You make the call...

Me personally. I would have put him down and taken him with me. If I got caught that would be bad but I couldn't leave him like that and I wouldn't let the meat go to waste by leaving him lay.
 
we certainly dont "put down" our soldiers who are pretty mangled up....why wouldnt you give this creature the same chance?
 
we certainly dont "put down" our soldiers who are pretty mangled up....why wouldnt you give this creature the same chance?
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Stirring the pot?

I don't think Walter Reed accepts deer...

I don't eat our soldiers....

I don't put animals and people on the same level.....

They don't make prosthetics for wild animals....

Need more?
 
we certainly dont "put down" our soldiers who are pretty mangled up....why wouldnt you give this creature the same chance?
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And thank God for that !! WHY?? Because we have the talent and resources to mend our troops but try to get someone to fix a wild animal. As stated, a few years back, I picked up a wounded Badger along a roadway. Got him home tried to make him comfortable and phoned three area Vets. All said that they would not touch is for love or money. Finally called my DNR freind and he advised that I put him down as he had not resources to fix it. I watched this poor creature suffer for about six hours while trying to give him a chance. I would ask you; Just how long woud you wait and how well can you live with yourself. Now, if you can't make a distinction between a human being and wild animal, then you have a problem. :barf:


Be Safe !!!
 
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Animals are tougher and more resistant to pain than you think. That little button buck could outlast most of us in sheer will and determination to live given the same circumstances...even on three legs.

I would let it live. Humans have interfered in its life enough.
 
Thanks for all your answers, I think all responses could be justified.

While this scenario has legal and ethical components, it's unfortunate most state game agency's place the burden of innocence on the hunter....in other words, you're guilty till proven otherwise. To have an untagged animal in your possession would be a crap shoot, some officers might let it go, others may not....loosing hunting privileges for a couple of years for illegally taken game charge is not worth that risk. (CYA, "cover your arse"...that's why I snapped a photo before taking action)

I left a call into the game warden over a week ago regarding a different incident, still hasn't returned my call. Waiting for the proper authorities to respond could take hours if not days. I didn't consider that a viable option. We had other time commitments and hanging around wouldn't work. The location was over a mile from any roads and not easily accessible for LEO's and authorities.

Didn't want to cut the fence, (it is on my property) no tools on hand to make the repairs. Injuries were not life threatening, no major blood loss and the deer appeared healthy. We spread the wire strands apart with a stick and released the buck. He quickly sprinted off and jumped two more fences. Doubt his leg will heal to full recovery, but he should survive. Missing a front leg would be far more difficult than the use of a hind leg.....I think he'll be fine.
 
I had a doe hanging on my fence the other day. I cut her out and she fell to the ground and never got up. Nothing was broken, but I think she had internal injuries, no telling how long she had been there. I came back later that afternoon and she still had not gotten up so I shot her in the head. It's a curiosity of human nature how much trouble you will take to kill one, and then how much trouble you will take to save one.
 
id call the Game Warden and put him down, no need for him to suffer.
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Wow - here in GA it's against the law to put down game wardens....

Whoops - forgot to answer the question. I would have shot it, given the situation you describe, releasing it was even better, but personally, I wouldn't have risked being kicked.
 
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Odds are that there are a lot of pulled muscles from the initial struggles. A panic-stricken deer will just about tear itself apart in trying to get loose. So, what you're looking at is coyote bait, if you manage to free it from the fence.

So, if I were out on a ranch somewhere, I'd shoot it and butcher it out; no point in wasting good meat. If I were someplace where I risked exposure to a game warden, I'd just shoot it, maybe get it loose from the fence and leave it for the coyotes and go on--avoiding hassle.
 
You did the best you could.Rest easy.

There is no perfect right answer,as the problem is,the deer has a fate.You did no harm,and the deer will live his fate.Wild animals do not typically pass away comfortably in their sleep.
What I am about to describe is not intended as criticism.It is just information.

The photos appear to show a girdling injury.Nerves and blood and muscle and skin cut all the way around the leg,to the bone.I am not a doctor,but likely the leg below the upper part of the injury is getting no oxygen from blood.That part of the leg was likely dead as you were there.Amputation removes the dead part of the body.Had the leg been shot off,a 3 legged deer might heal.Dead leg attached,anaerobic bacterial begin to consume it.They produce toxins which kill living tissue.Gangrene.
That is why there are predators.
I hope there will be coyotes to conduct my funeral,and magpies.I hope they sing me a song for the meal.
 
We had a buck on the farm that had a broken leg from being hit by a car I assume. He seemed to get along pretty well for a couple of years until one of the boys nailed him. He had a big callous on the front of the ankle joint where he rested on it. I suspect if you asked him whether or not he wanted out of his misery he would just as soon be left alone. He could get through the woods amazingly well. You never know.
 
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