True....but juries are a crap shoot.... All depends on the luck of the draw.....

That's a fact, he better have several high fence haters on there.

I think that has a lot to do with if the state classifies it as a game animal. I doubt there are any laws and regulations about how cows and horses can be hunted..........yet there are for the species killed.

Yeah, I would have killed it for sure and bragged about it!

He's poking fun at you. That deer was never going back in that fence. Fenced deer are not that tame.

Probably damaging his property stomping around and eating stuff too. Seriously though, I would think the state would not want that deer out of the pen with the general public, and killing it would be ok. I know in Alaska, we could shoot buffalo if they were across a certain imaginary line that belonged to a buffalo farmer. We never did though.

I just read that article. My favorite part was "She spotted the deer several times in a treestand set up about 26.5 yards from a feeder..."

Glad they weren't trying to give a specific distance.

I woulda shot it and showed that big basterd off to everybody but i woulda never admitted to having game cam pics of it or knowing it was a high fence deer that escaped.I'd love to be sitting watching yall that say yall wouldnt shoot it when he stepped out in front of yall...

If you read the article from Petersens Hunting Journal it clearly states that they didn't know it was an escaped deer, and for those claiming she was gonna get sued for it, the owners of the deer state in the article that they are letting her keep it and are happy for her.

So all this happened in 2011 and it's just now making it on Aldeer?

2 different stories. I posted the link to the Peterson story to show that the owner of the escaped deer COULD sue for compensation for the animal. The ones in this story chose not to. And, yes, she didn't know it was an escaped farmed deer. The boy in the current story knew what he was doing and could still get sued for it.

I believe the kid had more than a right to kill the deer. I would have busted him too. The Outfitter should have his licensed pulled for not being able to contain his deer. If someone in my area lets their deer get out I'm killing it. I Love deer hunting too much to let some dam farm deer infect the local deer population with God knows what. Most logical GW's would have recommended dispatching the animal I expect or hope so anyway.

I'm sure the escape was all the owners fault because we all know no ACT of GOD storm would knock a tree down on a fence. Or some drunk run thru it and knock it down.

some of ya'll ever look at what you typed BEFORE hitting submit button????

I could give two schits how much money a deer farmer has in his herd. If they get out they need to be killed until they regulate the management to where every animal is tested for diseases. Not just tested for transport.

I'd be willing to bet that if any of ya'lls lease was next to the deer pen in Ohio that was quarantined that you would lower the boom on them too.

I live close to a high fence operation which has whitetail deer, elk , red stag, and a few other deer species. If any of them get out and come to my land a couple of miles away I will invite y'all to a wildgame supper.

do you have ANY clue what yer talking about????

No, not really. Do they actually test all of the pen deer for disease?

Just read on B&C Facebook page that they will not honor this deer for the record book.

well, he'll still get to brag about how he killed the guy's pen deer next door .

Yes we are required to test 100% of our deer. State tests less than 1%.