drockw

I would most likely have taken him. The buck i shot this season was gimped up really badly, but he was super skinny as well (about 115#'s) so i took him. I dont regret it at all.

Derek

Pahunter01

I personally would let him go. If he has made it this far and endured everything to survive. He gets a free pass. I saw a 3 legged doe last year and the though of taking herentered my mind. Then I figured that she was in no pain and she was getting along well....heck she deservesto live.

PreacherTony

Same here .... however, if you have been hunting a certain buck and you were willing to eat tag soup if you could not take him, I wouldn't shoot the injured deer .... it looks like he will be fine

CCPaHunter

He does look to be healthy so I too would let him go. I'm fortunate to hunt an area loaded with nice bucks and have passed on seven bucks this season that were all bigger than him and inside of thirty yards. If he looked to suffering I would take care of business. Ken

kickin_buck

I don't think I would shoot. He does not appear to be starving to death. The injury appears to be healed over and does not appear to be limiting his ability to feed or avoid predators. If it were a fresh injury, or I seen him struggling, then I would drop him. However, based on the pictures alone, I would let him keep going.

teedub31

I gotta agree with the minority hear. While injured, that deer appears fine. Good weight, attentive eyes and ears, just a bum leg. I'd let him pass, unless you wanted to harvest him to actually harvest him, not put him out of what you think is misery. I wonder if some of you guys endorse eugenics of humans. Heck I broke my dominate hand and it was never able to heal right. It hurts like hell some times, but I make it. I also know a lot of older folks that have bum legs, hips, knees etc. WIthout help they can't do anything. You want to put them down???

teedub31

I'll give you the chance to edit your post and include "TAG the harvested animal", before I call you out. Putting a deer down that you think needs it does not negate your legal responsibility to tag it even if you are not gonna take it home. Most states (if not all) have laws against wanton waste. Shooting a deer (no matter it's health status) and just leaving it qualifies as wanton waste in most books.

OHbowhntr

First, chill with calling people names and blatant insults, you make yourself look less and less mature each time to do this. Again, goes back to that credibility thing, and I'm not real sure it's gonna be repairable if you don't change SOON!!!!

Now to the content of the post. The deer looks plenty healthy, other than the bad leg/feet. Likely and OLD injury and possible deformity, and if you don't think that deer can get up an move, you're SADLY mistaken. I've seen quite a few 3 legged deer that you'd never known were 3 legged deer until they stopped and you had an opportunity to see they were missing a leg. That deer has been that way for quite a while, and if he's survived long enough to have that well healed over appearance, there's a pretty good chance, he's not suffering as much as you may think. If he was that severely disabled, he'd have been coyote feed a while ago.

mossberghunter93

aside from the leg he looks pretty healthy but i think i would shoot he isnt that small

wallhangr

Without seeing him move, I'd say he healed up pretty good. Looks like an injury from sometime this year (no funky rack). I'd let him walk and would like to see what he looks like next year.