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Whats your luckiest shot make on an animal that resulted in a kill. Im not talkin about taking risky shots that turned out good. But shots that didn't go where you were aiming but still took the animal down quick, Spine shots don't count.

Mine would have to be on a doe i shot 2 years ago. The whole hunt was lucky in a way. lol. My budy was late picking me up so we were about 40 min late getting in our stands. I was overlookin some trails that go from an overgrown field where the deer bed alot and into soem thinkets leading to a greenfield. I got into my stand at 330 and at 415 i looked to my right and there was a doe and anotehr deer i could see well. at 30 yards. Well while turning to get a shot as this isnt' where we expected deer to come from i nocked the arrow off my rest and when i put it back on she heard that and looked up at me and i froze, finally after a few she was convinced there wasn't anythign there and she went back to eating. I got turned drew anchored and placed the pin tight to her front shoulder and held it a min as to get a nice clear shot as she was walking through brush. Well i released and the arrow disapeard way far back "i had pulled the shot bad" It hit just infront of her hip and that wasn't were i had aimed i know for a fact. Well she ran off and i just sat down thiking it was gonna be a long night and a hard track the next day. Not long after the shot i heard a crash and figured she had layed down. Well at dark i went and got my buddy and we went to find my arrow and confirm the hit. Well the arrow only had one feather with blood and it stunk so it was as i suspected. But with me hearing the crash i wanted to follow the trail for a min and see what there was but not far as to keep from pushiing her. Well not 5 yards from my arrow we find the first blood and its a TON of it sprayed on bushed and everything so we decided to follow and take the risk. 30 yards later of blood everywhere we find her stone cold. Thank goodness to my spitfire 100s as they allowed my arrow to cut both arteries headed down the back legs. I was very lucky to hit those with the pulled shot and not just hitting stomach.

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Mine was several years ago. I was out stump shooting with my longbow and a few arrows with judo points and rubber blunts. Heading back to the truck just at sundown, there was a clump of grass about 80 yards up ahead. The shadows kinda looked like a bird standing there, and it seemed a worthy target to try for, so I let fly with a blunt.

The wind was coming strong from the right, about 20-25 mph, so I aimed about 15 feet to the right and launched. The arrow went up, the wind caught it and started blowing it left at the top of it's trajectory and it began a sweet double axis arc, heading right at the clump of grass I was shooting for. Couldn't have been more perfect!

FOOMP! A cloud of feathers erupted from the bird-looking clump of grass.[:-]

I'd seen a whole lot of doves that day and this was a full 6 weeks after the close of dove season. I just knew I'd busted one and the game warden was going to swoop down upon me at any second.

It was a lucky shot that I hit what I was shooting at, considering the distance and wind. Even more lucky, it was quail season and that was what laying dead right behind that 'clump of grass.' It was the quail's shadow on thin screen of weeds that made it look like a clump of grass.

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A few years ago I was bowhunting a ridge in a military installation. I was facing the swamp at thebottom waiting for the deer to come out and feed in the oaks I was in. I haerdsome noise up behind me to my right. I turned to see what it was. It was a 6 pointer heading down the ridge. His path would put him by my stand at 23 yards. I got into position and waited. He made is way along the spine of the ridge and into my shooting lane. I stopped him and settled my pin on him and let it go. I watched as the arrow sailed right under his belly. He jumped up and over the ridge away from my. I couldn't believe I missed him. I listened and didn't hear him run off so I figured he just jumped over the side and was walking awy.I waited for a while and finally couldn't take it anymore. I have to see what happened and why I missed him. I got down and got my arrow and theere was only a couple of white belly hairs on it. I thought "How did I miss that shot". I decided to go down the finger and up the gut in the creek and see if I cna get up on him. As I was walking up the creek I was scanning the slopes of the ridge on both sides. I looked up the ridge towards where my stand was and saw something white in the trees. I eased my way up the ridge and when I got close enough I could see the under belly of a deer in a dead fall. I ease up to see what it was. As I got clesere I noticed it wasn't movint. I whistled and tried to get it up but nothing happened. I moved up to the dead fall and it was the buck I shot at laying dead in the tree. apparently when the buck jumped over the spine of the ridge it jumped right into the dead fall and broke it's neck. His head was facing in the opposite direction of his feet. Strangest thing I ever saw, a miss that resulted in a kill.

