RE: Mercy Kill ? Scenario
Judgement call on whether you think it will make it or not. If below the knee, they will make it. We had a doe running the farm I work at. She had lost her leg right at the knee. See raised two very healthy fawns that summer and raised triplets the next summer. She was fat and in good shape during the winter. I shot a buck that had lost a leg right at the knee. He was fat, the wound was very old from the looks of the callous and would have survived a long time should I of passed.
Above the knee especially if shot with rifle, I would shoot it if I was offered a chance. More then likely they won't make it. Infection will likely set in if damaged bad.
Tim