Originally Posted by
popeandyoungchaser
Nato, you did the right thing. Like I said before, its nothing to be proud of and it doesn't make you feel good. Its something that i will never do that way again. But when faced with a situation like that, you have to act and act quick so the animal doesn't suffer any more than it has to. Without a follow-up shot or a knife, I think breaking the neck is the quickest, but also the hardest on a deer that is older than 6 months or a year. The muscle mass gained in the neck after year one, can and did present a problem to me on the doe in the ravine.
Man, it was not easy to break the neck at all, even though he was just born this spring. I thought it would be easy. I think Hollywood can put retarded notions in your mind about things you're not educated about or haven't experienced firsthand, which explains why there are so many anti's out there. Anyway, his whole body wanted to turn, so I had to sit on it so that it wouldn't. Man it was just brutal, and absolutely nothing to feel manly about. Skinning him down and quartering him was difficult, because I could see what had been done. [shudder]