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Originally Posted by yorkieK9trainer As a daughter of an avid hunter I must ask you why you think the reason this buck only has three legs is because a hunter shot that leg? Odds are it was something completely unrelated to a gun shot and instead most likely due to the mating season.
MOST hunters I know do track down the deer once they've been shot. But sometimes that's not possible.
My dad only takes his shots when he *knows* that he's going to go down after that first shot or only be capable of making a few steps beyond before dropping.
I also want to say that if there is a young/novice hunter going w/ my dad (not the norm.) then when that young/novice hunter draws to shoot, my dad does the same. If the young hunter doesn't drop the deer on the first shot (he only gets one bullet and therefore one chance to pull that trigger) then my dad-who already has aim-will drop the deer.
I'm okay w/ hunting only if all of the carcass is to be used, by the way, otherwise I don't see how one could justify it. |
It is true, it did not necessarily have to be a hunter. However, I doubt that it would have lost his leg from fighting, and would still have a herd of females with him. and if it had ben a coyote that had ripped his leg off, then chances are he would not have gotten away.
So there is a possibility that it could have been something else, but it is hunting season, so I'm going with that theory.
Not all hunters are responsible. Heck it could have been Dick Cheney. LOL