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I live in the mule deer capital of the PNW, at any given time, there are usually a couple within sight. This means that several hundred are killed every year on our highways, I've hit two in the 20+ years I've lived here. My question is, would you use whatever your regular carry ammo is to put it out of its misery, or would you keep a magazine/speed loader in your rig loaded with some more appropriate large critter killing bullets? I realize that in a perfect world, the animal will be lying quietly and a single carefully aimed head shot will do the job, even if all you have is a .22. But what if it's down but thrashing around? Or am I just overthinking this ? And no, waiting for LE to show up isn't a viable answer, at any given time, there are maybe 5 cops patrolling 100+ miles of main highway, and God only knows how many miles of secondary and/or gravel roads. Later.
Dave
Dave