Car/Deer Accident: OK to Put the Deer Out of its Misery?

[vwarren]

It's fine, I've had police ask me to shoot them in the past, so they don't have to fill out the paper work for discharging their weapon...

 

[mainjet]

No such thing really. I live in the most "geographically isolated" area of Wisconsin.

just curious, whereabouts are you? I have a place in Land O' Lakes.

 

[Zoub]

Price county. Phillips/Park Falls are the closest gas pumps and hardware stores. South Fork of the Flambeau. Just drop down to Hwy70 and head west.

I call it the quite side of the forest, Regardless of which forest. Less lakes means less tourists. Although I get people from all over lost in my drive while grouse hunting.

 

[mainjet]

Price county. Phillips/Park Falls are the closest gas pumps and hardware stores. South Fork of the Flambeau.

Cool. Love it up there. I stopped in park falls to get gas on my way to clam lake hunting two years ago. You don't work at the paper mill there do you.

 

[Zoub]

No but I know people there. Obviously it's a very small community here in general. Maybe 15k people in the county? I keep telling myself I should go get a job at St. Croix rod just for the fun of it and employee discount!

 

[mainjet]

St. Croix... that's the rod company I was trying to think of. I saw them when I went through town but I was thinking Fenwick but could not remember.

Anyway, I have jacked this thread long enough. Stay warm up there.

 

[vwarren]

If I was to run into a situation like this one, where is the best place to aim while using a 9mm or .380?

I'd still aim for the lungs. Also if the deer is not a threat to you just use a good knife.

 

[Zoub]

St. Croix... that's the rod company I was trying to think of. I saw them when I went through town but I was thinking Fenwick but could not remember.

Anyway, I have jacked this thread long enough. Stay warm up there.

I disagree. OP got good responses in a short amount of time and we know the outcome. Good, efficient thread. Now it's just morphing into something else.

 

[jblomenberg16]

If I was to run into a situation like this one, where is the best place to aim while using a 9mm or .380?

If you can get a shot just below the ear and behind the lower jaw into the brain and brain stem, or between the eyes, that is the fastest and probably least painful for the deer. But that could be hard to do with a wounded and scared animal that is probably trying to get away. Otherwise a boiler room shot just behind the front shoulder would take out the heart and lungs. Don't shoot the shoulder itself as depending on the type of round you are shooting, you may not get enough penetration to do enough damage to quickly euthanize the animal.

At a high level, the anatomy of a deer is not that much different than a human. Picture an adult bent down and walking "on all 4's" pretending to be a horse or a deer. You can see that behind the front shoulder opens up a nice view of the rib cage and access to the heart and lungs. That gives you a pretty good idea of about where the heart and lungs would be on a deer, which would be best case for trying to quickly kill it. Most of the time if you take out the heart and lungs the animal will die in a minute or so, once the blood is no longer pumping to the brain.

 

[Small's]

I wouldnt think twice about it unless it was in the city.

 

[Hookeye]

Legal and ethical don't always mix.
If one wants to assume they do, have at it.

 

[longbarrel]

If I was to run into a situation like this one, where is the best place to aim while using a 9mm or .380?

head

 

[Hookeye]

My BIL put down a lot of car hit deer with a 9mm, and was not a fan of the round.

Of course this was on a base so he probably had reg ball ammo.

Give em a pop behind the shoulder and walk away, let things finalize.