First Blood vs Last Blood

[vincentcui]

So, to solve the mystery of "first blood vs. last blood, whose tag to cut" question, I decided to call the CO but he/she was on voicemail. I missed his/her call back but I did get a voicemail from the CO. iPhone had the voicemail transcribed into text which does not read word-to-word but you can see the CO stated hunter who delivered the 1st shot shall cancel the tag. Looks like first blood wins even though in the synopsis it states "persons who KILLED the animal cancels species license".

[Livewire322]

Ok. But as they state - you both have to have a tag... So in the case of your buddy getting a moose LEH draw and you supposedly not been authorized on the same LEH (as you stated, you got nil for draws), you couldn't possibly have a tag (license) authorizing you to shoot said moose.

This COs opinion of first-blood aside.

[vincentcui]

Ok. But as they state - you both have to have a tag... So in the case of your buddy getting a moose LEH draw and you supposedly not been authorized on the same LEH (as you stated, you got nil for draws), you couldn't possibly have a tag (license) authorizing you to shoot said moose.

This COs opinion of first-blood aside.

He did not answer my second question regarding moose. I left another voicemail. Also your inbox is full, I attempted to send you a msg but did not go through.

[KodiakHntr]

So to clarify your thought process then, do you take it to mean that as long as the first person to shoot draws blood then it is ok for you to shoot because they will have to cut their tag?

Taking it to mean that it was legal for you to shoot the moose, because the guy who had the LEH and the tag shot first and drew blood so it was ok for you to shoot after he did because the moose was already hit?

[Livewire322]

He did not answer my second question regarding moose. I left another voicemail. Also your inbox is full, I attempted to send you a msg but did not go through.

Thanks for the heads up, I've emptied it now.
I don't really understand why you'd need to ask him a follow up question about the moose. It's very cut and dry.

[Livewire322]

So to clarify your thought process then, do you take it to mean that as long as the first person to shoot draws blood then it is ok for you to shoot because they will have to cut their tag?

Taking it to mean that it was legal for you to shoot the moose, because the guy who had the LEH and the tag shot first and drew blood so it was ok for you to shoot after he did because the moose was already hit?

Or, again taking it further, if buddy wounds a deer during archery only season, and you are out with him hunting bear/coyote with a rifle...

[IronNoggin]

For someone who suggested that they be reported themselves if there was anything untoward, you pretty much made the case if any CO is interested...

Just saying...

[vincentcui]

Thanks for the heads up, I've emptied it now.
I don't really understand why you'd need to ask him a follow up question about the moose. It's very cut and dry.

Because if I did not do the follow up shot, the moose would had dashed downhill and became unretrievable. I left the CO a voicemail with my phone number and FWID; I also told him if what I did was wrong, he can issue me a ticket.

[Livewire322]

Because if I did not do the follow up shot, the moose would had dashed downhill and became unretrievable. I left the CO a voicemail with my phone number and FWID; I also told him if what I did was wrong, he can issue me a ticket.

That is very honorable of you.

[vincentcui]

So to clarify your thought process then, do you take it to mean that as long as the first person to shoot draws blood then it is ok for you to shoot because they will have to cut their tag?

Taking it to mean that it was legal for you to shoot the moose, because the guy who had the LEH and the tag shot first and drew blood so it was ok for you to shoot after he did because the moose was already hit?

The CO has yet responded me on the Moose matter. For the bear matter, I replayed his voicemail he said if the first hunter INTENDED to shoot and kill the bear and SHOT the bear first, even if the bear was killed by the second hunter's follow-up shot, the first hunter should still cancel his own tag.