State lines

[BHC]

I have a few questions regarding hunting a property split by state lines. There is very little available on this topic. I assume you have to by two licenses.. But if you are hunting on say the Alabama side and shoot onto the Tennessee side. With which state do you tag the deer? Also are you required to follow which states regs? Weapon, amount of orange, etc.
Another scenario, in Alabama bait has to be 100 yrds away from the individual. In tn it's 250 yrds from the hunting, be it deer or hunter. But what if the bait is on one side of the line and hunter is on the other...? Which state do you comply with? Seems like with no written laws at that point he can be as close to it as he wants. I'm sure I could come up with some more situations. But there's some gray area here...

I feel like there should be an agreement with agencies on private land if a hunter is hunting near the line (100 yrds or whatever) that it is the hunters decision which guidelines to follow. For instance if a hunter is archery hunting in tn near the line and Alabama isn't open yet. He knows the line is with in 60 yrds of him but not sure exactly. He should be able to shoot a deer at forty yrds regardless of which side of the line the Deer is on. I'm sure most would just shoot it and call it what they wanted, but there needs to be some clarity on what the regs are. Can anyone shed any light on this or direct me to where I can find this information.?


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[scn]

There really is NO gray area with the exception of your scenario of hunting in one state and the deer standing in another. You comply with ALL of the state regs in the state in which you are hunting.

If you are legal in both states, IMO, the deer would be tagged for the state in which it was killed. But, that is probably a question you need to ask the wildlife officers from each state. The scenario certainly does not give a hunter the ability to go outside of seasons, weapons, distances from bait, etc. Thus, if the season is not open in one state, or is not open for the type of weapon you are using, you could not legally shoot into the other state.

It is very much like that it is 100% illegal to shoot from property where you have permission to hunt onto land where you do not have permission.