Me and my dad are considering taking the NY trapping course. Last night, while trying to fall asleep, I thought of a scenario that some trappers might face. Here it goes:

You have mulitiple traps set up in the woods, all of which you check everyday. One morning, you go out to check your traps and notice you have a doe stuck in one of your traps. The doe has 2 fawns with her, both which will not leave her side. Obviously, you can tell that the doe you accidentaly trapped is the mama doe. You go to release the deer from the trap, and all is calm. Then as the deer start walking away, you notice that the deer is limping and cannot move as fast as it normally could. You have your trusty .22 with you, which most use for trapping anyway. What do you do? If you were to put the doe down, it would be ethical but not legal.