i take the shot, tag him, and know he will not suffer any longer

My brother in-law used his only shotgun tag this year on an injured buck. Hit by a car. It was a 2.5 year old decent 8 point with awesome genes. There are far better bucks on the property. We all try to take mature deer , but in this case. We all told him he did the right thing.

"Ethics before antlers"......

I really like that quote.

Every situation is different and it might not be obvious that a deer needs to be put out of its misery or will have a painful recovery.

+1 agreed!!!

Shoot him. BTW I wouldn't hunt in a state where I had to 'tag' deer.....

shoot it. The rest is up to you

Shoot him. In SC game zone 2 you don't tag bucks. I'm limited to 2/day, total of 10/season.

ethics
 

I would shoot & tag him.
For ethics and respect of the animal.
I've believe that you only get so many chances for a deer per season.
So who knows--this might be the only buck you get to shoot.
There are no guarantees!!

Mark

Same here. Drop it, sit over it for a few hours and if nobody comes for it, fill the freezer.

This is a good question.............................!



For me, I shoot and attach my tag.



This is when they say, "it was ment to be".