I think we got too many guys watching too many rambo movies. The biggest knife I take with me deer hunting is an inch and a half old timer. I can field dress any deer any time with that. Personally, I think it is assinine to try to slit the throat of a wounded deer. If you cannot afford to shoot it more than once and treat the game with respect you should just stay indoors.

Great question! I usually cut the throat. I'd rather not waste an arrow/broadhead. But I've also made the mistake of grabbing the buck to early and had my wrist pinned against the tree by a big ol' 9 point. Won't make that mistake again. I had to jab him in the chest about 6 times before I got my hand from under his rack. Live and learn!!!

Uhh, i dont know about you, but i dont usually bring golf clubs with me on my hunt. Any way, why should you treat a doe any different then a buck. As a hunter it is your responsibility to end suffering as much as possible. If you dont you shouldnt be considered a sportsman.

when bowhunting i stand a bout 3 feet away and put another arrow as close to the heart as i can. If it still isnt dead, i wait a minute and cut the throat

I had that problem during firearms season. I shot him in the neck from behind.

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I had that happen to me turkey hunting, I shot the bird it went down. Once I got to it, it was still flopping around. I took off my jacket and covered it up as to not get bit or spurred. Then I cut its throat. There was not much else I could do.

If as deer etc I use another arrow or if a turkey ring its neck or something.

Even though I carry a Springfield 45XD here in Arkansas during Archery and Muzzle loading season, you’re allowed to carry concealed weapons if you’re licensed. You cannot use the firearm in any way other than personal protection period!

if one is wounded we usually slit its throat. But like everyone says, if you have your rifle sighted in and if you shoot it with a good shot you shouldn't have to shoot it again

I can relate to Northern Sportsmans comment as I had a very similar experience happen to me when I first started hunting with my black powder gun. I nearly quit hunting myself. The incident really reinforced for me a lesson my dad had taught to me a when I first started hunting, respect for the animal. I always make sure my guns are sighted in and I have passed up shots now that I used to take before because I don’t want it to happen again. It really made me a better hunter.

Depends on what it is if it's a hog or a deer ill stab it a few times or cut its throat--a wall hanger deer Ill stab in the throat or lungs with the old spanish bayonet I carry I do this as to not mess up the cape if I slit its throat.

I dont think using a knife is really a good option. If it is your only option (you are out of arrows/bullets) then of course, do what you have to do. Otherwise, stay out of the deers line of sight. All that seeing you is going to do is make that deer absolutely petrified, especially as you get closer to it. From a distance shoot it in the neck, or heart, and back off and let the deer die in peace.

If the animal is sitting up looking at me, I use another arrow. If it simply requires the coup de gras, I punch the carotid at the base of the throat with my knife.

With a turkey the nervous system is very primative and it is not unusual for them to flop about quite a bit even with a broken neck. Anyone who has ever taken a hatchet to a Sunday dinner chicken has experience with this. With a turkey simply stand on its head...

First off, where did you get the golf club? Now if gun hunting deer shoot again, turkeys, I'd say cover body and step on head, bow hunting shoot again in base of neck then bleed out. It's your responsibility it end it as soon as possible, but safty is also important.

That actually happened this past fall with my deer. It was a doe that I shot in the spine. I shot her again, but I ran out of arrows. After about an hour, I got out of my stand and my buddy and I went to clean her. She was still alive, so my buddy just cut the throat. I would have shot her w/ an arrow again, but I was out.

I its firearm season shoot it, if its archery season slit the throat

The putter and 9 iron are too useful, if you had to use a club it may as well be a 1 iron because even God himself can't hit a 1 iron.

Slit the throat, it aint fun but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

Slit it's throat from behind. So you don't have look at it's eyes.

I've used a knife to cut the throat and i've also shot them again. Remember if you choose to shoot it again to compensate for being so close to the animal. If your gun is scoped you're likely to shoot right under a wounded deers head or neck.

Either shoot it in the heart, or cut the throat assuming the animal is of no danger to you.

As bad as it may seem, I would cut the throat. Sometimes its harder to do then you would think, emotionally and physically, but its something that needs to be done. The animal doesnt need to suffer any more then it already has.
Plus, I really dont want to waste the arrow or broadhead niether. Its something that all hunters must go through.

I had to slit a deer's throat after i hit it with my truck. Her hip was broken and it was obvious she wouldn't make it. FortunatelyIi carry a large knife in my truck and after pinning her legs so she couldn't hit me with a hoof I cut her throat thoroughly. It not quite as easy as it sounds when they are trying to get up.
I usually carry a pistol when I hunt (rifle) to give the coup-de-gras if neccesary.

Make sure you keep a good sharp knife on your belt, and don't be afraid to get dirty and do the deed. Unethical to leave the animal laying there suffering. Cut the throat while kneeling on the animals chest so you push the air out faster, and give it a less chance to breath in.

you use a wood on a buck, a iron on a doe, and a putter on a turkey.

Put the deer in a sleeper hold. Kidding.

Fore. Got all of that one. Slit its throat.

I would hit it over the head with a stick a couple of times and see if it still doesn't want to be dead

I usually cut the game animal throat to end the misery!!!

This is a hands down clear-cut, cut-and-dried, uncomplicated situation. You owe it to the animal you've shot to give it the fastest death you can possibly give it.

You *MUST* shoot it again. Immediately. Any delay is unacceptable.

I don't give a toot what the extra bullet or arrow costs you, and only someone looking for a Darwin Award nomination would get close enough to a wounded animal to touch it.

Cut its throat.

If you do not feel like wasting another arrow shoot it in the head with a gun anyway.

KMB33: I would treat a doe differently because a buck has antlers, and if you hit one on the way down your swing slows way down and just makes the animal suffer more instead of killing it. To some it up does are a lot easier to put a good solid hit on because you can come at it from any angle. Bucks you can't. So therefore I wood shoot a buck because it is easier for me, and the animal.

So, KMB33 that is why I would treat the doe differently then a buck.