I have a friend in Germany and he posted a picture of a deer he killed and there was a bough of evergreen in the mouth. I questioned him and he told me it was a European custom to pay reverence to the deer for giving it's life. I have been doing it ever since
Good for you...my latest, a Sika...last week in Texas..and "the last bite"..It is a European tradition, as you said to pay reverence and to supply the animal with a bit of food for his journey to the next life.....