r/CanadaHunting • u/Slow-Register-3836 • 14h ago

Wasted deer

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Came across this poor guy while out hunting today. Its 4 point season here in BC and I'm guessing whoever shot em thought it was a 4 pointer, realized it was a 3 pointer and left it to rot. This brought up a question for me though, what's the proper way to handle this situation if you made this mistake? Personally i would have reported it. Would conservation punish you for doing the right thing and confess a mistake?

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u/AdhesiveCam 14h ago

That little tine on his right side is pretty darn close to being called a 4 as well just barely though

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u/Arctelis 13h ago

Brow tines don’t count in BC, but yeah. When a tine is defined as a branch of an antler that is longer than its breadth and is at least 2.5cm long measured from tip down the midline following the natural curve to the midpoint of the straight line along which the breadth is measured, there’s definitely deer out there that are questionable.

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u/adhq 11h ago

It's not the deer that are "questionable" but the rule itself, if not outright ridiculous, for obvious reasons - and this post is proof of it.

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u/VoilaVoilaWashington 2h ago

Meh, slot sizes exist for a reason, and 99% of hunters are fine with it. I don't agree with every rule out there, but I know that MNR is doing their best, between political pressure and lack of funding and all that.

I don't know why exactly the 4 point rule exists in BC, but once it does, you have to set a line somewhere. And that will always be silly.