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Hitting an animal within city limits
unfy:
Hypothetical situation.
So, lets say I'm driving within Omaha, Bellevue, or wherever... and I happen to strike a deer with my vehicle.
Lets continue with it, and the animal is laying / flailing around suffering on the ground.
Do I discharge my firearm to put the poor thing out of it's misery ?
I'm within city limits... so.. I'd say no ? This seems really cruel.
What am I supposed to do ?
NebraskaGunner:
--- Quote from: unfy on November 29, 2012, 11:09:22 PM ---
What am I supposed to do ?
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Does your hypothetical car have reverse?
unfy:
--- Quote from: NebraskaGunner on November 30, 2012, 01:16:48 AM ---Does your hypothetical car have reverse?
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Well yes, but leaving a poor animal suffering aint kosher.
cckyle:
Not sure but I'll chime in anyways. I would say no if you are in city limits and somewhere likely to get attention. If you had a decent knife with you, you could cut the carotid, although that could be dangerous too depending on the situation. Otherwise you could call LEO, I think they would likely shoot it if it was still alive when they arrived. Or maybe they would call animal control and let have them take care of it not sure.
Another thing I wonder, if you were to shoot it, or put it down with a knife; if you didn't have a hunting license or out of season, could you get ticketed for that?
00BUCK:
Sucky situation but your only real option would be to call the police to report the accident and inform them that the deer is still alive and suffering. If the popo decides to dispatch the animal they would be doing so in the line of duty. If you do it there is a litany of charges they could (and most likely would) level on you. Firing a weapon in city limits, killing a deer without a permit, reckless discharge, reckless endangerment - all depends on the cop. Way too big of a risk to take IMO.
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