teamster284

i would try to find someone around with a tag to take the deer legally, if not i would put it out and leave mother nature to do what she does with the carcass. i know of a person that put an old buck out of its misery caught in a fence. it had 2 broken legs real skinny and so old it was almost all grey. very bad shape. he shot it and didnt move it until the game warden came out to look at it. he was made to tag the deer. he said he would do it again and end an animals suffering and just keep his mouth shut.

CatskillHuntr

Some laws were made to be broken.

I would say to put it down, and keep quite about it!

Mother Nature can be rough on its creatures, but there is no need for it to suffer painfully.

BigBob

I've seen enough cruelty in my life time to consider it the worst sin, or crime, that one may commit. I do not think it would be possible for me to walk away and leave the deer in that condition. I would also leave the deer lay. Converting any part of the deer to my use I feel would be wrong. I only hope that if I were in that condition, I could do as much for myself.

kshunter

I know know about the areas you guys live in, but around here, if there's an animal in that condition, most every person I know would put the animal down. And being worried about getting caught, would be the last thing on their mind, because they'd just shoot it and leave. And not many would care if they broke the law in this manner, because it's good ethics.
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deerslayer still

I haven't laughed so hard in quite a while to see some of the same people that said that using someone elses tag wether legal or illegal is poaching and that they would immediately turn in anyone doing ANYTHING even remotely wrong say on this post that they would shoot the deer and keep their mouth shut. Quite hypocritical. Now, that said, I would take pictures of the deer or videotape it in this bad condition, call the game warden one more time and let him know that i'm going out to put this animal out of it's misery and if he wants to help come on with. If not, he can fine me and take me to court. I'd fight that in court and the pictures and video would speak for itself.

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Buck Magnet

Well, this same type of situation happened to me this year. I had already shot my doe, and filled my tag. A young fawn/doe walked down to me. She had been hit and her back leg was messed up REALLY bad. She could barely walk. She kept falling over and crying. It was a terrible sight. I new that the deer wouldn't make it so I pulled up and shot. I put it down. It was dead instantly. I told my grandfather and he called one of his friends who is a Game Commissioner. The man came out to pick up the deer. He told me that if it wasn't really badly infected he was going to give it the Farmers and Hunters Feed the Hungury. He told me that I did the right thing and he didn't care what the law said. I felt good knowing that I saved an animal a LOT of suffering. Some Game Commissioners will let you get away with it, because they have a heart. Others won't. The Game Commissioner and I both knew that I had did the right thing.

Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
P.S. Only Chuck Adams can sit at home and see deer so get into the woods. =;^)

PABuck_HNTR

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2 Its illegal and you could be prosecuted if caught.
3 Game Commission refused to help the landowner
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I would put the deer down! In this instance the law is wrong in my opinion!

Buck Magnet

Yep, the law isn't always right. Until you hear the sound of a fawn crying a death cry, you can't understand how wrong that law is.

Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
P.S. Only Chuck Adams can sit at home and see deer so get into the woods. =;^)

Tim Clark

I would probably shoot it and take a few pictures of it. If you got caught, I doubt a judge would convict you after seeing what condition it was in.

Edited by - Tim Clark on 01/20/2002 22:51:02