Yes - that stag is going to get poked. Have a friend, local guy who also guides for big game.
Got his spring bear one year with a spear he borrowed from my brother. Practiced with it all winter, then threw it into a black bear in the May of that year.
He said he could put his hunting boot inside the hole. The blood just poured out and the bear went down immediately. Sounds like fun. He was bored with shooting them with his compound bow.