What would you do if you came upon a wounded deer?

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Not sacrificing much, you see we are allowed to party hunt in Ontario, I can use an un used tag from any other hunter in the party I am hunting with to continue to hunt, as they could use mine.
With twelve or more in the camp, and a camp history of never using up all the tags, why not?

Been away for a week with no computer John Y so this is a late response

When you put it that way, it makes sense.

Never been involved in party hunting. Guess that's why it makes it easy for me to be selfish with my tag.

You've got me thinking now.

 

[Mumptia]

I got into a lot of trouble about 15 years ago when i dispatched a deer that had been hit by a truck . It was a smashed up bag of bones and jello but still alive and suffering . I shot it but didn't tag it and there is one freaking house on that stretch of highway and they reported me . I'd never do it again . I hate to see an animal suffer but i suffered just about as much as the deer did .

That is the main concern most hunters have.

This is where the law and our own sense of compassion just don't meeet eye to eye.

You did the right thing putting the deer down, but like most other "put em' out of their misery" scenarios, perception seems to be 9/10 th's of the law. Especially when whom ever reported you doesn't have a Jesus clue about what happened.