What would you do?

[rosco11]

If it were me it'd look like a pin cushion. As long as it was standing there I'd be shooting it.

Pin cushion.. that's funny! Lol

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[Patton]

Having been in a similar situation, I'd be shooting again.

[meltingfeather]

If the animal is on its feet and in range I’m shooting. That guy’s head was in the cloud.

[Artos]

Man, if I can see blood coming out in an actual stream just standing there I would probably be on the ready for a follow up but don't think I would shoot again seeing how he's motionless & clearly bleeding out with a trail nobody could lose. Now our brush is way different than what most of you deal with being so think it's hard to navigate & follow a blood trail without having to navigate around a big thicket in the hopes of picking up the trail since it's impossible to get through all the prickers.

What I don't want is a sprint with big gaps between the sign so I makes more sense to let him bleed out if I see large qty of blood. The suffering part in this case is a non issue & would be in the same bleed out situation if he ran 75 yards & then stopped out of your range. Now if the deer is still mortally hit in the boiler room & not bleeding much, then yeah, I'm gonna try to make him leak some more regardless.

The internet is really stupid & for fellow hunters to bicker especially in the suffering dept where you have a deer that is clearly going to bleed out & basically get sleepy because as stated, they really don't know what happens on some bow hits & you see it all the time on hunting shows?? I swear, sometimes I wish fish had vocal cords to let you know they aren't enjoying the hook set as much as we are. I've only had one deer scream in pain watching a friend spine one...it was one of the creepiest hunting experiences but didn't consider not hunting or lose sleep. That is just hunting & we dispatched the doe quickly.

How many times have you had to tear the head off a quail or dove because the vitals weren't hit & just has a broken wing...fellow hunters going to be critical of your ethics based on the timeframe it takes?? What about the coon in the leg trap overnight?? What is it about deer having more suffering rights vs other critters?? People are hypocrites.

[Texas8point]

I’m ok either way in this case.


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[Texastaxi]

I keep shooting until they are dead or I don’t have a shot anymore. That is bow or rifle. But, I hunt for myself and don’t video anything. I don’t care about what I am going to put on social media unless it’s a pic of a dead critter. The more holes the better!

I'm in this boat.

On my last bear hunt, in NM, I was using my 45-70.
The guide told me to keep shooting, until he told me to stop because he didn't want the bear to hit the ground, alive, and risk hurting the dogs.

When I shot, you could tell that the bear was hit HARD.
I racked another round, and let it loose.
The bear hit the ground like a ton of bricks.

Afterwards, he asked me why I shot twice, when the first shot dang near knocked the bear out of the tree.

I told him that he told me to shoot until he said stop!

[lovemylegacy]

Shoot him again.

[Guardian Reaper]

Shot a mule deer with a complete pass through, double lung hit, that turned and ran directly into a barb wire fence that had been partially dismantled. I was 33 yards away and the deer got tangled up and while trying to get loose, actually raised up and got hung in the wire, partially standing up on his hind legs.
I watched his head drop and thought he was done. I grabbed one arrow and walked toward him and he raised his head and began to kick. I threaded him with another arrow through the chest and he busted loose and ran another 150 yards. I could not believe what had happened.
Sometimes animals just seem to have a remarkable will to live.
Shoot again? Probably... in my opinion, but there's no wrong way either.

[Hoss163]

No reason not to put another arrow in him as soon as you can .

[Raleigh]

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[Killer Miller]

Keep shooting.

[KX500]

Surely we all know somebody who has knocked down a deer, assumed it was dead and not been prepared for a follow up shot, inspite of having plenty of opportunities to do so. They go to retrieve deer, it gets up and is never seen again.

Now they know to keep shooting. And it is an opportunity for the rest of us to learn from his mistake instead of making that one yourself.

There have been several deer that I've made 'more dead' even though the 1st shot was going to do the trick. Until you do the field dressing, usually you're not positive where the 1st shot hit. Maybe you can see a hole on one side, but probably not both. And I've never had one get further away because I shot it again.

Kill them until you are sure they are dead - or at least be ready to.

[Jspradley]

I'm a fan of follow up shots where applicable.

[Dale Moser]

That deer wasn't going to run anywere...he could barely stand. I'da gave him another.

[Killer]

This is some of the "Selfie Generation" problems!