Just got back from CO. Heres ths story:
We are on a hill and hear shots start ringing off across the ridge (15 sots to be exact). It is roughly 1000yrs from us. We figure they might push some Elk up the mountian, so we position ourselfs. My friend sees the bull and shoots it at 250yrds with a 7mag and puts it down. We cannot find the Elk because it is in dense Scrub oak. We drive up to the ridge where the other hunters are and ask if they saw anything. They say no and that the elk they shot is 1000yrds left and 500yrd down from where we were.
We left and they think we were gone. They go directly to where my buddy shot the elk. They were on the opposing ridge with spotting scopes and video tapes and saw everything. So we walk down the ridge to where they and the elk are.
It is apparant that there are three shots in the elk. One that broke his leg, one in the hind quaerters, and one through the lungs. Because of both our positions on the hill it is easy to tell whos hit is what. My buddies hit was the lung shot that put him down. As there was a 2 minute stop from the last time they fired till my buddy fired. As they no longer had a shot because the elk was roughly 1200yrs from them at his point and running away from them over a ridge.
They said it was ranged as 724yrd shot for them. We asked they what caliber they were using and his reply was " I forget". They got caught in a couple lies they told us about how they shot the elk. It was clear we killed the elk, as they videotaped the hole incident.
Long story short- it was private land, my buddy is invited there because of his grandfather and has been goigng there for 15 yrs. The other hunters payed roughly $6,000 trespassing fee for Elk in that area. As to not cause a fight between the ranchers/land owners my buddy told them to take everytyhing, all he wanted was a picture.
Who was entitled to the Elk? Is the person who took the kill shot entitled to the Elk?
We are on a hill and hear shots start ringing off across the ridge (15 sots to be exact). It is roughly 1000yrs from us. We figure they might push some Elk up the mountian, so we position ourselfs. My friend sees the bull and shoots it at 250yrds with a 7mag and puts it down. We cannot find the Elk because it is in dense Scrub oak. We drive up to the ridge where the other hunters are and ask if they saw anything. They say no and that the elk they shot is 1000yrds left and 500yrd down from where we were.
We left and they think we were gone. They go directly to where my buddy shot the elk. They were on the opposing ridge with spotting scopes and video tapes and saw everything. So we walk down the ridge to where they and the elk are.
It is apparant that there are three shots in the elk. One that broke his leg, one in the hind quaerters, and one through the lungs. Because of both our positions on the hill it is easy to tell whos hit is what. My buddies hit was the lung shot that put him down. As there was a 2 minute stop from the last time they fired till my buddy fired. As they no longer had a shot because the elk was roughly 1200yrs from them at his point and running away from them over a ridge.
They said it was ranged as 724yrd shot for them. We asked they what caliber they were using and his reply was " I forget". They got caught in a couple lies they told us about how they shot the elk. It was clear we killed the elk, as they videotaped the hole incident.
Long story short- it was private land, my buddy is invited there because of his grandfather and has been goigng there for 15 yrs. The other hunters payed roughly $6,000 trespassing fee for Elk in that area. As to not cause a fight between the ranchers/land owners my buddy told them to take everytyhing, all he wanted was a picture.
Who was entitled to the Elk? Is the person who took the kill shot entitled to the Elk?
