I was watching Dream Season 8 yesterday and one of the amatures shot a buck in the chest. He went back to camp and they all watched the film and the Drury bothers chewed him out. The naxt day they found the buck not 100 yds from where he was shot. Bad thing was, this guy was from Va not 20 from me!!!!!!! made us look bad..... do you guys take shot like this, I have not, and don't plan on it.
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Never take that shot, they are lucky the found him and the chew out was deserved assuming because I haven't seen it that the deer was facing him? I applaud them for showing it to perhaps sway other hunters to not take that shot.
I've heard of a guy, the son of a dentist I know who is a championship caliber archer and claims this is the only shot he takes, a braodside shot being too easy. Claims he has never lost a deer. Now that is a personal descision and for the vast majority of us this is an unethical shot.
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RE: Bad shot or not???
Personally, I like to shoot the artery that runs just above the LEFT testicle ... that's the only way I feel it was a challenge
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I've never taken that shot with a bow, blood trailmight be an issue since there likely wouldn't be an exit wound unless it was a steep angle shot. Basically you can hit the same vitals you would on a well placed broadside shot but the margin for error is less.
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Bad shot or not???
