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So I'm driving along a 30 zone and I see what looks like a labrador in the middle of my lane, so I stop but it's actually a young deer. It's still alive with no obvious signs of injury but its eyes seem pretty vacant. I moved it to the verge but didn't want to just leave it there so rang the SSPCA and left a voicemail.
By the time they rang back the deer went into death throes and died. She said thanks for calling but it's unusual we get calls like this about deer. Would most folk just put it to the side and leave it?
Here's a pic of the dead deer, no gore but I put it behind a spoiler anyway just in case no-one wants to look at a dead animal.
By the time they rang back the deer went into death throes and died. She said thanks for calling but it's unusual we get calls like this about deer. Would most folk just put it to the side and leave it?
Here's a pic of the dead deer, no gore but I put it behind a spoiler anyway just in case no-one wants to look at a dead animal.
Mr GrimNasty said:
I hope it's in your freezer, awful waste otherwise.
Now it all makes sense what the SSPCA said. 
I don't eat meat so never thought of that but you're right, a freshly killed deer should've been put to good use. I left it right on the verge so someone probably got it.
It's sad but the vet doesn't want to know and neither does the park ranger, I get these on our land, and I love it but if you hit one or come across one that has been, there's not a lot that can be done if it's well f
ked up.
To think it's last sight was the colour of your shoes!
ked up. To think it's last sight was the colour of your shoes!
Edited by Bebee on Saturday 19th March 19:34
Bebee said:
It's sad but the vet doesn't want to know and neither does the park ranger, I get these on our land, and I love it but if you hit one or come across one that has been, there's not a lot that can be done if it's well fked up.
OK so no-one's there I know but what's the legality of just choking the thing out to end its misery? I did think about that but wasn't sure if it was about to get up and bound off.ked up. Bebee said:
To think it's last sight was the colour of your shoes!
Probably gave the thing a heart attack Edited by Bebee on Saturday 19th March 19:34
Hilts said:
Bebee said:
It's sad but the vet doesn't want to know and neither does the park ranger, I get these on our land, and I love it but if you hit one or come across one that has been, there's not a lot that can be done if it's well fked up.
OK so no-one's there I know but what's the legality of just choking the thing out to end its misery? I did think about that but wasn't sure if it was about to get up and bound off.ked up. Bebee said:
To think it's last sight was the colour of your shoes!
Probably gave the thing a heart attack Edited by Bebee on Saturday 19th March 19:34
Looks like I missed out on a decent meal when I found a baby deer sitting in the road the other night-I moved it to the side,it was either dazed or injured as it let me stroke it & pick it up,called 101 as I didnt know the SSPCA number(they said they would pass it on)
Next time I will chuck it in the back of the car
Next time I will chuck it in the back of the car
Hilts said:
Bebee said:
It's sad but the vet doesn't want to know and neither does the park ranger, I get these on our land, and I love it but if you hit one or come across one that has been, there's not a lot that can be done if it's well fked up.
OK so no-one's there I know but what's the legality of just choking the thing out to end its misery? I did think about that but wasn't sure if it was about to get up and bound off.ked up. Bebee said:
To think it's last sight was the colour of your shoes!
Probably gave the thing a heart attack Edited by Bebee on Saturday 19th March 19:34
One of my drivers once took a deer to a local vet in the back of his van that was obviously in shock.
20 mins later after being in a warm van. When the driver and the veterinary nurse got to open the back of the van. The deer was ok.
My driver however suffered a broken nose and black eyes....He'll leave the next one alone
20 mins later after being in a warm van. When the driver and the veterinary nurse got to open the back of the van. The deer was ok.
My driver however suffered a broken nose and black eyes....He'll leave the next one alone
It's legal to humanely kill an animal that's injured. I have done this for a rabbit and a pheasant. The pheasant I necked in the usual way. The rabbit I strangled. I decided that as it clearly had a broken back the conventional pull was going to be impossible and/or unnecessarily painful, and I know that stopping the blood supply to the brain will cause loss of consciousness in a few seconds. I suspect a choke (air restriction) is slower than strangling. I think you'd struggle to do this with a large deer. A muntjac, possibly. Cutting its throat would be possible but messy, having worked in slaughterhouses I know how far blood can go when you open a neck artery.
I found a roadkill deer one night a few years ago, took it home and butchered it. It was very good.
I found a roadkill deer one night a few years ago, took it home and butchered it. It was very good.
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