belshawelk
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Long time ago my dad told me to put a very small slit behind the ear. Stick a penny or something in it. IF you find the head you can prove its yours.
Deer Head Stolen
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Doublecluck
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People out there carrying rifles that can send it better than a mile, gotta be on meth or just plain stupid to go screwing with peoples trucks or horns. I’ve locked em in the back seat and brought em in hotel rooms myself. Had a pretty nice 6 pt euro stolen in Belgrade off the side of the house not even visible from the street behind a gate. 2018ish, first time I started locking my doors since moving to Montana.
It ain't the same Montana I have known. mtmuley
Nick87
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Nothing is.
Nick87
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Regardless drop tine 200" deer or basket 6 it's pretty disgusting.
BuzzH
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Hate thieves, but it's just a set of antlers.
I was going to leave mine from my bull this year, but the guy I was hunting with packed them out to give to his sister-in-law.
I was going to leave mine from my bull this year, but the guy I was hunting with packed them out to give to his sister-in-law.
Nick87
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To some of us maybe, but could of really meant something to the hunter. Stealing is stealing little or big. We all knew better by grade school.
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utah400elk
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Years ago on a Utah GS muzzleloader hunt, I shot a very nice buck. It was a 4x5 with a 31.5 inch spread. Still one of my biggest bucks. I was a deputy sheriff at the time. As I was cleaning the deer, I had two hunters come up on me. One of them asked what I thought my chances were of keeping the deer. I hope he was joking but I didn’t take it that way. He didn’t laugh and looked serious. As I was bent over cleaning the deer, I simply put my pistol on the deer and responded “pretty good”. The other guy got a little freaked out and immediately said it was illegal to carry a firearm during muzzleloader season. I simply put my badge on the deer. We had a few tense words as they left. They never bothered me or the deer but it was not a good feeling. One of a few times I was very glad to be armed in the woods.
Crazy what people will do for a dead animal. I can’t imagine how you would feel about an animal head you had stolen in the woods. Real bragging rights there…
Crazy what people will do for a dead animal. I can’t imagine how you would feel about an animal head you had stolen in the woods. Real bragging rights there…
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I may be a bit paranoid at times but with all the stuff getting stolen at TH and other places. I usually will snap a photo of any other trucks parked in the area when I’m hiking in. Just incase I get back and something goes missing. We had a couple thefts in our neighborhood in the last year. One was a firearm out of a truck. I added a camera outside. Used to leave my doors and cars unlocked when I first moved to Montana. Not anymore.
Nick87
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I do the same thing.
utah400elk
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It was at the time. I believe the laws have changed…if you have a concealed carry permit. At the time, over 20 years ago, it was illegal to carry a firearm in Utah during muzzleloader and archery seasons ( if you were hunting muzzleloader or archery season). I know the guy didn’t expect me to have a firearm and the dynamic changed quickly because of my firearm.
I was thinking the same thing there. who wants someone elses deer? besides a shitty hunter trying to save face with his family
I always carry when hunting and fishing. too many stories of encounters similar to yours.. between people like that and meth heads im not taking any chances. I remember a few years ago a guy was assaulted on a lake I ice fish by 2 guys with snowmobiles just trying to take his equipment! I believe he was carrying so the would be thieves moved right along.
Flatbrimmer
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I read I can’t carry a sidearm if I hunt the archery season when I move to OK.
Tweakers and predators will get the UDAP
Tweakers and predators will get the UDAP
WildWill
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"Yes, you can carry a pistol for personal defense only. It can not be used in the hunt in any way. If hunting on any federally owned lands check with them first. If you have any other questions please let me know. Thank you."I read I can’t carry a sidearm if I hunt the archery season when I move to OK.
Tweakers and predators will get the UDAP
That's a email from a OK game warden. You absolutely can and I almost always do and have been checked several times. The wording of the law is a bit confusing.
"Unless otherwise provided by state law, no person may carry or use any firearm in conjunction with archery equipment during any archery season"
Makes it sound like no but the key is "otherwise provided by state law". We have constitutional open carry now (didn't a few years ago) so as long as you're following our open carry laws or have a concealed carry permit all good.
