Blogger: Do You Legally Own That Deer?

Gordon Whittington writes: “The question of who owns our native game animals isn’t quite as easy to answer as it might seem. If you operate under the so-called ‘North American wildlife model,’ as virtually all wildlife agencies do, most native vertebrates belong to the public as a whole. … But as with many other ‘simple’ concepts, the devil can be in the details. And over time, the details of wildlife ownership have mutated into a murky mess. Whittington examines the changing concept of wildlife ownership. Read his blog in North American Whitetail.