chr103yod

I've had this happen three times. Twice the deer was paralyzed from the neck down. I use a pretty long hunting knife so I just stuck it behind the shoulder like I would an arrow. They both died in a few seconds. The third one my son shot, it was his fist deer and he just barely caught the spine. That one I shot in the chest, I didn't want him to feel worse than he already did. I really hate when this happens but remember it is a lot more humane than they would die naturally. Starvation, getting ripped apart alive by a coyote or getting busted up by a car and slowly dying is way worse than quickly killing a downed animal.