Thanks!

To each his own I guess but if it were me that found your buck I would have definitely given it back.......I don't need a set of horns bad enough to act like a douchenozzle. I feel for ya man!

I could be mistaken, but I don't think it is legal for a person to just take a dead animal they find....unless they trying to claim they shot it too...then that can end up being a pretty good can of worms to deal with, but if it was my deer I would definitely open the can....!

My question is, was the buck legal to kill/shoot where it was taken? Meaning was it within City Limits?

If your story is true that someone took the buck, knowing they didn't kill it or shoot it. Who does that? I mean seriously? Who wants a buck you didn't kill, knowing someone else did? Buck was probably dead when they took it, if not mortally wounded and dying. So they finish it off and claim it's there buck?

Personally I would be trying to find the rightful owner/hunter and return the deer.

It was complety legal we even talked to the police.

Well Jackson I feel for ya bud, you really got screwed by some one. I'm sure they'll be real proud of that harvest (I mean theft). Sorry this stuff just bothers me, and I have nothing to do with it. Sorry about your loss.

While the police was a good thought, I would contact a game warden about the issue. It would be their jurisdiction, and they will definitely have a better knowledge of how to deal with it. That being said, I really hope you get this resolved.

I agree I would get the game warden involved ASAP. It sounds like you know who has the deer. I can't believe that the warden wouldn't get this worked out for you so at lease you get the antlers back..
Unless the person who has it claims they found it and finished it off like Brett said. It's not legal to remove a old skull you come across how can it be legal to take a fresh deer without reporting it??

DNR has already been involved, unfortunately we have some dishonest people and the poor kid got hosed.

I'm not 100% up on Utah rules and regulations but I believe it's legal to take a dead animal provided you have a valid tag for that area and weapon and notch your tag.

The grey area would be if they knew you shot it, waited for you leave, and purposely and deceptively took the animal and claimed it as their own. HOWEVER, if they were just out hunting like you were and came across what they thought was an animal that was wounded and died from an unknown hunter then they would be well within their right to notch their tag and claim the animal. (Of course, this is all under the assumption that this was on public land) Apparently you were not present so they couldn't ask if it were yours and/or if you wounded a nice buck.

Sorry man, I do not know the whole story so this might all be conjecture. However, and it seems that I am in the minority here, I don't have a problem whatsoever with a guy that will notch his tag on a kill he found. The animal doesn't go to waste this way, which would bother me more than anything else. (Again, this is with the assumption that the guy didn't know who shot it and didn't sit and wait for the shooter to leave before grabbing the animal. That's a whole nother story and is quite literally stealing) I hate hearing about animals that go to waste and I could care less what he tells his friends. The animal was taken home and not left out there to rot.

By the way, what happened to your first few posts in the original thread? All the info was removed from them.

unbelievable, I hope the person that has the deer now is very proud of themselves.

This is not jackson 10, I am his older brother that got him on this buck. Spent countless hourspatterning this buck. We have the entire hunt on video, kill shot and all. It was to dark by the time we could look for him. We looked for him 5 days strieght so its not like we give up on him either. DWR is hot on the case but now the guys that took it all the sudden have know idea of what's is going on.the guy didn't have written permission to be on the property either.for all we know this buck is hidden in someones attick and will stay there for a long time. What a bunch of jerks. If anyone sees the picture around hit us up boys. Sounds like a pretty good groupe of guys on here. If anyone knows whylie hughs from Winchester hill, he is a guy with all the info we need but now he won't talk.
Thanks guys, Drew

I feel for you guys, I couldn't imagine losing buck that way. I hope the DWR get some answers for you.

"Jackson10" wrote:This is not jackson 10, I am his older brother that got him on this buck. Spent countless hourspatterning this buck. We have the entire hunt on video, kill shot and all. It was to dark by the time we could look for him. We looked for him 5 days strieght so its not like we give up on him either. DWR is hot on the case but now the guys that took it all the sudden have know idea of what's is going on.the guy didn't have written permission to be on the property either.for all we know this buck is hidden in someones attick and will stay there for a long time. What a bunch of jerks. If anyone sees the picture around hit us up boys. Sounds like a pretty good groupe of guys on here. If anyone knows whylie hughs from Winchester hill, he is a guy with all the info we need but now he won't talk.
Thanks guys, Drew

OK, well that clears a few of my questions up. Trespassing is trespassing and therefore falls into the second half of my original post. As I stated earlier, if they just stumbled across a kill and no one around to claim it I had no issue with them punching thier tag and taking it home. (Provided they made an effort to locate the individual who shot it) This way the animal is not left to rot and is taken home by SOMEBODY. (See my first post)

However, if they were trespassing and took the buck without punching a tag, there are two violations right there. I cannot stand the folks that cannot seem to play by the rules.

I'd still like to know why the posts in the original thread were cleared of content though. Was there something posted that probably shouldn't have been?

THe reason why i deleted those post its because thats how those poeple found the deer. Saw that post and went and found him

"AGCHAWK" wrote: I'd still like to know why the posts in the original thread were cleared of content though. Was there something posted that probably shouldn't have been?

THe reason why i deleted those post its because thats how those poeple found the deer. Saw that post and went and found him. So i decided it would be best to take them off

Let me get this straight,they read on this forum about a wounded deer you couldn't find and then ran out themselves,found it, and claimed it?Even if that were in the real of possibility's why would you then delete the info they used?Something aint right here at all...

I can think of one thing that isn't right here. :-k

Sorry to hear about your buck! May want to talk with local taxidermists and see if the buck shows up in their shops.