Put it out of its misery or not?

You see a deer with a broken leg hanging off by the skin and limping, looking super skinny and malnourished, obviously sick and or hurting would you put it down or leave it to nature to do her business?

I already made my decision, just wondering what y’all would do.

I would put an end to its suffering.

End it’s suffering! 💯

BOOM !

Me too.

Put it down

I'm with all above

Now here is your second curve ball.

If it's a spike, if you put it down are you tagging him?

or

If you don't have a tag left, would y'all still put him down?

I'm still putting him down....no need for an animal to suffer of I can put it out of its misery.

Put it down regardless of legalities.

Me too and I'm not tagging it.

Shoot

Sometimes you do things the right way, and sometimes you do the right thing. I would probably put it down if it looked malnourished, and no I'm not tagging it. I've seen 3-legged deer later on in the summer, that probably got hit by a cutter bar.

I would shoot and tag it. If it’s Bama I never come close to shooting 3 bucks anyway.

End it is the ethical thing to do in my opinion

Yep

I had a zombie doe on camera for 4 weeks with bones for a front leg. Have no idea what happened to her but it was gruesome. I swear she feed every day after dark like nothing was wrong, and just one day stopped showing up. I planned on taking her out , but she never came out during shooting hours . Deer are tough as nails.

Shoot

I'd shot it and walk off . Buck or doe

I'd kill and tag it. It's what is right and what is legal.

Kill it and record the kill .

Kill it, record it and make sure to be wearing a mask....

I'd let him walk unless he has a good rack. I've killed deer that had lost a leg and survived. If I kill it, it has no chance of recovering. I'm sure the deer doesn't think you killing him is doing him a favor.

I've seen broke leg deer completely heal and regain use of the broken leg. Saw a buck with a badly broken shoulder recover on its own in a couple of months. I'd leave it.

That’s my thinking

Had a spike last year with part of front leg missing, this year he's a messed up 8pt 5x3,but looks healthy.

I would not shoot him I would say if he is still walking he has at least a 50/50 chance especially in a he south where winters are not severe.

Front leg not killing, back leg yes

I would probably put it out of its misery, but that being said a missing leg is not necessarily a death sentence. I once filmed a giant 7x7 Bull Elk in Colorado that was missing his left hind leg just below the ham. My buddy and I were Muzzle loader hunting a limited draw unit for Mule Deer. He was bugling his head off as he worked his way up out of some aspens and waded out into a waterhole we were watching. It was totally healed up and didn't seem to bother him a bit. Damn I wish I had an elk tag that year he was huge.

I could have walked up and slit this deers throat. He was in rough rough shape. Good points though, deer are rough as nails.

What is this tag thing?