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So we've had a good year, killed a few deer this year (4 total on several different farms). I have plenty of deer meat as I get most of the meat harvested off my properties.
Anyhow - tonight I was trying to fill my unused buck tag and had a few slicks come past. I noticed the one was limping really bad and the leg looked to be broken. She was getting along "ok" just a bit slower and looked healthy otherwise, so I didn't shoot her. I have seen deer live through some crazy shit so I figure shell be just fine.
However, it got me thinking - when do you shoot a deer to put it "out of its suffering" ?
my experience with this-
When I was about 15+/- I was hunting Salt Fork and I had a young doe come by first thing opening morning. The doe had bone sticking out of both sides of her leg and she was dragging her entire back leg because of it - at that time I felt I needed to shoot that deer and I did.
Anyhow - tonight I was trying to fill my unused buck tag and had a few slicks come past. I noticed the one was limping really bad and the leg looked to be broken. She was getting along "ok" just a bit slower and looked healthy otherwise, so I didn't shoot her. I have seen deer live through some crazy shit so I figure shell be just fine.
However, it got me thinking - when do you shoot a deer to put it "out of its suffering" ?
my experience with this-
When I was about 15+/- I was hunting Salt Fork and I had a young doe come by first thing opening morning. The doe had bone sticking out of both sides of her leg and she was dragging her entire back leg because of it - at that time I felt I needed to shoot that deer and I did.