Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Sad Story, but good advice about ice conditions

Dave R · 12-29-2007, 05:35 PM

I certainly would not enjoy watching the deer struggle, but I think a well-placed 30-06 round, fired from the safety of shore, would have been a better choice than to risk human life to relocate a dying deer from the ice to the shore. I imagine the deer in question did not see the approaching rescuers as saviors; more likely they added to the shock since the poor thing probably thought they were coming to eat it. Its last moments alive were probably just awful.

I'm not a hunter and don't own a gun, if it matters.

12-29-2007, 05:35 PM	#4
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 246 Thanked 744 Times in 444 Posts	I certainly would not enjoy watching the deer struggle, but I think a well-placed 30-06 round, fired from the safety of shore, would have been a better choice than to risk human life to relocate a dying deer from the ice to the shore. I imagine the deer in question did not see the approaching rescuers as saviors; more likely they added to the shock since the poor thing probably thought they were coming to eat it. Its last moments alive were probably just awful. I'm not a hunter and don't own a gun, if it matters.