If you read my other post you know I went bowhunting on gun opener today. I heard footsteps approaching slowly in the distance. I couldn't see the deer but knew that it was one. As it got closer I notice that it looks like a yearling doe. It kept stopping every 2-3 yds and sniffing the ground. At 40yds I thought I saw it nibbling on some extraordinarily red leaves. At 30yds I realize that those red leaves were really part ofits snout and all of its bottom jaw hanging by a few strings. Obviously, I knew I had to put an end to its suffering.

It was pretty thick where I was at so I didn't get a clean shot til it was 12yds. I sent a slickie right through the heart and it made its 40yd death run then collapsed. Here's where it gets interesting (to me at least).

I later ran into 5 guys with shotguns doing a deer drive (incorrectly btw). We said our greetings and made our small talk then they told me they were looking for a wounded doe that came in my direction. I asked them if it had its lower jaw blown off. They said yea, you seen her? I said yea, I seen him(actually a bb) and I finished him off.

Now... what I'm getting at is I think there's a chance they might have been trying to shoot deer in the head and that's how this bb ended up like this. Think about it, for you to be able to see that a deer has its jaw torn off, it has to be about 30yds or so and walking slowly. And if it was at 30yds, why would you not aim behind the shoulders unless you were intentionally going for a headshot? I suppose anything could've happened but it just seemed odd that they knew it had a missing jaw. I don't like to assume things, and I'm not, but you know how when your gut tells you something, it's usually right?

What do you think? Accident or intentional?