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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 497787" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>The first time I had to do this I was 13 and we were on an NM Pronghorn hunt. </p><p> </p><p>From about a mile away we watched and listened as another father allowed his kid to fire basically randomly with a .243 Remington Semi Auto into a herd of antelope.</p><p> </p><p>He blew the front leg almost completely off of a little yearling buck, gut shot it's mother, and killed a buck.</p><p> </p><p>They only had one buck tag, so they claimed the nice buck and left the pasture quickly.</p><p> </p><p>We could see one of them limping badly so we drove down there and saw the carnage that remained.</p><p> </p><p>I threw up when I saw how badly the little yearling was hurt and suffering and my dad had me shoot him and put him down.</p><p> </p><p>When I did that the doe jumped up about 200yds away trying to get away.</p><p> </p><p>He had me dispatch it as well.</p><p> </p><p>We left everything including my gun and empties lay, went and got a game warden and explained the whole thing to him.</p><p> </p><p>We then dressed the doe and yearling and it was donated to a nearby orphanage, and the father/son team were arrested and their nice buck was donated as well.</p><p> </p><p>That made a very deep, indelible impression on me which will never be forgotten.</p><p> </p><p>I've also had to put down several injured animals that were struck by cars. I always contact the local game warden for instruction on what to do.</p><p> </p><p>I simply cannot stand to see a wounded game animal suffer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 497787, member: 30902"] The first time I had to do this I was 13 and we were on an NM Pronghorn hunt. From about a mile away we watched and listened as another father allowed his kid to fire basically randomly with a .243 Remington Semi Auto into a herd of antelope. He blew the front leg almost completely off of a little yearling buck, gut shot it's mother, and killed a buck. They only had one buck tag, so they claimed the nice buck and left the pasture quickly. We could see one of them limping badly so we drove down there and saw the carnage that remained. I threw up when I saw how badly the little yearling was hurt and suffering and my dad had me shoot him and put him down. When I did that the doe jumped up about 200yds away trying to get away. He had me dispatch it as well. We left everything including my gun and empties lay, went and got a game warden and explained the whole thing to him. We then dressed the doe and yearling and it was donated to a nearby orphanage, and the father/son team were arrested and their nice buck was donated as well. That made a very deep, indelible impression on me which will never be forgotten. I've also had to put down several injured animals that were struck by cars. I always contact the local game warden for instruction on what to do. I simply cannot stand to see a wounded game animal suffer. [/QUOTE]
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