A very sticky scenario.

[yupper]

There's law and then there's morality/ethics etc.

A friend of mine in Manitoba was discussing a similar type of scenario and he replied "There are man's laws, and then there are God's laws." I do not advise breaking the law, but I would not be able to walk away (and as members have already said, law enforcement is usually sympathetic in these situations). Nature does take care of it's own, but sometimes it can be gut-renchingly cruel and lengthy. If medium to large predators were around, the animal would have already been killed and taken care of - no topic to discuss. I would rather put it out of it misery and let the little scavengers have their way with the remains.

 

[pottsy]

...just to add to this...a friend was telling me a story the other day...you gotta here this.

I'll make it as short as possible.

Deer get's hit by car...still alive, unable to move, in agony. A guy I know stops at the scene with one other person. Police show up. The female cop has no idea what to do. They say "It's in AGONY....DO SOMETHING!!"

Her enlightend reply "OH....ok....stand back".

She unholsters her gun...and shoots the deer. Deer starts kicking madly...
....she shoots it again. Now kicking even more.
Another cop shows up.

The guys are like "WTF are you DOING???"

In closing....the cop distarges 5 ROUNDS before the thing is dead. AND....this is the best..

....the cops get in their cars....AND LEAVE!!!!!

The f**king deer is still layng on the frikken road!!

That's funny... perhaps there is a 5 round cop minimum for despatching animals. I watched an officer fire 5 rounds into a dying dear myself a few years ago, eventually it just bled out... the fact he couldn't shoot for heck from 10 feet away scared me.

 

[dumbdawg]

so did the hippy find his new garden plot i have a problem seeing anything suffer.so i'd put it down

 

[Rod B]

A big rock to the head & STFU.

 

[tonyg]

If no big illegal rocks around , a boot lace and a stick will do the trick in seconds . Garrot style . Of course animal has to co-operate somewhat. Then STFU and carry on.

 

[the_big_mike]

SSS here.

 

[scott_r]

leave it for the coyotes, chances are they're already watching, waiting for you to leave.

 

[Gatehouse]

Deer hooves are hard and sharp. Your nutsack is soft....Keep that in mind when dispatching a wild animal....

I can't imagine being in the woods wihtout a knife, the hippy should be the one that has to die due to stupidity.