I agree with both of you on the illegal part but if a horse gets hurt they kill it, if a dog or cat gets hurt they shoot it. A deer although a wild animal is still an animal and I think that if he is hurt as bad as he says that it is really only fair to shoot him. If that was me wounded out in the woods I would want to be put out of my misery. But different people have different opinions I see where both of you are coming from.