shane37110
Well-Known Member
Say hypothetically I have a deer down with a incapacitating shot from a legal means and manners weapon, but it's not dying fast. A spine shot maybe. It's unable to get up, thrashing about struggling to get up and I want to put it down with a coup dr grâce. Does the coup de grâce have to be with a legal means and manner weapon or will any means suffice? One of my son's friends was cited this season for putting one out of it's suffering with a .22 pistol. And I get the restrictions on hunting big game with a .22, but I have often cut the throat of an injured animal to let it bleed out like you do when you slaughter farm animals and it got me to thinking. Could I not be cited for cutting the throat since a knife isn't legal to deer hunt with?
From a common sense situation I don't feel the put down shot with the .22 is a citable offense. I know the black and white of the law says no hunting with a rimfire and I know this boy wasn't. His primary hunting gun was a .270 or such.
It's already settled in court so it's all water under the bridge but I'd really like to know your thougts on this please.
From a common sense situation I don't feel the put down shot with the .22 is a citable offense. I know the black and white of the law says no hunting with a rimfire and I know this boy wasn't. His primary hunting gun was a .270 or such.
It's already settled in court so it's all water under the bridge but I'd really like to know your thougts on this please.
