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greg58:
As a Volunteer FF/EMT we responded to a Buck vs SUV accident on a major highway near our town, I think it was in the City limits or just outside at best. The poor creature was stuck under the vehicle flailing about and obviously suffering. We tried rolling the vehicle back but this just made him madder, and we were afriad he might injure one of us if we freed him. So the local law enforcement took over, they stopped traffic, cleared all of us away a safe distance, and one of them dispatched the deer with his Glock. I remember that our patient was quite worried about what was to happen to the deer, so we waited till the squad & patient had left the scene. I know there was talk of calling someone to salvage the venison, but I don't know if that ever happened.

Greg58

unfy:
Seen what deer can do to a man, no interest in trying to jump on it with a knife.

So, call LEO / NGP and follow instructions.  Can do! Sucks to leave animal suffering while waiting for someone to arrive, but laws are laws :(.

Thanks guys!

maanbr:
I'm late to this party but I'll chime in as I just saw this.  Notice the last sentence in this paragraph.  It is up to the responding LEO to dispatch the animal.  It is unlawful to shoot from or across the road in Nebraska, and even if its not on the road you would be on somebody elses property so technically it is trespass, so if you shot an injured deer from a vehicle collision it would have been illegally shot and doesn't even take into account if you have a deer permit to harvest a deer.  They will issue you a salvage permit or you can claim one from the NGPC if you want to claim the deer.  I once talked to a Conservation officer about carrying a handgun during firearm season and dispatching deer with a sidearm.  Legally the handgun you dispatch the deer with has to meet the firearms restrictions for that hunting season.  So that means mag capacity, ft/lbs etc.

Per the Game and Parks:
A person who accidentally kills a deer, antelope or elk with a motor vehicle may field dress and take possession of the animal at the time of the accident and take it to his or her residence. The person must notify the Game and Parks Commission within 24 hours of the time the carcass is picked up and before the animal is processed so a conservation officer or designee may issue the person a salvage permit. Meat from these animals may be possessed for 90 days after salvage permit is issued. It is unlawful to sell or trade any meat from a salvaged carcass. An individual may possess only one road-killed carcass at any one time and must have a salvage permit for the carcass in his or her possession. It is illegal to possess a deer or antelope carcass that bears evidence of being shot illegally.


A personal story of inside city limits.  I saw a buck that was obviously injured from a vehicle strike between 180th and 192 and Maple a few years back after Omaha annexed Elkhorn.  I wanted to claim the deer but with him still alive I contacted OPD.  They didn't have an officer available.  I called DCSD and got the run around.  They directed me to the humane society who was absolutely no help. Overall it was about 20-30 minutes or so watching this deer suffer and he eventually drug himself into some trees through a corn field onto private property.  Its not great to watch an animal suffer like this but it is not worth the legal troubles that could come of it.

Basically, don't shoot the deer!

unfy:
:(

See, that last paragraph story is what I'm hoping to evade :(.

Guess it might just have to be a sad fact to have to watch :(

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