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El Destructo:
I was out this Morning in wait for my Monster Mule deer that I keep getting fantastic Pictures of on my High Dollar Game Cameras...SD Cards don't taste for Crap...LMAO...anyways...I sat till I could not handle the frigid temperatures any longer...13 degrees with 35 mph winds will go right through You...so I packed it up and decided to drive the Lease Roads...and stop and glass all Canyons along the Roads...well I did this for about three Hours and was all warm and toasty with a Hot Cup of Coffee in my Hands...when I parked at a big Draw...got the Binoculars and was glassing the Canyon Walls...and I see this Mule deer Buck on the side of the wall ...eating some Sage Brush....and He had no Clue I was even there...He was just a young Buck...2 1/2 year old...maybe 150 pounds...8 pointer with one Brow Tine broke off at the Base...I was just about to move on and glass the rest of the Canyon when this Guy went to move up the side of the draw...I noticed that he had a pronounced limp...so I decided to watch Him a bit More to see what the deal was....He would step with His Left Hoof...and the leg would stop ...but then He would sink down about 4 inches..then he would move His Right Leg...and it just moved all Wrong...there was too much movement at the Shoulder...He looked like He was really struggling to stay Mobile...I watched Him a bit more..when finally He was out of the deep grass and I could see Him Better....He was walking on the Side of His Left Leg...the Ankle Bone was sticking out...and the Hoof was at a 90 degree to His Leg... I still could not figure out from this distance (300 yards) what was wrong with His Right Side...So I decided that He needed to be put down...there was no way that He would recover from this broken leg...and He was going to suffer for a long time until he either got infection and died...or the Coyotes had a meal of Him alive...I grabbed my Weatherby 7mm...steadied the Gun on the Window frame...and put Him down... I walked over to where He fell...and rolled Him over to look at His Injuries...The Bone was protruding from His Leg...He was walking on the Joint itself...and on the Right Leg...His Shoulder Blade was broken...the Leg just twisted like it was not even connected...I gutted Him...and drug Him back over a half mile...did I mention that this was a 300 yard+ shot...across a deep Canyon...not a straight walk for sure.... I loaded Him up...took Him Home...and when I skinned Him...I could see that there was no Bruising...and the Shoulder was trying to Heal...but being that he was moving all the time it would not...I figure that He must have fallen off a slope or Canyon Wall a while back and broke the Leg and shoulder...I was first thinking that He may have gotten hit by a Car...but I am leaning more towards the Fall...the way the Injuries looked...anyways...He is no longer in Pain and suffering  now...wasn't the Buck I wanted...but was the Buck the Good Lord seen fit to give Me.

Ryano:
Looks like you did that poor guy a favor.  Nice shooting. Were the front quarters ok ? I'd be afraid of infection.

Cacatch:
Good job, Mike. Glad you and him were made to cross paths for mutual benefit.

CP

El Destructo:
Thanks CP..so am I....He didn't deserve to suffer...

Ryan....I skinned out and sliced open the left arm...the meat all looked good...and smelled fine....but will not risk it it with my Family...the right shoulder had no open wound...and the broken shoulder blade was not cutting into the tissue...so I am keeping it....the heart....liver...and that left quarter are all cut up...and I am going to make doggie jerky out of its....My Basenjis love Venison too...

Pat B:
Good for you Michael. You're an honorable sportsman!  8)

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