So this morning before the sun comes up, I drive up on a deer that had just been hit by a car outside of Minneapolis but in the country. Deers not dead, so I stop and as I’m about to pull it off the road it runs into the ditch. I call dispatch and ask if I can shoot it because it’s got broken legs and crap and they say no there is a officer en route that will but I can have the deer if I want it. Well why not I got a deer hanging I’ll just hang it up and clean them all at once.
Cop shows up, and finds the deer as it dragged itself just inside the wood line. It’s in a state park all woods. He then says he’s not going to shoot it, going to “let nature take its course”. Jesus dude come on! I got a gun I’ll shoot it, nah that’s not happening. He says I can go cut it’s throat if I want, but I’m on the way to the gym and don’t have a knife on me and I can’t use his, ok great. I didn’t go into the woods because I didn’t need to then but the cop said it was laying there dead, I said I would run home get my truck and my kill kit basically and come back to cut the deer up he said no problem. It’s 10 degrees here now and I’m not worried about spoilage so I don’t rush back right away but when I get here the damn deer is still alive! It’s been 2 hours since it had been hit and it was just laying here alive, can’t run just freaking misery.
I’m not a bleeding heart and have seen a lot of things die but do you know how long it takes for a deer to die from a cut throat? Cause I’m still waiting. And to think this could all be avoided if he would just shoot once, or let me shoot and he wouldn’t have to do the paperwork.
I’m glad I came back for the deer because I almost didn’t, and this thing would sit here all day alive.
I don’t get it, it drives me nuts, just shoot the thing and be done with it.
Now I gotta cut this deer up and see if there is anything usable on it.
Roadkill, quarter or gut and hang???
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Cop shows up, and finds the deer as it dragged itself just inside the wood line. It’s in a state park all woods. He then says he’s not going to shoot it, going to “let nature take its course”. Jesus dude come on! I got a gun I’ll shoot it, nah that’s not happening. He says I can go cut it’s throat if I want, but I’m on the way to the gym and don’t have a knife on me and I can’t use his, ok great. I didn’t go into the woods because I didn’t need to then but the cop said it was laying there dead, I said I would run home get my truck and my kill kit basically and come back to cut the deer up he said no problem. It’s 10 degrees here now and I’m not worried about spoilage so I don’t rush back right away but when I get here the damn deer is still alive! It’s been 2 hours since it had been hit and it was just laying here alive, can’t run just freaking misery.
I’m not a bleeding heart and have seen a lot of things die but do you know how long it takes for a deer to die from a cut throat? Cause I’m still waiting. And to think this could all be avoided if he would just shoot once, or let me shoot and he wouldn’t have to do the paperwork.
I’m glad I came back for the deer because I almost didn’t, and this thing would sit here all day alive.
I don’t get it, it drives me nuts, just shoot the thing and be done with it.
Now I gotta cut this deer up and see if there is anything usable on it.
Roadkill, quarter or gut and hang???
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... I've asked several of the local cops and they all hesitantly say "yes, go ahead, if you need to". 
