London Ontario Police put down injured deer...

The neighbour and I had to put down an injured deer on a hot summer day when I lived someways from town.. It'd been clipped by a passing vehicle as when it shook it's head the one horn moved somewhat, probably a fractured skull.
But no injuries other than that. It didn't flee when we approached it so obviously the lights were on but no-one was home.
A front shoulder hit with a slug from a 3" 12 gauge did the job. Looked somewhat like letting the air out of a balloon.
A 12 gauge is a pretty deadly piece of kit.
I've taken a few deer with a shotgun ( mind you a 12 ga 3" mag 36" bbl'd marlin goose gun is more formidable for this sort of thing than a Persuader ) and if used within about 70 yds they are very effiencent, bbl length considered of course.
 
I know that it's easy to be an armchair quarterback...but in a situation like this, with tons of hand-wringing vegetarians as witnesses, I think that a carefully aimed brain shot should have been the answer, rather than three slow body shots that leave the critter flopping around in full view. There's already going to be plenty of #####ing about the deed, lots of suggestions that the animal should have been transported to a vet and its family provided with counselling, etc. No need to traumatize the stupid any more than necessary.
 
Mike Oxbig said:
In this Nancy province I'm just happy they didn't blow a ton of money by rushing it to an animal hospital or something dumb to keep the precious snowflake children from learning a little about the real world.
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I remember the story where a deer was hit in the city and people were bringing it water and blankets.
TGIC (Thank god I'm country ;) )
 
madtrapper143 said:
Easy to watch and critique. Most here are gun savvy and hunters. When we hunt we don't have SIU, Professional Standards and any number of complaint processes or law suits hovering about.( things can and do go wrong in a hurry) The deer was shot and it is dead. Looks OK to me.

Darryl
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Because you would give LEO gun while not having them gun savvy ? This is pretty irresponsible. As is saying hunter don't have responsibilities. We do. Even if a stomach/gut shot would kill the animal I am hunting, I am still ensuring to hit the vital for a clean, quick, "ethical" death.
 
He did what he had to, I wouldn't risk a point blank slug shot in a city going through its head and going somewhere else.

SURE it's not ideal, but think of what bad could have come from that situation
 
Xora, my comment was to indicate that LEO's are not all avid firearm fanciers and have a working knowledge of how to shoot animals like hunters do. They are trained to use their issued firearms to save a life or their own life. I did not say hunters do not have responsibilities I said that hunters are not constantly the focus of public complaints and oversight when they don't do things perfectly ( not wrong, just not perfect). I do know that current policy for most police departments is to shoot the animal in the lung area with a shotgun if available and wait for it to bleed out. This is to absolutely keep the chances of something going wrong to a minimum. Having said that it is not an instant death but it is the safest way to dispatch an animal. Especially in a built up area. Oh ya I don't think I would give a gun to anyone who did not possess the basic skills to handle it safely.

Darryl
 
I am not sure what everyone is #####ing about. Really, he walked up, shot 3 times, and it was all over in 10-20 seconds. How much more humane do you need? Honestly, of all the "ethical" hunters I have seen, not one has achieved the mythical "lights out" type of kill. Every single time the animal drops, kicks and twitches, and hangs on for at least a little while. Usually the hunter doesn't notice this since he is high-fiving his buddy and hooting and hollering with his success, but it's there. Animals, even when hit through the heart, can often linger on for a short while, sometimes a long while. The last moose I saw drop had it's heart shreded by one shot. It still stood around, grunted and groaned, and took quite a while to keel over.

In regards to the call for the head shot. Really? That deer's head was moving around randomly, and quickly. Do you want to dispatch the deer, or do you want to risk blowing it's jaw off, and having everyone watch the poor deer, jaw hanging off by a flap of skin, gushing blood everywhere, flopping around the parking lot in agony? Never mind the significant chance of a missed and deflected shot.
 
jesus , that was horrible. These cops need a short little video on how to properly put down an animal. I understand lots of people dont grow up hunting, But that was brutal
 
Moose308 and Daryl said it perfectly.
Within the police universe, it is better to be judged by twelve than carried by six.
The shooter of the deer obviously was not aware he would be judged by a panel of Armchair 1/4 backs who are now suggesting the will to live could have been accomplished with less than three shots.
Would anyone suggest barrel to skull contact as more effective? Maybe if they were unaware of the "splash back of blood and brains"!
The officer did just fine and he did not waste any amount of time making the necessary decision. His actions were timely and deliberate.

How I wish the administrators would cancell some of these posts.

Good For You is an acronym . . .
 
horseman2 said:
How I wish the administrators would cancell some of these posts.

Good For You is an acronym . . .
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Why should they cancel some posts? Different opinions were expressed, by people who often admitted they were not there and did not know if there was an established procedure. Others, who sounded like they had some knowledge of the specific requirements the cop was adhering to, corrected and educated us. Everything was handled politely and courteously...until you showed up.

If a moderator were to remove a post, I think the first one that tells others to GFY would be a great place to start.
 
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I had to hold back from posting comments on Youtube. Obviously there are a lot more factors to consider than some of the yuppies have any sniff about.

Don't most departments issue low recoil shotgun ammo now?
 
Cinch99 said:
I had to hold back from posting comments on Youtube. Obviously there are a lot more factors to consider than some of the yuppies have any sniff about.

Don't most departments issue low recoil shotgun ammo now?
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i think they should also issue a "despatcher" in .38 for the shotgun and full wad cutter rounds less mess and if placed right it will be done and over with in one shot
 
Chances are this officer was using thier standard buckshot load and was following procedure of a lung shot. I bet you this officer was not an experienced hunter. But in reality, the animal was dispatched without further incident. So it took three shots. He'll do better next time I'm sure. Hunters also sometimes fail to dispatch thier quarry forthwith.
 
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