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TheMobyDicks t1_iwcvvpk wrote

Reply to comment by lantonas in Purchasing Venison for the holidays by vtbb

He's not, he's just better than I am. I always buy the license but get skunked early (last two years and so far this year) and - because of my job - can't hunt later in the season. So, deer count stays right, my buddy gets to hunt more and I get venison in the freeza'.

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lantonas t1_iwcwf1y wrote

Yeah, your buddy shooting deer and using your tags for it is... poaching.

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df33702021 t1_iwcxjbc wrote

This happens so much especially within families, I really don't think wardens even bother with it just as long as each deer has a tag.

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lantonas t1_iwd4en9 wrote

I'd be willing to bet that the wardens will gladly pursue a case of somebody plainly admitting that their friend is shooting deer and using his tags.

We're talking about fines, restitution, license suspension, possible weapon confiscation. And this goes for both parties.

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df33702021 t1_iwdelyp wrote

Sure, but you would have to get someone to quite literally turn themselves in. We're not talking reddit post. I don't think wardens are going around looking for this. It literally has to drop in their lap.

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lantonas t1_iwhmp9v wrote

He posts enough personally identifying information on Reddit that a Warden might have a fun time putting all the pieces together.

The town he lives in, his job, his age, his previous jobs, previous places he has lived, how many kids he has, the country his wife is from, how long they have been married, his fantasy football team name, and even how tall he is. lol

After that all the Warden has to do is knock on the door and ask him to take him to the kill site for his deer.

And since is actually in New Hampshire they can make an entire spectacle of it for TV!

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somedudevt t1_iwf89vo wrote

This is not like it was 40 years ago. It use to be a common open secret that the husband and wife would get a tag, the husband would use the wife’s tag and no one cared. That’s changed. The law hasn’t but the enforcement has.

It’s the same as in 1980 you get drunk and go off the road the cop would drive you home, and tell you to sober up, today they bring you to jail. Everything is stricter now

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Ok-Glass7272 t1_iwfe5z6 wrote

Lighten up, Francis.

Flatlanders call it "poaching". We call it jacking.

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GA19 t1_iwdiosw wrote

As a Vermonter who hunts every year this is absolutely infuriating. You think you can impose your will on our laws because “work is too busy.” The laws are not designed that way and they definitely don’t expect every hunter to tag 4 deer each year. It’s people like you who give hunters a bad reputation. I hope you both get caught, fined, and have your weapons seized.

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Sharp_Path3354 t1_iwsh4ov wrote

It’s kind ‘o like shooting at Blinky. I bet they can’t drive by without poking their rifles out the window.

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