WWYD (what would you do)????
02-15-2008 | 12:40 PM
#72
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RE: WWYD (what would you do)????
The animal should be put down, but I wouldn't go breaking any laws without an accomplice in law enforcement. Down here, if I called the GW, he would most likely come help shoot it himself. Call your wildlife enforcement folks and see what they can offer.
02-15-2008 | 12:58 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: WWYD (what would you do)????
I don't think that there is a right or wrong answer in this case.
Were this a deer with a bad FRONT leg I would say to let it go. Deer missing a front leg is not all that unusual. The injured leg dies and eventually falls off. My father saw a three legged doe with twins once, but as I said, I'm only aware of deer missing a front leg never a hind leg.
Bob
Were this a deer with a bad FRONT leg I would say to let it go. Deer missing a front leg is not all that unusual. The injured leg dies and eventually falls off. My father saw a three legged doe with twins once, but as I said, I'm only aware of deer missing a front leg never a hind leg.
Bob
02-15-2008 | 01:12 PM
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RE: WWYD (what would you do)????
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Hey PT.....got a question for ya.....coming up.
I've often said that "Ethics is doing the right thing.....when even the wrong thing isn't against the law".
That works both ways, though
Here's a scenario.......
Family is rowing around in the city lake in a rented rowboat. Little girl stands up on her seat and falls into the water. You start to jump in after her......but notice the sign that reads "NO SWIMMING ALLOWED".
Do you do what's "right"......or break the law?
In each situation before us (Huntingson's and my hypothetical).....I trust myself to makeTHE correct"ethical" choice.
Hey PT.....got a question for ya.....coming up.
I've often said that "Ethics is doing the right thing.....when even the wrong thing isn't against the law".
That works both ways, though
Here's a scenario.......
Family is rowing around in the city lake in a rented rowboat. Little girl stands up on her seat and falls into the water. You start to jump in after her......but notice the sign that reads "NO SWIMMING ALLOWED".
Do you do what's "right"......or break the law?
In each situation before us (Huntingson's and my hypothetical).....I trust myself to makeTHE correct"ethical" choice.
02-15-2008 | 01:13 PM
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Typical Buck
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RE: WWYD (what would you do)????
I don't want to be in the religious conflict or whatever, I would personally contact DNR and tell them the devastating situation, if they say to let it be, then make YOUR OWN PERSONAL CHOICE, everyone in here would do something different, it all depends on what kind of person YOU are. I can tell that you want to take this animal to stop its suffering, I would do the deed and go on with life and not pay attention to the critiques that you will get, everyone critisizes others, you have to be your own person, do what YOU want, we are only human, do what you feel.
02-15-2008 | 01:20 PM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: WWYD (what would you do)????
Honest question.....real life example.
Lisa and I were headed up the road a few weeks ago. We went by a guardrail and I noticed a doe laying there with her head up. I got off at the next exit.......turned around.....made a big loop and got back there. I walked back to where the doe was and her legs front were mangled up pretty badly....panting up a storm.
So.......what do you do?
I can tell you that if I would have had a weapon....she'd have been dead in seconds. Would I have been a "poacher"? Call me what you would have. I didn't have a weapon....which is the ONLY reason the GW got a call. He came and dispatched her. Should she have been left to give it a go on her own......"will to survive"?
Every once in a while we are forced to make these type decisions. I put my dog down last year when she was sick. I made that decision for her. I woud have (and ultimately did) made that decision for that doe, that day.
I sleep really well.
Not in this state.
Lisa and I were headed up the road a few weeks ago. We went by a guardrail and I noticed a doe laying there with her head up. I got off at the next exit.......turned around.....made a big loop and got back there. I walked back to where the doe was and her legs front were mangled up pretty badly....panting up a storm.
So.......what do you do?
I can tell you that if I would have had a weapon....she'd have been dead in seconds. Would I have been a "poacher"? Call me what you would have. I didn't have a weapon....which is the ONLY reason the GW got a call. He came and dispatched her. Should she have been left to give it a go on her own......"will to survive"?
Every once in a while we are forced to make these type decisions. I put my dog down last year when she was sick. I made that decision for her. I woud have (and ultimately did) made that decision for that doe, that day.
I sleep really well.
Actuallly in your example, you would be violation of the law if you didn't save the girl if you can swim.
02-15-2008 | 01:22 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: WWYD (what would you do)????
ORIGINAL: MichaelHunsucker
Thats what i was thinking...
ORIGINAL: ron3775
Contact the DNR and let them know whats going on. They may let you take her out and it would be legal.
Contact the DNR and let them know whats going on. They may let you take her out and it would be legal.
02-15-2008 | 01:31 PM
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RE: WWYD (what would you do)????
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Honest question.....real life example.
Lisa and I were headed up the road a few weeks ago. We went by a guardrail and I noticed a doe laying there with her head up. I got off at the next exit.......turned around.....made a big loop and got back there. I walked back to where the doe was and her legs front were mangled up pretty badly....panting up a storm.
So.......what do you do?
I can tell you that if I would have had a weapon....she'd have been dead in seconds. Would I have been a "poacher"? Call me what you would have. I didn't have a weapon....which is the ONLY reason the GW got a call. He came and dispatched her. Should she have been left to give it a go on her own......"will to survive"?
Every once in a while we are forced to make these type decisions. I put my dog down last year when she was sick. I made that decision for her. I woud have (and ultimately did) made that decision for that doe, that day.
I sleep really well.
Not in this state.
Honest question.....real life example.
Lisa and I were headed up the road a few weeks ago. We went by a guardrail and I noticed a doe laying there with her head up. I got off at the next exit.......turned around.....made a big loop and got back there. I walked back to where the doe was and her legs front were mangled up pretty badly....panting up a storm.
So.......what do you do?
I can tell you that if I would have had a weapon....she'd have been dead in seconds. Would I have been a "poacher"? Call me what you would have. I didn't have a weapon....which is the ONLY reason the GW got a call. He came and dispatched her. Should she have been left to give it a go on her own......"will to survive"?
Every once in a while we are forced to make these type decisions. I put my dog down last year when she was sick. I made that decision for her. I woud have (and ultimately did) made that decision for that doe, that day.
I sleep really well.
Actuallly in your example, you would be violation of the law if you didn't save the girl if you can swim.
02-15-2008 | 01:38 PM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: WWYD (what would you do)????
Oh yea in your state, you let a doctor pass up a dying person and see what happens. Criminal Neglectance is a very grey area that could be used against you.
Not worth arguing over....and your point is taken (re: letting nature take its course). "I" (opinion) just feel like there are times when it's appropriate for an outside party to step in.
I respect your opinion.
