Shooting at a Running Deer/Animal - Ethical or Not?

[Traildust]

Does this survey include feral hogs?

Hard to beat a 30rnd mag hellfiring at a group of them bastages..........so I hear

[Jspradley]

Depends on a lot of factors, speed of the animal, distance and the skill of the shooter.

[Bruiser]

yote = send it

[Parramore]

Coyote or pig, I will shoot every time. Usually if I wound one, it is dispatched within a few minutes when I get to it. Deer and other game, I choose to let it run. I would hate to wound it and make a mess of the meat while going for the kill.

[NAVY CHIEF]

I shot them running all the time with 00 buck in Virginia on the Navy base! Like shooting rabbits. Don't have to lead them much. Lol

[NAVY CHIEF]

In Texas with rifle at hogs and yotes yes! Not me for deer

[Gunnyart]

Deer at a slow trot, say chasing a doe with a steady rest I've done it easily and clean ethical kills. I wouldn't chance it moving at a run or without a steady rest. JMO

[Fishndude]

Getting a few bites trolling. Might try casting a little.

[Smart]

If you kill it, it's ethical....


If you miss it, it's ethical...,


If you wound it, not ethical...

[Radar]

Point the spotlight at their eyes, usually they will stop.

[AntlerCollector]

Ethical IMO has to do with shot placement and quick, clean kills. That's it. You can make an unethical shot at 15 yards or an ethical one at 500 yards.

[ZINS708]

The Indians chased down buffalo on horseback and shot them with arrows...This was out of necessity, but if they could do it riding a horse with a stick and string, your experienced hunter with modern equipment should be able do the same.

[solocam_aggie]

I shot my Aoudad last week running at 75 yards. Drilled him right in the pump house.

[Bowtech38]

Sausage Kolache.

Jap and cheese please

[Dakota7493]

Lots of states push deer to posters and most of their shots are on moving targets. I hunted this way for over 10 years when I lived up north. Lots would buckle and crash after being hit but some would still run. Never lost a deer I wounded. This isn't to say that I hit it and didn't know that I did and it ran off like nothing was wrong with no blood trail at all.