With a recurve or longbow, I don't think 1 out of 100 would - they would wait

I was wrong, wasn't I ? I was VERY surprised by the response on the LeatherWall. That one guys made some good arguments for taking this quartering to shot. The last reply on this thread there was " The results of about 3/4 of my dozen or so experiences with that type of shot (my bloodtrails and others') made me start to pass them up. I dislike long, dwindling bloodtrails. 'Specially when I think it was a sorry excuse to shoot. "

I have always understood it to be a poor shot, and personally (and I have said this) even though its a good killing shot most of the time, I think its a high percentage for lost animal shot, which is exactly what this guy is saying too.

I think this topic is VERY important. It shows that about half would absolutely NOT take this shot. The other half would but almost all agree its not a perfect shot. I'm thinking a little deeper on this as well, but still would not take this shot. Why ? I cannot make this shot with my longbow all the time. I cannot gaurantee a clean kill. We've seen the posts here on a few who have lost deer with this shot - what does that say ?

NBEF says don't take the shot too, so whos right and whos wrong ? Is the shot a good one or isn't it ? I don't see how it can really be both ways with archery equipment.