Compassion buck, Idaho muley.

[headbones]

After a week in the Idaho deer hunt, I was holding out for something bigger and wanting to hunt public land, still waiting after a few good days of hiking and hunting. I was just checking out the farms herd of does, usually around 60 come down off the hill into the fields, maybe something big would show up, but not likely. I spotted a little buck way out there with a bum front leg. I figured he'd been shot and it was mangled, upon close inspection, this guy couldn't

put any weight on his front leg and it was just dangling. My daughter said it would be the right thing to do, compassion buck! Coyote food, winter kill. So I decided to shoot him. Tagged him. No fresh wounds, elbow didn't have any structure to it. Must have been hit by car when he was younger? Had been that way for awhile, was thin and smaller body. Anyway, he did have a neat little rack once we picked him up. Do you let wounded deer go or put em out of their misery?

 

[kickerbuck]

I am traumatized by watching deer suffer as I see it way to much with my job! I think you did the right thing if you think he was going to get eaten alive by coyotes or what ever else comes along. Cool set of horns like you said!

 

[Homer]

I let them walk....animals don't have self pitty. You did him no favors....

 

[DeerMadness]

I let them walk....animals don't have self pitty. You did him no favors....

Killjoy

 

[Outdoordan]

Good job, might as well eat him rather than have him winter kill and suffer.

 

[DBG3285]

We often do “compassion” kills.

 

[Sherlock]

I realize it’s not politically correct, but Homer’s correct. But I also don’t pray to animals, apologize or thank a dead animal, and never cry over them while filming myself.

(I’m also insensitive and divorced, so there’s that)

 

[30PointBuck]

That's a rad buck. I'd take him limp or not! I think you made a sound decision. Congrats!