however, I think that if the hunter is in danger of getting hurt while approaching the animal you need to excercise a little more caution and shoot it again. My grandpa had one try to attack him while grabbing the deer's head to slit its throat. Luckily, my dad was with him and he got ahold of the deer before it could get to grandpa. No matter what the condition is you need to make sure the animal is totally expired before you get too friendly with it.