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Old 04-20-2007 | 12:56 AM
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In our deer drives we don't shoot at running deer. The people posted are far enough back from the area being pushed out that they aren't shooting at a deer running full steam. I know for a fact I'm not good enough shot to guarentee a humane kill in a deer running full speed. The last time I sat a drive I waited till the deer had gone past me and stopped before taking a shot at it. I consider myselfan accurate shot and the two deer I've harvested in my 2 years of hunting were both perfect heart shots, the one time I goose hunted the one goose that came in I dropped like a stone with a head shot from almost out of range. My personal ethics still prevent me from taking that unsure running shot though and risk wounding an animal that I won't be able to harvest. Before I get flack about being young because I stated I've only been hunting for 2 years I am not some 18 year old kid I started hunting at age 28 and will be turning 30 this october. There are also effective ways to stop a running deer with a quick shout that may give you that still broadside shot. Yea my buck I took last season waiting for it to walk within 15 feet of my stand was exciting but as far as skill was involved other then some startegy in my stand location and knowing how to sit quietly that was about it. If I didn't blow the bucks heart apart when it stood like a statue at 15 feet broadside to me with my 12 gauge, or at least have a good vital hit I should give up hunting. A shot at a bear in a cage as some of you like to joke was probably just as difficult and sporting as that shot I took from my tree stand.
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