I ain't heard no one mention respect. If that deer was smart enough to evade hunters his entire life and I just happened upon him by dumb luck when he was dying or in the process of dying, then me-no- I would't take any pride in that animal as a trophy and wouldn't enjoy the meat either knowing that I hadn'tearned it. If he was suffering and obviously mortally wounded then maybe Id put him down. I haved put deer out of their misery that had been hit by cars and lie suffering in a ditch tryng to drag themselves back into the woods with just their front legs.I relate to rybo hunter and bobby on this one.