The morning of November 5th of this year we were headed out of town for the second day of our gun season and came across a nice buck laying on the sidewalk with a broken leg and broken back. We weren't anywhere close to out of town yet. We used a hammer to put the deer out of its misery and called the local cops and told them where the deer was and that we ended its suffering. The made the call and deputy who lived only a short distance from where we found the deer grabbed the call on his way to work and checked things out. He nodded his head and asked if we wanted a possession permit, to which we said yes. He wrote the permit while we dressed the deer and loaded it into the truck. He wished us luck that day and bid us adieu. Law enforcement is usually pretty decent about unusual circumstances, but game wardens can be fickle. I say call cops or a sherriff's department first, then a co if the others can't help out.