[ZULU]

Sometimes I wonder about people.

I have no problem with hunting, I hunt myself, and I like to eat meat. But having comapssion and feeling for a suffering animal is a normal human reaction. There's a big difference between shooting a deer on a hunt and killing it quickly, and having an animal suffer in pain like this.

If people were allowed to carry firearms, some good Samaritan could have put the poor creature out of its misery. I don't think slitting its throat is such a humane way to do it. A bullet in the brain is faster and more painless.

[mountaineer]

some good Samaritan could have put the poor creature out of its misery

Reminds me of a police report I read. A car had struck a deer and the cops were called to the scene, where an officer finished off the creature with his pistol. However, the report was written - tongue in cheek - as though the deer were being executed as a death row inmate, and I laughed out loud as I read that "the suspect was executed, and justice prevailed."

[wardaddy]

I did exactly what you describe last year in my suburban neighborhood with a doe that had been mangled by a car. I warned the crowd of soccer mommies that it would not be pleasant but it was best for the struggling deer with one leg torn off. I also asked if any objected. None did...this is Nashville not Massachusetts. I happened to have my .50 muzzleloader primed in the back from hunting the day before. I dispatched the doe with one swift headshot and some nearby residential construction workers took the deer for meat.

Some of the mommies were teary and others were shocked, but it had to be done. I left quickly not wishing to explain my actions to Joe LEO when or if he arrived.

[MEGoody]

Yes, a bullet to the brain would be faster and more humane. Slitting it's throat is the next most humane option when a gun is not available.