They have part-time caretakers though, and I haven't been able to get in touch with them either.
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#3002229 - 10/27/12 05:47 PM
Re: Questions about tracking wounded game.
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Diehard Hunter
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1) Yes
2) Legally you cannot cross the property line without the owner's permission.
3) Yes
4) Find out who owns what here: http://www.assessment.state.tn.us/
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#3002252 - 10/27/12 06:09 PM
Re: Questions about tracking wounded game.
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Mike9685
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Okay, got it, thanks...
On second thought, do I need WRITTEN permission? I know it wouldn't hurt, but LEGALLY do I need it? I'm just thinking about the guy that got my deer...
Have an old Army buddy in from Texas, for a visit; out there, he says, you have a "moral" obligation to track the deer and IF you are engaged in tracking a wounded deer, you can cross property lines...maybe we need something like that here in TN.
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#3002305 - 10/27/12 06:30 PM
Re: Questions about tracking wounded game.
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Diehard Hunter
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You are not required to have written permission, but if you do not trust the landowner, it might not be a bad idea. I know it saved me once and made the drunk landowner look like a fool.
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#3003590 - 10/28/12 01:51 PM
Re: Questions about tracking wounded game.
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william martin
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we have the right to retrieve law in virginia no premission needed just cant drive on that persons property without permission
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#3006674 - 10/29/12 09:16 PM
Re: Questions about tracking wounded game.
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Redfred16
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we have the right to retrieve law in virginia no premission needed just cant drive on that persons property without permission
Same as in Wisconsin, you are also not allowed to carry a hunting weapon.
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