Redgum Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 I don't need to know you from Adam, every time you open your mouth you dig a deeper hole, my views are based or YOUR picture and YOUR comments. I said you were trigger happy because you offered the information that you shot it before you knew what was wrong with it, also, you had only ever seen it at distance, 250 yards to start with in the dark, and apparently even shot it at 200 yards a few hours later, just after 05.40 . Even if you couldn't see the injury properly, it must have been pretty obvious this deer; that was apparently living in misery and to which you did a kindness, was otherwise, VERY healthy looking and therefore getting by just fine in the circumstances. And if it wasn't obvious, and/or you had not seen in clearly (as seems very likely from the time scale) why on earth did you shoot it? Anybody can see from your picture that is not a malnourished, struggling deer, even dead it looks healthy, the eyes/nose/coat are in top condition, and there is nothing spurious pouring out of its backside! The deer was obviously well fed, still with others; and the injury, by your own comments was old, so how do you equate that with living in misery? That deer would have very likely grown up and lived a full healthy life, all be it moving a bit slower than some others. So why shoot a healthy deer just because it is slower than others? You put animals out of their misery taking into account the quality of their current and future life, that deer had a leg issue but was obviously looking after itself very well, and there is no suggestion it would not have continued to do so through a long life, and even give birth itself in years to come (see vids below). That does not tick enough boxes for me to shoot it in the time frames you have. God help your pets if they get lame! It is VERY obvious we have a different view of deer management (frankly I'm struggling to equate your actions with deer management at all), and I don't give a hoot what all your mates think. Still interesting to note you have totally avoided this! Suffering/struggling/misery? Perhaps you should go and shoot all these......... http://www.bing.com/... deer&FORM=VDRE I expect you will respond, you are welcome, I think I have made my point so I will leave you too it now, and I stress that my posts were based on your comments and your picture. Dekers, the sabs could really do with you round my way policing the badger cull, it would be just up your street, they disrupted a duck shoot a few days back and rescued a mallard that had been hit in the wing. The local animal hospital had to terminate it in the end but at least it had a little more life rather than a dog picking it up and being dispatched quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spandit Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 I don't know whether there is some history between the OP and Dekers but the latter was right to give an alternate view as that's what an intelligent anti would do and just ignoring the question only serves to fuel the anti campaign. I can't view the photo for some reason and I don't know enough about deer to give a valid opinion but I find it very interesting to find that deer management is not as straightforward as picking off the sick and the lame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redgum Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 I don't know whether there is some history between the OP and Dekers but the latter was right to give an alternate view as that's what an intelligent anti would do and just ignoring the question only serves to fuel the anti campaign. I can't view the photo for some reason and I don't know enough about deer to give a valid opinion but I find it very interesting to find that deer management is not as straightforward as picking off the sick and the lame. Spandit, in deer management the rules will vary from person to person, if it was a pet then get the vet out, a wild animal, well the animal would not survive long, it would be mopped up by another rifle sooner or later if it survived the winter. True if it were my dog I wouldn't shoot it, if the roe was on my patch of shooting I would. It could be suffering, it may have genetic problems you wouldn't want to be passed on but the long and short of the situation, each year the population needs to be counted, assessed and controlled. Its best to sort out the old and the weak/injured to let the healthy animals prosper, well until your hungry. I hope the animal was eaten and not wasted as this injury in regard to the health of the animal would not make it unfit for consumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berettacocker Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Good management blunderbust, does dekkers walk past myxy rabbits hoping they might get over it ? (Sometimes they do) does he leave the bucks with dodgy antlers and hope they grow properly next year? There's a job on animal hospital going now Rolf's in Nick, think he should apply for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbust Posted November 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 BC thanks for your comment, I thought that this thread was hidden away in the annuls of silly arguments, LOL. Dekers and I have diferant oppinions on what Deer management is all about so I decided to just leave it at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berettacocker Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Haven't been on for here for a few months,read this thread and was astounded by certain view of your professionalism in dealing with said animal. Nuff said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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