I had to put a second arrow into mine, through the lungs.  My son was going to slit its throat, but I said no and put the second arrow through the lungs.  That's the arrow the buck broke when it fell over on it.

I spine shot a doe earlier this season and I shot her through the lungs on the 2nd shot.  I hate it when that happens. I have never liked slitting a deers throat.  Unsafe and just does not seem right to me.

Knife to the jugular!Hold the antlers and give it a good jab.

Ipcjon2, that's a good way to get hurt. Badly.

Don if you approach opposite of the feet(back) and grab the antler he cannot kick or poke you with his rack.I have done this many times and never had them move.

second arrow for me. Done it once already this season.

another arrow.

you knife guys are working too hard. let the tool do the work. less chance of getting eviscerated as well.

If I'm close enough and have a clean shot I take it asap. The moral obligation to dispatch an animal as quickly as we can is something we can all agree on.  Doing this does a service to both the animal and the shooter.  Our first humane act in killing should always be to kill as quickly as possible. The second shot most always does it.
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The second arrow is the best way.  I have talked to the animal to calm myself and them.  It is not fun, we know that but it has to be done quick.  I don't like the fact that the knife could get lost, put in my body, or that I have to get close to the animal.

I've had one during Muzzleloading season, a group of Does come up to me nearly running me over but turned at the last moment.
I brought my Hawken down to bear but my aim wasn't right for that short of distance & hit the middle Doe in the Spine.  :(

I jumped up & grabbed my knife & stood on her legs as I run my knife into her lungs.

Was the hardest thing I had ever done.

Definately shoot him/her again.

When I was young, not as smart, and a whole lot faster, I did in a couple with a throat cut.  You need a really sharp knife for that, handles on their head, and a rope or harness strap to get there head under control so you can pull them on their side and head back helps a lot.  Now I just use an extra arrow.  I think I have had spine shots about 5 times in 30 years.    Unfortunately I have typically broken two arrows when it happens, and I shoot them again.  They usually flop over on the first and often from a tree the second sticks in the ground and breaks when they jump after the hit.

I think many times the animal doesn't know what happened, and a second shot could be much the same.  It would be much more stressful on the animal to be attacked by its killer.  I know I would rather get a second shot without knowing it was on the way than have someone jump me and knife me to death.

what i did when ever i shot me first deer (i doubled up on a shotgun)i shot one in the spine and the other was a clean kill but anywys what my hunting neighbor told me to do if that happened was to stand to where the deers back its at your feet take your foot and put very firm pressure on the neck and and do the deed with the knife

If I feel I can double lung it from where everything is I will, otherwise I'll approach it and send an arrow into the lungs.

Second arrow through the lungs.....they don't mind it.

Here's how it worked for me last Saturday. I spined a young buck. I'm on my knees at 6 yds when I shot so the arrows angled up. I immediatly stand and try to shoot him again before he crawls over an embankment and gets into a creek. Right when I release he flops over and the arrow goes under the right shoulder and into the bone and falls back out. Over the bank he goes. I step up to the creek bank and he's still not in the creek so I get another in him from a steep rear angle with his belly toward me. This is a good shot and goes up into the chest cavity for a fatal hit...., but not immediate. He flops at the hit and now has his front feet hooked over the bank and his head is out over the water. You can guess that my goal was to not have to wade into the water after this deer. I grab a hind leg and try to pull him away but can't do it. So I hook his antlers with my bow tip and try to pull his head around while still pulling on the leg. Thats wortking until he gives a last effort and yanks the bow out of my hand and flips it 30 feet away on the opposite bank. I'm pulling hard so when that happens I fall on my butt hard. The deer slides into the creek and.... Dies.

That worked well, don't you think!

Oh..., and all three arrows were broken in the battle.

A second arrow through the lungs or a knife to the heart or jugular will kill them in the same amount of time one is not quicker than the other.Its what your comfortable doing that is the difference.When I shot wheels I spined one and went for the second shot,and when I released it my lower limb hit the shooting rail on my climber and through off the string. The arrow missed and the bow was broke so I had to use the knife.