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Out here in the hill country, we have deer on the side of the road all the time. The question comes up what happens if you come upon one not dead but severely injured, still alive. Is it a violation of law to take out your firearm and put the animal out of its misery, or is that considered brandishing, discharging a weapon in public or similar prohibited activity?

If that was discussed in the CHL last last summer, I do not recall it. In our subdivision, quite large, still plenty rural, the CC&Rs prohibit shooting, although I imagine that self-defense type shooting would be exempt from that.