Fawn with an arrow in the hip

Drove down the driveway this afternoon and watched two fawns run thru the pasture 1 had an arrow sticking out of it's hip, looking at the angle of the arrow the arrow was shot from behind the deer. I know the feeling of a bad shot but this does not look good. If I get a shot at it I will take it, heck of a hitlist I have a doe with wire on her neck and a fawn with an arrow stuck in it.

 

That sucks but it's got to be done.

 

Ya that's some bad news. Hopefully you find it or it makes it through.

 

I had doe once on some property that had a tin soup can of some type stuck on her muzzle..she couldn't eat or drink, only got her on trail cam. never saw her..

 

Have you seen the wire doe lately?

Also, you haven't tagged out yet? Wtf?

 

Why not get DNR involved? Might be able to hunt your way and take out 2 compassion kills as donation deer by a different means.

Shouldn't this be in the rant thread? Just kidding on that one

 

Yeah the doe with the wire showed up right at dark last night, too dark for a shot.

 

DNR would shoot and donate meat! That will bother your hunting a little but something needs to happen on these deer so no suffering. Then keep arrow to match up with hunters in your area on who would take a shot like that.

 

Oh I want that arrow, I thought it did not look like a hunting arrow to me. I have no problem putting my tag on it.

 

I believe you'll do the right thing Sota, I would do it too!!

 

I was walking to my stand one day back in the early 90's, I was still in college and home for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. My Dad had bought 350 acres that was horseshoed by this huge strawberry farm that had a lot of "migrant" workers.

This place was covered with deer and turkey. I had a stand in the middle of the property about 40 yards from a natural pond. About 25 yds before my stand is laying a dead deer. I was thinking how I was no where even close to our property lines and that was a long way for a dying deer to run.

I get up on her and she's not dead and scared the crap out of me. Her rear legs are useless and she'd been spined so I knew she was shot pretty much right there.

I still shot a trad bow back then and I nocked an arrow and she tried to drag herself away and she just stopped and looked right at me. She was bobbing her head up and down and showed her teeth. I sent one thru the vitals and she expired almost immediately.

I know I did the right thing and taking an animal has never even made me think twice, but I still think of that scenario every once in a while and to be honest can't even describe in words the feeling it gave and still gives me. It was weird and uncomfortable for lack of better terms.