Accident buck

[reveille]

I was hesitant to post this mistake buck. At first i thought it was a doe,(turnes out it was a small spike buck) I shot it from 40 yards uphill on the ground. While the arrow was in the air it nicked a branch and hit the deer in the rear. Right away i knew it was a bad shot and started looking for it, after about 5 min of tracking blood i found him laying on the ground trying to get up, my instinct was to jump on him and snap its neck to stop the painfull misery, and thats just what i did. I hope this experience will never happan again, i felt really bad for the thing, but i do have meat in the frezzer. I have had a 2x2 and another spike walk by me and i let them walk im interested in older bigger bucks. this was a mistake on my part thinking it was a doe, at 40 yards i couldent see spikes.

 

[Admin]

You're going to eat it, don't worry about it.

 

[Gadsden]

Knock off the horns and give it a sex change. If the game warden gives you any grief tell him "That's how he wanted to go through life.. SCREW YOU FOR JUDGING HIM!"

 

[fencer]

You're going to eat it, don't worry about it.

Exactly. And you did the right thing by ending it's suffering quickly. I say don't sweat it.

Probably be the tastiest, tender venison of the season

 

[edin508]

All this means, is that you have an unfilled doe tag and another buck tag.

Nice deer!

 

[DURAMAX_1]

Good eating either way. The last one I shot in the ass I never saw it again Feel lucky u could recover it.

 

[PATRON]

You killed Bambi

 

[davemata]

You killed Bambi

(As a kid I came out of that movie wanting to hunt deer.)

It will be some very tender, tasty meat. Enjoy it. Don't beat yourself too hard about the bad shot, it's always a possibility with hunting (especially bow hunting.).

 

[Ma$$hole]

Hell of a way to go... But you ended it quickly. Kudos for snapping the neck. That takes some stones. Lucky for you you didn't get fecal matter in the meat. Enjoy it.

 

[Dnotarianni]

Just think of it as tag and freezer release

Dave

 

[Sir_Gawain]

Hell of a way to go... But you ended it quickly. Kudos for snapping the neck.

Yep +1 on that. That is why my knife is on me though. I think i'd rather cut the throat than snap the neck....maybe

 

[Mike-Mike]

Looks good to me.

 

[MisterHappy]

If you did your best to make an ethical kill, then it's fine.

If you did the whole thanking its spirit thing from Avatar, that's a bonus.

 

[dhuze]

Good eating either way. The last one I shot in the ass I never saw it again Feel lucky u could recover it.

My brother shot a deer in the ass a couple years ago. It only went about 50 yards.

 

[reveille]

All this means, is that you have an unfilled doe tag and another buck tag.

Nice deer!

Very ture.
Thanks for all the positive comments. Now just waiting for the butcher to call and say its ready.

 

[Tater]

What do you mean by bad shot? 1. a shot that you shouldn't have taken because it was outside of your ability to make clean kill shot from the distance and environmental factors. or 2. It was a shot I felt I could make a clean kill however i muffed the shot and ended up only wounding the deer instead of making a clean kill.

if it was #1 learn to control yourself to wait for a clean kill shot and not force the issue. if it was #2 we all make bad shots here and there you did good.

 

[FreeWillie]

You're going to eat it, don't worry about it.

This and say three Our Fathers and two Hail Mary's and you're absolved of your transgression.

 

[diatribe]

Your first thought was to snap its neck? That's hardcore! Be proud of this one, 40 yards and from the ground... you put yourself at risk to end his pain quick. Congrats and enjoy!!!