I once shot a deer that was already dead. I took quite a bit of flack for it, too.

It was a really nice 4x4 whitetail that had been gutshot and froze to death in a bedded position with its head curled up against its body.

So, as fate would have it, I "sneaked up on him" and let him have it. Chunks of icy bone and meat went everywhere. Pretty embarassing.

I even radio'ed my hunting party to tell them that I shot a real big one, and he never even moved out of his bed.

The follow-up radio transmission - when I told them that I had, in fact, shot a frozen deer, well... that was pretty embarassing.