pistoltrainer you should not beat yourself up over this, you did the right thing for this day and age, if I had a tire iron, which I always have in the bed of the truck I would have put the deer down, one good whack at the base of the skull and it is over quickly. Doing that is a hard thing to do though, I know some hunters that couldn't do the tire iron deal, to personal. I would not do the knife unless I was sure the deer could not kick, deer hooves cut like a knife. You did the best you could.

The Tazman