A guy shoots a deer in the afternoon, puts the deer (buck) in a cooler without gutting it, brings it to the taxi/processor and is told the meat is bad. He says its ok he just wants the cape.... true story of a Taylor county dumbarse

Wow. How did he get the whole deer in the cooler?

Yeah, I would have given him a personal, hand-written invitation to visit with the local JP.

Waste of game / failure to keep the edible portions of the animal in an edible condition = class C misdemeanor.

Sounds like an idiot that needs to have his license revoked -- PERMANENTLY...

Cody?

Put it in a walk in cooler or like a beer cooler?

X2

yup

Crazy

So what did you do?

This happens more than you might think, unfortunately.

I'm not a game warden.

Bad Mojo right there.

you shoulda threw down a citizens arrest.

If you had a CCW you could have held him @ gun point until the GW arrived.

We used walk in coolers to keep game....alot of it.. sounds like it wasnt turned down cold enough....

Did you miss the part about not being gutted? Things only last so long with guts in.

Not if kep cold... sounds like he prolly gut shot it...have had plenty deer get left in the field overnight and go find them in the morning, clean them and had no problems

I have wondered about this with ducks. Obviously the practice must be ok to waste the game of a duck for taxidermy since it happens all the time, but I have heard of people saving like 3 of the same species to take to a taxi so he could tell them which one is the best quality. SO what do they do with the others beside waste them??

waste of game on top of bad ethics

I've heard stories of an unnamed processor in the area that would've just thrown that deer in the pile with the others to be processed. Good on the processor for refusing it, bad on the DB hunter-he should have his license revoked immediately.

Article 14.01(a) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure permits private citizens to make arrests only if the offense is classed as a felony or as an offense against the public peace.

Texas has many legal provisions that allow an individual to carry a weapon, including a firearm, with a permit. The idea behind allowing people to own and carry a weapon is that, should the need arise, they have the ability to defend themselves.

However, there are certain restrictions surrounding when you may display and use your weapon. Whenever you point any weapon at another person, you are brandishing a weapon. If you brandish a weapon, even in self-defense, you may find yourself facing assault charges.

I hope that you were joking. If not, giving advice like this could cause someone to go to jail, or even worse, be killed. Pulling a firearm on anyone is never a joke and never should be taken lightly.