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This past year i have to say i shot the most i have ever shot at a deer.it took me 4 shots taken from 140-320 yards to kill a nice 3x4 blacktail deer. on the 2nd,3rd and 4th shot the buck was hauling but it was sure a trophy so i couldn't pass on the opportunity. surprisingly i hit the deer 3 out of the 4 shots with quality shots but the deer must of been on steroids b/c it wouldn't go down.i would put a pic upbut i dont know how to resize the picture.What is the most shots you have taken to kill a deer?
6 at a white tail at 40yrds! It was my 1st buck and I'd never been that close to a deer before, all were killing shots, I just didn't know any better because he wouldn't drop. I unloaded my 30-30 at him, I found him 50yrds away with alot of wasted meat.
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"guns aren't for killing people, guns are for killing dangerous and delicious animals"
- Homer Simpson
if you wound an animal you are obligated to take more shots until you bring it down that is all i was doing. i try not to shoot unlessi havea good shot but when you have buck fever it is a little hard to shot as accurate as you want. is kind of funny i can drop a 400lb black bear with one shot at 200yards but it takes multiple shots to kill a blacktail deer. those deer have a way of making be jittery.
I'm a 1 shot 1 kill kind of guy, but if the deer goes down and is suffering, I'll usually put another round in to help finish it off. Not sure if it does any good, but it makes me feel better.
As much as I love hunting, I still don't like to see an animal suffer... unless it's a coyote.
I think we all try to take a deer down with one shot. I've been able to do that probably 95%. I will admit there have been a fewtimes that I didn't. I have missed...hitting tree branches. But I think your asking how many times you have had to actually hit the deer before killing it. Three for me, a spine shot that knocked it down, went for a head shot and hit the jaw, and then got a better rest and put one in it's ear to put it down. I applaud everyone here saying one shot, but in my opinion your time is coming. I practice year around and try to take the best shot but we're only human and some of us do make mistakes.
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most shots taken to kill a deer?
