 Before doing so , Marty travels up to Travers ' house to try to convince Travers to allow him to keep Shiloh . Judd does not see Marty approaching , and shoots a doe out of season , which would mean a stiff fine Judd cannot afford . Marty lets Judd know he knows , and attempts to blackmail him out of Shiloh . Judd and Marty eventually negotiate a deal in which Marty will earn Shiloh for 40 dollars , paid with 20 hours of working for Judd . At the end of the first week , Judd says that he will not keep his end of the deal because the evidence of the dead doe has with the passage of time disappeared . Second , the contract that Marty had him sign is worthless in the state of West Virginia without the signature of a witness . Despite Judd 's pointed disapproval of his work , Marty continues to work for him . They begin discussing dogs and Judd 's father who began physically abusing Judd when he was four years old . In the end , Judd warms to Marty , relents , and lets him keep Shiloh . 
