RE: Another ethics question........
 

I too have been wondering about the comments about the "sharp knife". I have heard of hunters being very seriously injured by "flying hooves", and as stated above a broken back often leaves the front legs totally mobile, except in this case I do not believe they were, because she would have dragged herself away, but then again as it was pavement, could she get enough 'traction' to pull her self away.

I have always taught the ones I helped learn about deer hunting, to make positively sure the animal was dead before approaching.

RE: Another ethics question........
 

pistoltrainer you should not beat yourself up over this, you did the right thing for this day and age, if I had a tire iron, which I always have in the bed of the truck I would have put the deer down, one good whack at the base of the skull and it is over quickly. Doing that is a hard thing to do though, I know some hunters that couldn't do the tire iron deal, to personal. I would not do the knife unless I was sure the deer could not kick, deer hooves cut like a knife. You did the best you could.

The Tazman

RE: Another ethics question........
 

I keep a the phone numbers of a few game wardens with me all the time. If the situation arose I was unsure about I would call one of them on my cell phone for advice.