4 pictures of deer, last day of season, 20 feet up in a tree, would ya'll shoot ?

All responses were compound shooter, with the exception of 3 tradional shooters and one crossbow hunter.

Nobody would pass on #2 - quartering away shot - perfect.

#1 - there were 13 people who would take this shot. I passed this very shot on a big buck (10 pointer, est 150 P&Y) 2 years ago. Why ? Because its not a good shot. Its not a terrible shot, but not good because of the shoulder bone in the way. A LOT of deer are lost with this shot, few people under the pressure could make it. I could have made it, I KNOW I could have, and passed, and I think everyone should. All the responses were compound shooters who would take the shot and the crossbow.

#3 - all but 6 would pass this shot - all 6 compound shooters. Not a good shot, too many ifs. 3 inches one way and you shoot hama dn ass, 3 inches the other and you shoot through the front of the shoulder and into no vitals.

#4 - 3 people, compound shooters, would take this shot. Again, a VERY poor shot IMO, and most everyone else agreed.

I wish more trad shooters would have responded. I bet 99.9 % of them would have answere Y to only shot #2. I also wish more crossbow shooters would have responded to see what shots would have been taken.

I wil add this. The last day of season should have had nothing to do with it. Also, with my compound, the first couple of years I hunted, I would have taken shot #1, and would have had a pretty good chance of losing that great buck in the process. Again, hammering a Muzzy through that shoulder bone IS possible - as possible as it glancing off or simply missing by 3 inches and losing that deer.

My opinions guys, but I think overall most bowhunters will agree with my assessment.

Any comments ?