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I have had to end the life of 2 deer out of season. Both were hit by cars.. 1 doe I used my belt and ended her life. The 2nd, a small buck, I used a small rope.

Sometimes you just do what you have to.

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I hear ya Duke.

When I tried to get close to her ....she tried to get up and couldn't. She slid down an embankment and under a small group of bushes. She laid there.....panting....until the GW came and dispatched her.

She HAD to have been in a world of pain....but I remember her browsing on a leaf above her.....still panting. I don't know why.....but that image is burned in. I'll never forget it. It's one of the saddest things I've ever seen.

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Wow, this has taken a tangent.

There really is no right answer to this question. As I said I would contact the DNR in this specific case and if they said no I wouldn't kill the deer. There is no guarantee that it is going to die anyway. There was a photo sequence in D&DH I believe that showed a yearling doe with an infection on its chest that started out the size of a tennis ball and grew to the size of a beach ball and was almost dragging on the ground in a few weeks. Later photos showed the sack had broken and weeped and it eventually shrank to nothing but some loose skin. Deer are incredible animals.

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Here is where everyone is getting messed up. People try to make a coorelation to a hobbling or limping deer to one that is near roadkill, can't move, can't get up, and clearly dying. You can't compare the two. I ahve seen many deer hobbling for a long time on three legs. But people want to justify thier actions of shooting limping deer. There is no comparison

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I couldn't agree more with you mobow, well said! At the same time I'm not going to knock someone down if they choose to put it out of its misery.

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Man, I hope I don't ever break my leg and you guys find out about it....................I would be a goner[8D]

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I hear ya, be careful around these guys! :D:D:D:D:D




Some of you guys would over-analyze a popcorn fart!!!!!! Let nature run it course, geeesh.....[8D]

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You got that right!! Its getting to be the norm on here.

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Take her out but i cant say i would eat her if she is that bad off