Another Jlhois BOAL stolen!

[Pezboat]

What has this world come to!? You’d think he would learn. The article may be right to blame the hunter.

A Pennsylvania Hunter Had His "Buck of a Lifetime" Stolen. So Why Are People Blaming Him?

A Pennsylvania hunter had his buck stolen in December after leaving it unattended on public land. Some have blamed the hunter for the theft.

www.outdoorlife.com

 

[Chris in TN]

When I was a kid someone watched my dad leave a deer near a road (open BLM land, we assume they watched) after he had gutted it and dragged it partway to the road. He returned with help (including me) to retrieve it and it was gone, and had obviously been stolen (drag trail in snow past where he’d left it).

That was the year dad and my mom got divorced. The deer wasn’t huge (per dad) but it was really an example of a guy being kicked while he was down and it admittedly colored my perception of public land hunters for years afterwards.

 

[MuleyFever]

I just dont get why someone would want to take another person's deer. I cant wrap my mind around it.

 

[Undrcoverrednek]

I'd be pretty upset if it was me.

I was not around for the original lore of the jlhois buck. However, if you have hours to spend wasting on a screen for some reason, it was pretty entertaining! Just seeing this thread title brought a smile to my face!

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Thread 'Ethics in hunting, the story of my once in a lifetime Buck....'

Jan 26, 2022

As of today it has been 164 days since I shot my buck of a lifetime. It was the culmination of a lot of hard work, good friends, and some luck. I couldn’t wait to tell this story to my Grandfather, who introduced me to hunting.

The next morning, I walked up the gut wrenching reality that deer had been harvested by another. Since then it has been a roller coaster of emotions, unfortunately most of them were bad. Only now do I feel some acceptance and comfort to finally tell my story outside my circle of trust.

Selfishly, my hope is that by telling...

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[Mtnmilsurp]

JLHois is Amish?

 

[Rich M]

When I hunt public I actually carry a cable lock to secure deer/stand to tree if I have to leave and come pack.

Folks who steal other people's deer are dirtbags.

 

[Long Cut]

I had a similar occurrence happen to me in 2019 I had gut shot a buck and another hunter that was high out of his mind walked in on me packing out. Explained the situation to him and asked if he would avoid this general area as we’d be tracking later that evening etc…

Wouldn’t you know he came back and tried to take a pot shot at the buck with his crossbow later that afternoon, in the exact area I asked him to stay out of. I found his broken bolt that was on the trail the deer tracking dog took us down while working the blood trail….

Judging by the trash he left behind, the deers behavior tracking it with the dog and where he ended up… the other hunter chased after him and pushed him onto private land we couldn’t gain access to.

Transparently I haven’t spent much time hunting public lands ever since that experience.

 

[wind gypsy]

What has this world come to!? You’d think he would learn. The article may be right to blame the hunter.

Blame the hunter?! For not guarding a deer until it was home? pretty sad world if that's what we're going to expect of people.

In the east is one thing, but there's more exposure to such things out west to some degree due to how long the trophy part of an animal may stay in the backcountry before being packed out. I'm pretty sure some states mandate meat retrieval prior to antlers. I've had elk pack outs that took over 2 days.

 

[Pezboat]

Blame the hunter?! For not guarding a deer until it was home? pretty sad world if that's what we're going to expect of people.

In the east is one thing, but there's more exposure to such things out west to some degree due to how long the trophy part of an animal may stay in the backcountry before being packed out. I'm pretty sure some states mandate meat retrieval prior to antlers. I've had elk pack outs that took over 2 days.

Ha. It was a joke. Maybe it wasn’t too clear about the hunter being Jlhois and getting his second BOAL stolen.

 

[wind gypsy]

Ha. It was a joke. Maybe it wasn’t too clear about the hunter being Jlhois and getting his second BOAL stolen.

Doh!