What would you do

[Butcherbill]

I would probably let nature take it's course. Some of them don't survive the rut and the onset of winter or have run ins with predators and get injured as they escape.
Like the case of this mule deer doe that showed up in my back wood lot late season 3 .... maybe 4 years ago. She was torn up severely. Big claw marks to flesh all down her back to her hinds. She had a large portion of the skin torn open from her mid section across her ribs and belly and up into her left hind quarter. The meat was exposed and the skin hung from her. It was a grizzly sight and I thought for sure she was going to die back there in the wood lot. Next spring, early while the snow was still around this doe comes in the back yard and one look at her and I knew right away it was the same doe. The claw marks were healed but clearly visible as the fur was not grown in over the scars. We are talking from her shoulder to her ass on both sides. The big portion of skin where she was torn open was gone, replaced by a large scar area that had peach fuzz looking hair. She walked really stiff on her back legs.... like she was constipated looking.... but she was still able to jump a 4ft fence. I couldn't believe an animal could suffer such severe trauma and live thru a BC interior winter. She has been a regular off and on every year since and though her scars are still visible, the hair eventually grew in evenly by the following year. No vet, no medical interventions by humans or CO's...... just nature taking it's course.

I’ve seen pics/video of deer with an obvious broken and healed leg, with an exposed and healed bone that are still alive and well in the wild. It’s amazing what wildlife can go through and survive.

 

[Thunderhog]

If it had been a bit further out of town I would’ve put her out of her misery, which was obvious. Proximity to private land and the amount of citiots we have had buying property since Fauvid makes me think twice about doing what I know is the right thing, in the end a coyote or bear ate well. Just sucks to see an animal in that state, is what it is I guess.

Totally understandable.........

 

[Butcherbill]

Totally understandable.........

I’m getting soft it seems, I never used think twice about shooting wt does. Now I go out of my way to give them a pass lol, put a buck anywhere within range and I’m all over it.

We raise dairy goats and since I’ve taken more of an active role in kidding my outlook on hunting does has changed, there’s more similarity between the two breeds than I thought there would be.

 

[Thunderhog]

I’m getting soft it seems, I never used think twice about shooting wt does. Now I go out of my way to give them a pass lol, put a buck anywhere within range and I’m all over it.

We raise dairy goats and since I’ve taken more of an active role in kidding my outlook on hunting does has changed, there’s more similarity between the two breeds than I thought there would be.

Then my wife and I are also getting soft. We have approximately 19 WT does that live on the acreage here. We no longer harvest does, they are just to beautiful to watch. The bucks chase and bang the does non-stop in November and early December. We only shot one WT buck this year, could have got a few, but one deer is all we need.

We no longer hunt the Mule deer. There just doesn't seem to be that many any more, and they do not taste as good as the whitetail deer.

Elk on the other hand are always on our minds, yet we only are successful every eight or so years. The six-point antler restriction here makes it difficult to find a legal bull. Oh well, there's always next year.......

 

[FLHTCUI]

It might end up okay, and if it isn't okay, Crows, wolves and coyotes need to eat too. If it was me I'd let nature take it's course. Just my 2 cents.

Don't forget the worms !
They gots to eat too.
Call the CO's thats what they are paid to do...investigate and make reports etc....

 

[scruffee]

Animals are pretty tough. I wouldn't finish off an animal that can walk away, unless I had a tag for it.

Shot a three legged sow a couple years ago, it was healed but I could see boars were giving her a hard time and she could no longer climb trees.

 

[Sun_and_Steel_77]

To compound the problem my region has like 2 CO’s in total to deal with it all, they’re over stretched which probably doesn’t help with responding to things but this is the second time I’ve called them looking for help and been blown off.

Same in my area.

Two fish cops to sit at 0km where the main haul road meets the highway and they could nail the majority of the hunters around here for whatever they could dream up.

It's mind blowing how many guys they catch at the annual check stop north of Cache Creek. They run it every year,everybody knows about it and they still write citations fast as their fingers can fly.

 

[threecentsolution]

I would probably let nature take it's course. Some of them don't survive the rut and the onset of winter or have run ins with predators and get injured as they escape.
Like the case of this mule deer doe that showed up in my back wood lot late season 3 .... maybe 4 years ago. She was torn up severely. Big claw marks to flesh all down her back to her hinds. She had a large portion of the skin torn open from her mid section across her ribs and belly and up into her left hind quarter. The meat was exposed and the skin hung from her. It was a grizzly sight and I thought for sure she was going to die back there in the wood lot. Next spring, early while the snow was still around this doe comes in the back yard and one look at her and I knew right away it was the same doe. The claw marks were healed but clearly visible as the fur was not grown in over the scars. We are talking from her shoulder to her ass on both sides. The big portion of skin where she was torn open was gone, replaced by a large scar area that had peach fuzz looking hair. She walked really stiff on her back legs.... like she was constipated looking.... but she was still able to jump a 4ft fence. I couldn't believe an animal could suffer such severe trauma and live thru a BC interior winter. She has been a regular off and on every year since and though her scars are still visible, the hair eventually grew in evenly by the following year. No vet, no medical interventions by humans or CO's...... just nature taking it's course.

This does seem to be the way of it. I have seen over the years these animals survive amazing injuries. Multiple 3 legged deer in the bush as well as the car crash survivers in town.

 

[threecentsolution]

Same in my area.

Two fish cops to sit at 0km where the main haul road meets the highway and they could nail the majority of the hunters around here for whatever they could dream up.

It's mind blowing how many guys they catch at the annual check stop north of Cache Creek. They run it every year,everybody knows about it and they still write citations fast as their fingers can fly.

Haven't been out that way for a number of years. They still do that one every year? It used to be pretty much downtown.