Hunting Situation #8

[musketman]

You're hunting deer with your musket/flint rifle and you hear a shot and see a deer in the distance fall, then you see a female hunter tag the deer and start to field dress it...

Do you stop your hunt and offer to finish gutting it and even drag it to her car/truck?

Or do you let her field dress it herself and continue hunting?

 

[Rebel]

Depends on what she looks like and if that pesky wife of yours, you know, the one that shot the bigger deer, is still around. :crackup:

 

[Stumpkiller]

I wait for her to finish gutting and follow her to the roadside as she drags it. Then I walk up and identify myself as a game warden, produce a "test kit", stretch on my rubber gloves, take a blood sample from the deer and declare "I'm sorry, this animal tests positive for Jacob-Kruetzfield Disease, I'll have to confiscate it. You'd better get your hands and arms sanitized immediately. Hurry . . . Run."

 

[musketman]

Yep, can't have her running the risk of eating a deer with dementia, 'course that would explain a few things about my EX...

 

[roundball]

Continue hunting...

 

[54JNoll]

Keep hunting unless it become obvious she is having trouble dragging the deer out.

 

[bob1961]

if she was out there on her own let her do the task as you would be doing it yourself....untill the damsule is in destress....then let her hero come to her aid.... :blah:.....................................bob

 

[cayugad]

I personally would sit and watch her field dress it and drag it out. I would not offer any assistance at all unless she requested it. I figure she was aware of what might happen if she shot a deer and was ready for the task. It is all part of hunting.

How many of you have been cleaning a deer only to spot another one sneaking around in a circle of you? I would keep hunting.

 

[JerryToth]

Whether a lady or a fellow... "equal opportunity"

I'd let them field dress it themselves... I never really enjoyed it myself.

If the person was solo, I'd ask if they need a hand dragging. Dragging a deer with two persons/two ropes is a cake-walk. Sometimes, especially without snow, it's quite a chore.

I guess I'm "the last of the nice guys", but I still enjoy just being outdoors. I enjoy the enthusiasm that others get when they harvest... especially if they are younger or less experienced.

Regards,

Jerry.