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Same type of scenario as your really. Was bowhunting one day when I had two does walk past me on a nearby trail. I drew a bead on the last one just behind the shoulder and let fly. What I didn't see was a small branch between me and the deer and right in line with where I was shooting. The arrow deflected and hit her in the leg, cutting the femorhal (spelling?) artery. Blood sprayed everywhere and she died less than 30 yards from where she was hit.

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Mine wasn't as good as those, but it was a clean kill. I was hunting from a clump of johnson grass where the deer traveled through. I had several deer in the area, but I was watching a really tall 10 point. He made it to 35 yards broadside and I drew. He was facing to my right. I put the pin behind his shoulder and let it fly. Something happened and it hit square on the tip of his shoulder. He ran about 15 yards falling the entire way. He hit the ground and didnt move. Somehow the arrow went in the shoulder and nailed the vitals. It was the quickest bow kill I have ever had. He scored 116 7/8 P&Y.

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a guy that i shoot archery with has a really bad shot with gun or bow. 2 yrs ago he was out bow hunting and had a doe walk by him at 15 yds. he is really bad at judging yardage. he shot and hit a tree, but it bounced off and hit the doe in the foot and killed it. how he killed it hitting it in the foot...i don't know. unless there is a mainartery in the foot. the deer dies within an hour.

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Not an archery shot, but anyway . . .

It was Thanksgiving Daymy last day to hunt in the WV rifle season, and I still had my extra buck tag. I had to be home at 2.

It was about the prettiest scene you ever saw - Sneaking along a rocky ledge overlooking a big rocky gorge. The snow was falling, the mountain laurelwasits usualbrilliant green, and the pine boughs were sagging with 2" of fresh wet snow. I was still-hunting abovea laurel thicket, when I caught a small buck watching me. Before I could get the gun up, he was off to the races. I could see flashes of brown going through the laurel against the snow, and I was following him in the scope. He was out at about 120 yards and I centered some brown in the scope and touched one off. The smoke cleared, and all went quiet.

I was sure I'd missed, but I found his tracks in the snow, so I followed. After about fifty yards of crawling/wiggling through the laurel, I came upon my buck, lying there steaming, with a hole the size of asoftball in his neck. Evidently, that bullet found its way throughover 100yards of tree branches, thicket, leaves, and vines and hit its mark on a dead-run. Total luck.

I pulled in at mom's house at 1:55, just as the dinner was coming out of the oven. Happy Thanksgiving.

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Sorry, not a bow shot...but still real lucky. It was my first year of rifle hunting, as in Michigan we are only allowed to rifle hunt after turning 14. It was the second week of the season and I was sitting in my blind, around 4:15. I was covered up in deer, around 20, all does except for a small little fork-horn. There were some does right in front of me and I looked up and there was nice 8 pointer that had just come in to check on the a couple doe. I of course got some real bad buck fever, butI still managed to get the gun up quietly and get it in the window sill and get the crosshairs right where they needed to be and pull the trigger....but nothing happened. In the panic of seeing the buck, I had forgot about the safety. I picked up my head up off the scope and flipped the safety, but as I did I got busted by a doe that was right on top of me. She let out a big blow, and I jumped from teh surprise and in doing that I pulled the trigger...and 8-pointer dropped in his tracks! I couldn't believe it...and few other people believe it either!

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Bowhunting a few years back, had a nice 9 pt at bout 30 yrds. He winded me right as i released my arrow, and started to turn and run backwards. Since he was moving backwards, i watched as my arrow flew right in front of him. Thinking it was a complete miss, Istudied my arrow w/ the binoculars, i thought i saw some red but i was sure. So i got down to recover my arrow to find it covered in blood. While he jumped back, he didnt go far enough, the arrow went right through the jugular and he only made it bout 60 yrds. It was my luckiest shot.

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2 years ago on a 1 1/2 year old doe. Double lunged her at 30 yards and she went15 yards. When she got hit she took two steps and stood there looking around. I thought I might have missed but I saw the blood pouring out, she got wobbly and barely made it15 yards.

