I politely recommended letting it cool after the first three, shoot three, cool, shoot three. That's only 9 rounds, and is the minimum fouling I will do to a new barrel. I have seen them walk around on each group. I've seen some rifles take 20 rounds to behave themselves. He was hearing none of it.

I'm curious how that went over. Please do tell.

Smooth as glass. Im not sure about the legality of it in the first place, not sure he was either. I know wardens have the right to enter property that they believe hunting is taking place on, but im pretty sure having a power company lock key is off color.

I got no comment on the warning ticket. But I will say, I keep a headlamp and spare batteries everywhere I go. Saves a lot of trouble.

Energizer makes some of the brightest headlamps I have used and they are dirt cheap. Toss one under the back seat of the pickup with a spare set of batteries and forget about it. Same place I keep the old single shot 12 gauge and a cheap little shakespeare dock pole, the spinning combo. It will be there when you need it.

The GW should have taken the deer, your hunting license, gun and left you a ticket.

Then hung him by the gonads, peeled his skin off in small strips and thrown salt on him, right? Pffffft.....come on. Game Warden did the right thing.

Right on........that's how you stop crime.........a week in jail too.

Ok, maybe just a warning.

Jesus, this thread's like a turd that won't flush.

This. The OP got his laugh.

Great point. Good on you and his grandkids for doing the right thing and retrieving the deer. Grandpa, in this case, should’ve done the right thing and handed the grandson the filled tag before they separated and it would’ve been a much more believable story and probably would’ve avoided the warning.

I think you’re more upset about being dressed down in front of your grandson

Well...here is the code relating to that subject:

Sec. 12.103. ENTERING LAND; USE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED BY ENTRY; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) To enforce the game and fish laws of the state and to conduct scientific investigations and research regarding wild game or fish, an authorized employee of the department may enter on any land or water where wild game or fish are known to range or stray. No action may be sustained against an employee of the department to prevent his entering on land or water when acting in his official capacity as described by this subsection.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the department may use information collected by an employee of the department on privately owned land only for the purposes of scientific investigations and research described in Subsection (a) and only if authorized in writing by the landowner or the landowner's agent. Unless the department first obtains the written consent of the landowner or the landowner's agent, the department may not:
(1) use other incidental information obtained on the land that does not pertain directly to the investigation or research authorized under Subsection (a); or
(2) enter or permit the entry of any information that does not pertain directly to the investigation or research authorized under Subsection (a), into a database:
(A) maintained by the department and available to a person other than a department employee;
(B) maintained by a natural heritage program administered by the department; or
(C) established and maintained by any other person.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), information collected under this section may only be reported or compiled in a manner that prevents the identification of an individual parcel or specific parcels of private property without the written consent of the landowner or the landowner's agent.
(d) The department may collect and enter data as necessary relating to the occurrence or harvest of natural resources in public land or water. The department may collect and report standardized annual wildlife survey information required by the Pitman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. Section 669 et seq.).
(e) The department is liable to a private landowner for a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for a violation of this section involving information collected by an employee of the department on the landowner's property. A landowner may bring suit to collect the penalty in the county in which the land is located or the county in which the landowner resides.

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 521, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.


Full text here:

https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.12.htm#12.102

What does your grandson think of the situation?

This for sure

I'm with the game warden too, your lucky you got away with a warning, many moons ago a friend of mine dragged his first archery deer to his truck before tagging it and he ended up getting a ticket and his deer taken. You tag them before even moving them after harvest.

Maybe I’m doing it wrong. By I

1. Decide what type of deer I’m gonna shoot.

2. Pre fill out the tag.

3. Locate deer

4. Shoot deer

Saves a lot of problems.

5. Tag the deer before loading it up in the truck and carrying it back to the cabin and hanging it up to butcher.

This is what's wrong with the world. The man was acting in a good manor on his own land with good intent. Geesh it sounds like my wife got a hold of everyone's computer. Lets go back to why this is a law? Now, was he purposely violating the law for its intention?

The warden cannot tell whether you shot the buck or your grandson shot the buck. He probably saw your grandson hang the untagged buck. For all he knows, your grandson shot the buck and is using your tag. If I were a warden, I would have given your grandson a ticket for possessing an untagged deer and confiscated the deer. The warden cannot tell your true intentions and what he saw was exactly what someone trying to circumvent the law would do. This is why the law exists that you must tag the deer immediately. I bet he has come upon this same situation several times. The rule is at the moment, not in the future or in the past. Unless he knew you shot the deer the assumption is you were both attempting to break the law.

You just need to shut your dumbass mouth...Got It??

You started a thread and asked a question, then didn't like some or any of the answers you got,,, and someone besides you should shut their mouth....

No matter the situation or circumstances;
A warning ticket is a much better outcome than a citation for an untagged deer in your possession..

End of story.