Hypothetical question

[Happy]

I am hunting a new chunk of ground this spring. The only think that separates this new ground is a river. However this river is the border between the two states I hunt. Both chunks are heavily hunted leases. Theoretically if I were to call a bird in to the river bank and kill him from the other side which side do I check him on for? The state he was standing in or the state that I shot him from? I have no plans of attempting this but my mind wanders a lot.

[zelmo1]

Tag in state of death. It happened to me between NH and Maine.

[Happy]

Guess that answers that question. Thanks

[Greg Massey]

Yes the state you killed him ...

[Yoder409]

You must be shooting TSS if you can kill a bird from one state clean into another.

[owlhoot]

You must be shooting TSS if you can kill a bird from one state clean into another.

Don't be giving any tss manufacturers marketing ideas

[Happy]

You must be shooting TSS if you can kill a bird from one state clean into another.

I'm gonna do it with lead. I am a rebel like that.

[zelmo1]

Lol, actually across the Salmon Falls River. I was knee deep crossing the river. #5 Longbeards did the trick 

[Happy]

That would be interesting. Years ago  before I was a member of the  new lease I was guiding a fellow. We got one going on the the other side. We got close to the river and tried to call him across. Wasn't happening. He stayed and strutted his butt of on the other side. He was in range but untouchable.

[crow]

  I would  tag it in whichever states season was ending the soonest or I had the most tags for.
Is this a trick question

[Happy]

No trick question.  I agree with the state the bird was standing in when killed. Just seeing what other people would think. I have no intent of trying it. But there is a slim chance that the situation could arise.

[southern_leo]

Think if it this way. You don't report when you shoot a gun in someone's state, but you have to report when you kill a bird in their state. So where the bird dies it's reported.

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[SteelerFan]

Those were always the fun questions that a game warden would get at the local coffee shop, often causing an awkward pause... lol

One that directly applies to your situation - "If I float the Potomac in a canoe with a Maryland license, and shoot a fox squirrel off a branch that is over the water, but the tree is in WV... am I legal?"

In theory, the State boundary would be vertical from the high water mark on the WV side, and it would be possible for the squirrel to enter Maryland air space... but for all practical purposes, rule of thumb was WV tree = WV squirrel.

[Marc]

Tag him in the state you killed him...

But what if he is on this side of the line when you shot him, and in the throws of death, flops over to the other side?  Do you tag him on the side you shot him, or the side you recovered him?

And, what if you are on one side of the state line, and you shoot the bird on the other?  (I would tag the bird on the side he died).

And if the state regulations state 1 bird per day, can you shoot a bird on one side, cross over and kill a bird on the other side, and carry both birds back to your truck legally (assuming you have proper licenses and stamps for both states)?

[HFultzjr]

Tag him in the state you killed him...

But what if he is on this side of the line when you shot him, and in the throws of death, flops over to the other side?  Do you tag him on the side you shot him, or the side you recovered him?

And, what if you are on one side of the state line, and you shoot the bird on the other?  (I would tag the bird on the side he died).

And if the state regulations state 1 bird per day, can you shoot a bird on one side, cross over and kill a bird on the other side, and carry both birds back to your truck legally (assuming you have proper licenses and stamps for both states)?

All that river crossing, I would surely fall in, get wet, lose gun, etc. Not to mention my box calls. Go back to truck and find partner with a nice bird he bagged on the other side of the road..............LOL. But that's just me.