DIY of sorts: roadside animal euthanasia

bill.shitner · 2020-05-17T19:42:01+00:00

Encountered a badly injured deer (Muntjack, or perhaps a young regular one) by the side of the road this evening. There was a car already pulled up by it and the critter looked in a bad way (lots of blood around hindquarters, including via back passage, bone visible, skin loss etc.). I was on the opposite side of the road, but did a U turn, to head back to appraise and if necessary, offer to finish it off. I cant bear to see a badly injured animal suffer a prolonged death.By the time I got back to the scene, a couple of 20-odd year old lads had stopped, with one cradling/stroking the twitching critter. The chap whose car had hit it was also there, at a bit of a distance. I offered my view that the animal was surely done for and suffering badly, so the best thing would be to finish it off with a wrench or tyre iron. Young fellas did not like that idea and implied that I would be subject to some aggro if I attempted such. I'm not shy to get stuck in when circumstances require it, but I didn't think that hastening the inevitable demise of a deer warranted it (wife in car, also, being an additional incentive to not start aggro).In the end, after explaining that the animal was clearly done for and that it should be put out of its misery (to which the reply was (broad Yorkshire) "'ow would you know?",I drove off.Feeling a little guilty, now, leaving a dying critter twitching in pain. What would others here have done?The bloke who hit the thing was in agreement that it should be finished off.Bill.

May 17, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 26 Replies

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Tim Lamb 6 years ago

Umm.. 10ish one evening, I realised there was some unusual activity on our by-pass. Apparently a vehicle travelling home to Luton had hit and broken the leg of a Muntjac. The police had been called but were not present so I went home to fetch a rifle. When I got back with the gun, a woman police Sergeant refused to let me shoot it. Strictly she was quite correct as a sub-sonic hollow point

0.22 does not meet the impact energy required for Deer shooting. However the thing was standing on 3 legs about 5m away and a head shot easy. About an hour later I heard a thump...

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Dave Liquorice 6 years ago

And the ricohet goes where?

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Jake56 6 years ago

There is no ricochet, the bullet stays in the head or goes thru the head into the ground or tarmac.

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The Natural Philosopher 6 years ago

there is no ricochet

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tony sayer 6 years ago

You mean you can find a copper around our way at night with a gun???

Amazing!..

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The Natural Philosopher 6 years ago

welcome back...been busy?

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tony sayer 6 years ago

As it so happens - Yes!!...

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