...I believe in Wisconsin, you can legally go onto the land to recover the animal.
I lost a doe several years back. Shot her on State Park land and she took off and jumped the fence onto private ground and dropped dead in a pasture about 75 ft. in. I could easily see her from the fence.
Walked about 3/4 mile back to my car, put all my stuff in except for Orange hat and vest. Walked another 1/4 mile to get the landowners driveway and then walked another 1/2 mile to get to his house. I asked very nicely if I could recover my deer that had run onto his property and died. In no uncertain terms, I was told "NO" and to leave immediately and to never come back and never ask again. So I called the CPO. By the time he got there and we walked back (on the state side of the fence) to where the deer was, the Landowner and one of his sons had her gutted and just about finished tying her onto a four wheeler. The CPO stopped them. He checked the blood trail, said yep she had been shot on State ground and jumped the fence, and asked the Land owner if he would be willing to let me have my deer. He said "NO", he had one of his landowner tags on her, so the CPO told me I was basically SOL and maybe the next one I shot would stay on my side of the fence.
Sorry about your deer at least it was a doe
Mrs. Scout prefers does in the freezer
So Ricky- What did you do?
Well, maybe you should just go talk to the landowners now ....
I lost a doe several years back. Shot her on State Park land and she took off and jumped the fence onto private ground and dropped dead in a pasture about 75 ft. in. I could easily see her from the fence.
Walked about 3/4 mile back to my car, put all my stuff in except for Orange hat and vest. Walked another 1/4 mile to get the landowners driveway and then walked another 1/2 mile to get to his house. I asked very nicely if I could recover my deer that had run onto his property and died. In no uncertain terms, I was told "NO" and to leave immediately and to never come back and never ask again. So I called the CPO. By the time he got there and we walked back (on the state side of the fence) to where the deer was, the Landowner and one of his sons had her gutted and just about finished tying her onto a four wheeler. The CPO stopped them. He checked the blood trail, said yep she had been shot on State ground and jumped the fence, and asked the Land owner if he would be willing to let me have my deer. He said "NO", he had one of his landowner tags on her, so the CPO told me I was basically SOL and maybe the next one I shot would stay on my side of the fence.
NO TRUSPASSING
she took off and jumped the fence onto private ground and dropped dead in a pasture about 75 ft. in.