In Ontario, you must encase and unload your gun, bow, etc after 1/2 hr after sunset. I don' t know what the regulations are in the States, but I' ve seen on the shows where the guys are walking around with rifles on their shoulders at dark.

Suppose you shoot a deer at last light. You hear it crashing around and finally stop say 80 - 100 yards away. You give it the proper amount of time to expire then begin to track it. Now, what if you came across the animal mortally wounded and unable to move, but alive. What do you do to ethically and humanely end the suffering?

What if you looked over a field and saw your deer moving but obviously hit hard?

Something I' ve been thinking about.......