I would not of had any problem with someone dog trailing and finishing off a wounded deer at night. Ya wanna get technical it is illegal to "take" a deer at night, but common sense says finish the job.

My experience is that the tracker has no idea where the deer was actually hit till they catch it. So if I catch/bay a deer at night and seee it is hit in the foot I should pull the dog off and leave because the wound isn't "bad enough"????

For the record a hoof shot deer will get infected in that wound because he will continue to walk on it and push it in the mud/dirt/whatever. In my experience a foot infection is a high percentage DEAD deer due to the infection. A higher hit that is kept out of the mud has a better chance of survival.