I have enough trouble ringing a little bitty quail or dove's neck when "winged"...ain't no way I'm slitting a deer's throat. My brother-in-law did that once and he was successful in killing the deer but he also sunk the blade of his knife deep into his leg requiring a trip to the emergency room and lots of stitches...I helped him drag the carcass out the next day and I saw the job he did on the doe...he nearly cut her head off.