Don't ask me what brought this to mind, as I have no idea. Keep in mind that this situation is completely hypothetical and that there is no right or wrong answer.

The situation;

It is the last 20 minutes of the last day of the season. You/a friend/someone you're close to has a deer walk under their stand and they take the shot. The deer runs off and after an obligatory 30 minute wait, the arrow is inspected.

Upon inspection you find that the shot made was a poor one, couple that with the fact that the deer ran off a few yards, slowed, and walked away with its tail down, you elect to come back in the morning. The next morning you begin trailing your deer, only to stumble uponit in its bed, mortally wounded, but still alive.

The question;

It is the day after the season is closed. The deerappears to bemortally wounded, but still alive. [Assume liver/intestinal hit.]Do you dispatch the animal?

If so, do you tag the animal and take it home, knowing full well that you have killed the animal after the season has closed?