Storey County Sheriff’s Office shares hunting regulations after deer shot on public land dies on private property

Deputies in Storey County responded to a property in Virginia City on Monday after a resident found a dead deer with a projectile wound in their yard.

The resident told law enforcement the deer jumped into their yard before falling down, according to a post from the Storey County Sheriff’s Office on Facebook.

While the deer was being inspected, a man walked up carrying a hunting bow, and it was determined that he had a legally obtained and valid mule deer tag, was in his drawn tag area on public lands near Six Mile Canyon Road, and had shot a mule deer with his bow…

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