PLEASE! Stab or knife your deer!
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itsslow98
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I refuse to do it with a knife, Ive only had to shoot a deer twice one time and I took out the lungs and heart in one shot and the deer died in less then 10 seconds.
EDIT: Just let me say if thats all I had and it would mean the animal less suffering I would use a knife but I would prefer not to.
EDIT: Just let me say if thats all I had and it would mean the animal less suffering I would use a knife but I would prefer not to.
MonkeyPunch
Active Member
One thing I noticed was different between living in the West and in MD. In the West, if someone hits a deer/antelope with their car, the right thing to do is to put it out of its suffering. In MD, they either call the cops to do it for them, or they drive off and complain about the "deer problem" to their mechanic (mostly the latter).
If this happened to me, I would personally shoot it twice; the only real reason I see towards using a knife is if you want to save the hide for leather/mounting.
If this happened to me, I would personally shoot it twice; the only real reason I see towards using a knife is if you want to save the hide for leather/mounting.
itsslow98
Ultimate Member
If you get out and shoot a deer on the side of the road in Maryland your likely getting criminal charges. Out west its nothing like MD lol
Raylon Rules
I am Groot
Shoot it again or be really careful. Good way to get kicked or gored.
There was a thread here a while ago about the best way to dispatch a wounded or car hit deer. Slice to the side of the neck I think was the quickest way to do it.
Last month when I was on R/R there was a good sized buck hit on the side of the road. I pulled over and sliced both sides of the neck and it gave out pretty quick. WAY quicker then the time I just cut the throat on a car hit deer.
If I am hunting, I will put another shot into it. A few years ago thoguh, I spined one and it dropped in it's tracks. I nocked another arrow and in the process dropped my quiver out of the stand. It lodged in a branch to far for me to reach it. Shot my 2nd arrow and missed. Got out of the stand and the damn quiver was too high for me to reach. So I had to use the knife.
One night, approx. 15 years ago, I was driving behind someone who hit a buck. It was bleeding and suffering, so I grabed his antler, and shot him just under his ear with my Glock 26. He twiched for a second or two, but died right away.
Wow. 35 years of Deer hunting and I have never had a Deer that needed a second shot. If you have a Deer that has not expired on the first shot, put a second shot right in the vitals and I bet you can't count to 3 before that Deer is done.
TwinTurboDiesel
Hellbilly Punk
We had a dump truck driver hit a deer at our facility. The back half was shredded. We stood there and watched it for a min but the deer wasn't showing signs of going out. Our mechanic went to his truck and pulled out his 20lb sledge and you can guess the rest. Put it in a loader bucket and dumped it back by the pond. The bald eagles were fed well that day.
TxAggie
Ultimate Member
Knife or second shot, doesn't matter to me but get it done. I haven't hunted in several years, but when I was a kid we always went with a pistol with us specifically for this purpose. We never mounted any of our kills, so a shot to the head instantly out them out.
Maryland has different rules for handguns, obviously, so I would probably knife it. However I would be more inclined to cut the jugular to facilitate bleed out. It's no more immoral than cutting the heart because the animal dies from asphyxiation in both cases, but bleeding out renders better meat.
My.02.
Maryland has different rules for handguns, obviously, so I would probably knife it. However I would be more inclined to cut the jugular to facilitate bleed out. It's no more immoral than cutting the heart because the animal dies from asphyxiation in both cases, but bleeding out renders better meat.
My.02.
byf43
SCSC Life/NRA Patron Life
Sorry. This just doesn't excite me, nor impress me.
I don't mean to insult, but, that sort of stuff just doesn't impress me.
About 15 years ago, as I was driving to work, I noticed several cars in the median, near the Brandywine Road/Branch Ave. intersection.
There was a 'car struck' deer laying in the median and a bunch of people were standing around.
I stopped and grabbed a flashlight (it was early a.m.) and walked over to see if someone was hurt.
The deer was clearly wounded pretty badly.
Some dip_ _it was going to get a pipe wrench, so that he could 'finish off' the deer.
Wrong!!!!!!!!!
I walked behind the deer, kneeled down and put my knee on it's neck and using my Leatherman Tool, I reached down and slit it's throat.
It was 'gone' in less than 5 seconds, without bashing it's head in.
Sorry. These so-called "Rambo" types _ _ _ _ me off.
tsmith1499
Poor C&R Collector
Pretty sure he was just joking. Or at least I hope so.
TrappedinMD
Active Member
Ive have to knife 2 deer that were hit and another one I hit while I was on the way to the range so I just shot it. It pisses me off when people hit deer and just leave them suffering.
If you place your first shot correctly there should be no need for a second shot.
I see a lot o hunters going out buying their new hunting rig the week before the season opens. If that's your plan you should either stay home or use last years gear. I shoot my shotgun throughout the year to stay proficient with it. My bow gets a weekly workout during the summer months if I plan to bow hunt that season.
Take only high percentage shots. I have let more deer walk away without a shot being taken then I have shot at becuse the shot wasn't perfect.
And yes I have taken the bad shot and missed more then once. If I do hit on a bad shot I will not approach a wounded animal instead I take the second shot to keep the animal from needlessly suffering.
I see a lot o hunters going out buying their new hunting rig the week before the season opens. If that's your plan you should either stay home or use last years gear. I shoot my shotgun throughout the year to stay proficient with it. My bow gets a weekly workout during the summer months if I plan to bow hunt that season.
Take only high percentage shots. I have let more deer walk away without a shot being taken then I have shot at becuse the shot wasn't perfect.
And yes I have taken the bad shot and missed more then once. If I do hit on a bad shot I will not approach a wounded animal instead I take the second shot to keep the animal from needlessly suffering.
Zactly. Neck shot and cut it's throat.
ToBeFree
Ultimate Member
Now Now
Some folks don't have the ability to take care of the issue. My mother hit one, called me crying about it, asking me what to do. No one was around (Va country side) so I told her to call the police and let them know and go to work. I don't see my 68 year old mom beating it with a tire iron.
Some folks don't have the ability to take care of the issue. My mother hit one, called me crying about it, asking me what to do. No one was around (Va country side) so I told her to call the police and let them know and go to work. I don't see my 68 year old mom beating it with a tire iron.
blade to the heart is pritty quik. most people think they are hitting the heart but completly missing. If they don't give a jolt and stretch their legs out when you sink the blade,you didn't get it good. needs a good twist too
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