Mercy Killing.........Would or have you???

I watched a little BB (button buck)last night for about 45minutes, not sure how long he'd been there, but I notice him at about 1615, and he tried about 6 times to get up and struggled to get to his feet, only to fall back down. I ranged him at 38yds, and put my 40pin on his heart, and stuck him to the ground. I really thought about not shooting him, but he just didn't look like he was gonna get out of the woods. This is the same place I killed a coyote with my bow a couple weeks ago, so I know what his demise would have been. I tend to believe I did him a favor.

 

Agree'd. I think you did the right thing.
Any idea what his issue was?

 

No brainer to me. You did the right thing. Like MNKK asked what was his problem?

 

Like 'KK said, what was the problem? Sick, injured (ie: car), shot?

Sounds like you definately did him a favor.

 

I totally agree with MNKK, I think it was the right thing to do.

 

You did the right thing for him and you IMO. I shot a doe a few years ago that had a totally busted up front leg with a compound fracture. Would she have survived? I don't know. I do know that her odds weren't good and she was suffering through some terrible pain.

 

i prob would not have shot him just cause i dont feel comfortable at 40yds..... if i could crept outta my tree and gotten closer then yes, but from what you said (40 yd pin) then yeah no doubt.

 

Good shot, good job.

 

no question here, you did the right thing, period.

 

Well, I have more answers regarding this BB. He WAS 1.5yrs old, and he was missing some muscle mass to his left shoulder. I never saw anything injury wise that would explain it, but his trapezious muscle on the Left side was about half the size of the right. His spine also had a curvature, similar to that seen in humans with scoliosis, which I don't know if it had anything to do with his behavior or not. Game Warden said no diseases in the area or the state this year for that matter, and as long as the meat didn't have a rancid smell or discoloration it should be fine. None of the meat had any discoloration or smell to it, so I boned out about 55# of good lean meat, there was some surface waste from letting the deer hang for a while, and a little loss in the backstraps from the entry wound, but otherwise, the meat all looked and smelled fine.

Here's a pic of the shot window I shot him through, and the death "puddle" he rolled into. The "puddle" is the root base of the downed tree that had blown down earlier this year in a wind storm.