What would you have done

[Bud Man]

So I left my house at nine a m this morning, on a county road, i got up to a divided four lane state highway and took it left, two hundred yards up the road, there was a deer laying in a turning lane.Obviously hit by a car, there were 2 vehicles at it with hazards. Each car facing in opposite directions, on each side of the deer ,but the spike was still alive, before I could get to the next turning lane, because I was going to turn around and try to assist,I saw a local sheriff and I said he would stop to my wife, i wanted to go back and dispatch of the suffering animal, but knowing it was a state road would probably be illegal, 2 hours later, when I came back through
Approximately one hundred and fifty yards up The road was the same deer hit by several cars all over the road.Unfortunately. Another, what is legal, and what is ethical question to everyone out there.

 

[Nicodemus]

I would have put it out of its misery, no matter where it was. I`m not gonna let anything suffer.

 

[talisman]

No need in letting it suffer

 

[Bud Man]

I also personally would have thought l LEO Would have stopped and dispatched to alleviate further hazards on the roadway. It appeared to me that obviously the deer was able to get about a hundred yards away before being hit, probably had broke legs and drug itself that far before it was hit, unfortunately.

 

[Bud Man]

Another point also, this is an extremely busy four lane state highway. Safety was my number one concern. Imagine how the PETA people would've been blowing up the internet if they saw me do what I wanted to do.
Maybe charlie can answer this question on the legal /ethical ways to handle the situation. I know what I wished I would have done, hind sight is 20/20 but I thought it was going to be addressed before I came back.

 

[Swamprat]

Don’t care where it was, humanely put it down.

Other folks around, I’ll deal with that later.

 

[slow motion]

Yep. Do what's right. If people have a problem with that they will get over it.

 

[Jim Boyd]

Just shoot it and move on.

If it is out of the way, leave it lay.

If is is in the way, drag it out of the way.

I have dispatched multiple deer and dogs.

Always felt it was right.

 

[campboy]

I would have put it out of its misery, no matter where it was. I`m not gonna let anything suffer.

Absolutely

 

[ucfireman]

I would call the local sheriff's office and tell the OIC of what happened,
PEE (wont let me post the other wording) POOR on their behalf not to put it down or call DNR.
Then I would show up at my local town meeting and let the commissioners know what OUR sheriffs did NOT do and how it led to a road hazard.

 

[James12]

Many LEOs would prefer you do it so they don’t have to, it’s just more paperwork at that point. Seen it and done it a lot in Burbia. Even the Honk For Harris fanny pack wearing sign holders would probably agree

 

[Jim Boyd]

I would call the local sheriff's office and tell the OIC of what happened,
PEE (wont let me post the other wording) POOR on their behalf not to put it down or call DNR.
Then I would show up at my local town meeting and let the commissioners know what OUR sheriffs did NOT do and how it led to a road hazard.

But wouldn’t that be creating a TON of effort - that would not stop any sufffering on the part of the animal - and also likely create no change in the system?

I’ll take the two minute route every time.


Just thinking out loud.

 

[Sixes]

I would of assumed that if there were 2 vehicles already stopped, then one of them would have had enough sense to put the deer down.

I put one out its misery in a similar situation with a lady LEO standing beside me. She had no clue how to dispatch the animal, so I got my own pistol and showed her how.

 

[Toliver]

I would of assumed that if there were 2 vehicles already stopped, then one of them would have had enough sense to put the deer down.

I put one out its misery in a similar situation with a lady LEO standing beside me. She had no clue how to dispatch the animal, so I got my own pistol and showed her how.

Unfortunately you'll find that a lot. Some people are not brought up the way we are and they've never been faced with such a task. They don't know where to shoot them. They are afraid to shoot them. They're too sensitive to shoot them. I worked with one guy who simply refused to shoot them. He hated hunters and no matter the suffering he refused to kill an animal. He thought a vet should come out and humanely euthanize them. Bullets were to barbaric. Dang good officer otherwise. He had no problem handling people however they needed to be handled. He was just soft with animals. We never could get that "suffering" thing through his head.

We had one female, bless her heart, she tried but she was a complete train wreck. It took us years to get rid of her. In one deer she actually used a Remington 870 that held 5 rounds.... and had to reload! Then 3 more rounds. Yes, 8 12 gauge rounds to put down a deer. And we only carry buckshot and slugs. I don't know what all she fired at that poor deer

Yes, for many departments shooting an animal requires paperwork but it's not that much and anyone who lets an animal suffer over that is just wrong.

I never let a citizen shoot a deer if I was there just for liability reasons. I don't know their skills. But if they shot it before I got there I didn't have a problem with it. I let a lot of people take the deer if they wanted it. I'd give them the police case number just in case anyone couldn't tell it had been hit by a car. Most game wardens and processors are smart enough to see the broken legs and road rash to know it wasn't just shot by somebody. No tag required to be used in such a case.

 

[Sixes]

I don't think she really wanted me to, but the deer was bleating and trying to stand and her and the lady that hit it were shook up, so she was fine with me putting it down.

I did have to use my own firearm.


We had another deer hit in front of my work and one of my coworkers was there when the LEO "put" the deer down. Took several shots and my coworker said it was obvious that they are not trained to euthanize an animal. The deer was shot up like a pin cushion

 

[Railroader]

Geez Louise...

Just shoot it tween the eyes, and drive on.

 

[godogs57]

I would have put it out of its misery, no matter where it was. I`m not gonna let anything suffer.

Very easy decision. And the correct one too.

 

[Rich M]

You can slice the neck too. Quiet, no bullets flying around.

My stepson has shot a couple of deer but they die quick that way. We were leaving and someone run over a yearling next to a house so i cut the jugular as opposed to a gunshot at 10pm outside the house. He got all choked up over that one for some reason. Crimson mixed with mud.

 

[Toliver]

A deer with any size to it that still has fight left can hurt you bad when you try to grab onto them.

 

[Buckstop]

No telling, maybe it regained enough wherewithal to stumble out into the roadway and oncoming traffic and got hit again before the LEO could dispatch it or it was safe to do so.