On the way home at the weekend we got stuck in a queue. Spotted on the opposite side of the road that there was a small deer on the road lying down. TBH there are a lot of Roe Deer here and it's not unusual to see them dead at the side of the road.

the unfortunate thing here was that the guy hadn't killed it. It was on the road distressed but unable to move. Broken legs I assume. Felt sorry for the guy who was on his phone. didn't feel sorry for the ar5e who drove right up to the beast trying to squeeze past and just sat with his headlamp in its face.

What would you have done? It's obviously a gonner. and the police would send out a vet of farmer to finish it off. I've hit rabbits and stopped to finish them but not sure I'd do the same with a large animal. Clubbing the bugger to death with a torque wrench might be an option but I wouldn't do it in sight of others.

Not sure what I'd do. If it was dead it would be straight in the boot. As for killing it it's a big bigger than a rabbit. Easy enough to snap the neck of a rabbit.

If you hit a deer, odds on your car wouldn't be drivable afterwards

If you hit a deer, odds on your car wouldn't be drivable afterwards

I know that and by some silly rule you wouldn't be able to keep it anyway. However the next car is allowed to.

I've kept rabbits I've hit before. The ones that were killed fairly cleanly.

Think I'd have to put it out of its misery. It's only fair and it's unlikely that it's going to recover. The only problem is that the easiest way to do it looks a bit brutal, particularly if you have an audience! Bashing it's head in with your wheel brace might draw comment if people see you doing it!

Not sure if I have heard this right.. but any deer is owned by the queen and must be reported ..

Call RSPCA and they would tell you what to do

Edited 9 February, 201115 yr by Mr Mul

Not sure if I have heard this right.. but any deer is owned by the queen and must be reported ..

Call RSPCA and they would tell you what to do

Live ones belong to whoever's land they're on at the time (If a ghillie shoots one of the local landowner's herd in your garden, congratualtions, you've just won a deer). Dead ones belong to whoever owns the land, except in the case of those killed on the public highway, in which case they specifically can not be claimed by the person who killed them, but can be legally claimed by anyone else.

Thought that was phesants? lol.. oo well. guess I miss heard

Huge amount of dead badgers on the roads around here at the moment.

What do you do if you drive into a beaver?

What do you do if you drive into a beaver?

I was told that you should keep going forward & backward into a beaver until its had enough

Edited 10 February, 201115 yr by matt_tdv6

Can you add an option to the Poll please

"Drag it into the boot and sell it to your local butcher"

Yes please...Worth a fortune

Panic.

I felt quite sorry for the wee fella. I'm no veggie but I don't like to see animals suffer.

If it was dead I'd probably have to leave it. I don't think SWMBO would be happy with me hanging the carcass in the garage.

I don't mind shooting things to death but am not a hands on kind of killer. I'd probably phone the father in law (who's a proper northerner) to get him to finish it off. They are worth a few quid, but only if you get a nice head shot, otherwise the meat will be very bruised

I don't mind shooting things to death but am not a hands on kind of killer. I'd probably phone the father in law (who's a proper northerner) to get him to finish it off. They are worth a few quid, but only if you get a nice head shot, otherwise the meat will be very bruised

I tend to work on the principle that if I'm willing to kill it with a gun then I should be happy to finish it off by hand if something doesn't go to plan! Same end, different means (but a big incentive to always make the first shot count!)

Edited 10 February, 201115 yr by Schern

Thought that was phesants? lol.. oo well. guess I miss heard

It's all game animals, so peasants (sic), partidges, deer, grouse (if you ever find any daft enough to be on a road)...

Pheasants are possibly the stupidest animals on earth. In season driving home is like a test of skill against a hundred suicidal feathered idiots.

I hit a smallish deer in my old Audi TT at about 45, the deer was alive as it limped off but then lay down on the side of the road! Gave me a kind of evil look then died :-( felt bloody terrible! I phoned the plod who, then put me through o the RSPCA, who then got me to go over and see if it was alive! After that they gave me the number for environmental health o get someone put o pick it up!

As for the TT it just had a small crack in he bumper! Made of hard stuff! Lol

Rip its antler off and stab it with it....

Seriously I dont know. I'd hope it would finish its self of fairly quickly as I hide it to come back with some tarpolin to line the boot.

Dont want deer blood everywhere now do I?

Rip its antler off and stab it with it....

Seriously I dont know. I'd hope it would finish its self of fairly quickly as I hide it to come back with some tarpolin to line the boot.

Dont want deer blood everywhere now do I?

You should have one in there anyway.

They also come in handy for cyclist if you have a shovel :p

Edited 10 February, 201115 yr by Can

Strangle it. I wouldn't leave an animal to suffer.

No ones mentioned just putting the car in reverse and having another go at it? You could even line the car up then drive over it with your eyes shut if you were a bit squeamish?

I tend to work on the principle that if I'm willing to kill it with a gun then I should be happy to finish it off by hand if something doesn't go to plan! Same end, different means (but a big incentive to always make the first shot count!)

That's why I have a multi-shot

I dont approve of animal cruelty, but think it would be more humane to put it out of its misery. Some of the comments have really made me laugh, some of you guys sound like right hardcore wannabe rambo types