RE: What to do?
I've had the situation twice. Once in late muzzle loader, I slit the throat and held the neck up to let it bleed out as fast as possible. Two years ago during the late anterless season, a buddy of mine hit one in the spine which pretty much paralyzed everything behind the front legs, to put the doe out of her misery, I pulled my .45 Springfield Arms and finished it off with a head shot (handguns are allowed in the late season). I don't like it when there isn't adeath shot that finishes the job quickly. But it happens and you have to deal with it. Crappy as it is, it is part of hunting.