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A friend of mine was Bear hunting with a bowand a bear came in facing to the shooters right and he drew his bow ( the bear was still facing to the right when he shot ) and at the shot the bear turned and was leaving to the LEFT and the arrow entered the bears vitals from the left side....The bear must have moved about 5 feet to the left before the arrow entered the vitals! ....LUCKY

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Here is one I will never forget! I was heading out for an afternoon bowhunt back some yrs ago can`t really remember the yr:eek:But anyways I was headedfor a hardwood ridge that that had a couple of tree`s that was startingto dropaccornsthat I had found walking back from the morning stand earlyer that same day. I had my climbing stand on my backand Iwas making all kinds of noise[:'(]. when I crossed this little stream to head up the ridge I jumped two does? They ran stright up the hill away from me? I was hot and sweaty [:'(]and was in no big hurry so I just stood there watching and listening for any sounds.When my eyes cought a glimps of one of thedoe`s heading right back to me? I was not even behind any cover I was right out in the open and still she kepted walking straight at me. At this point she was about 60yrds out and Every time she would walk behind at tree I would make my move First I put on my release then I managed to nock an arrow. When she was about 30yrds I drew my bow she must have seen me move because she stopped right where she was and startedstairing right at me[:o]I held and held what seemed to be be forever! When she turned broadside I took aim right behind the left shoulder and released the arrow?Every thing seem to moving in slow motion for moment.the arrow was about half way to her when she started turning around to run back the way she came. Her head ended up right were was right in front of her shoulder whenI heard a loud pop? She hit the ground right where shehad stood! The arrow hit her right inthe head right in front of the right ear[:-]the arrow was sticking out all but the broadhead.Not the hunt or shot I had in mind? But what the heck I still got my deer."Crazy thing to see"

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Mine would have to be my first deer i ever shot two years ago when i was 15. I was sitting in my gun tower eating a sandwhich on opening morning of gun season at about 8:30. Me and my uncle were the land and my dad and the landowner were hunting on the other property. Well, i was watching does all morning and didnt want to shoot any of them. I wanted a buck. Well, i turned around to look down into the valley and i saw movement. So i picked up my 20 guage and got ready. I saw the one had antlers and then i saw another smaller buck. I waited for the "bigger" one to step out. He did, and i was shaking from excitement when i shot. I hit him, thinking that i missed because he just jumped and walked away. I lost site of him because it was so thick down there. Well, about 1 minute later i heard 2 rounds fired from my uncles direction and he took down the other one i didnt shoot at. We had our 2 way radios and he told me the one i shot was down and so was his. I waited a while before i went to clean him. It was cold that morning so my dad and landowner came back to this land from the marsh, and i told him i shot a buck and he was never more proud of me. We went to go get the buck i saw where i shot him. I aimed for the heart but i hit him in the neck and made a hole about 6 inches in diameter. Really tore him up. He was only a little 5 pointer but he was a trophy in my book.

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Not really a lucky shot, but a lucky turn of events. A few years ago I was hunting and it was an all day hunt where my wife told me I could hunt until dark. So, this opportunity doesn't come along too often nowadays. Anyway, I was sitting in my stand and I usually have my bow in my lap or positioned in my hand always ready to go. It was after enjoying my lunch that I relaxed a bit and allowed my bow to hang on my hook above my head. Well, here comes 2 deer. Both does. I reach up, grab my bow without looking at what I was doing because I wanted to watch the deer and their movements instead of watching what i was doing. Well, i hit a branch taking my bow down, my arrow popped off it's rest, clanked onto my stand, down on another branch, then clanked to the ground. I'm sure it really didn't make much noise, but at the time it might have well been dynomite! The deer stopped in their tracks, looked right at me for about 10 minutes, etc. I thought I would be busted. Nope. They settled down, I was able to nock another arrow and dropped 1 doe as she walked right by me. Go figure?!

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i shot a buck at 250 yards (LRF) when he was running all out. I was covering a drive when i shot a doe that came out to me. Then a buck with several does popped out about 100 yards away across open pasture. I took a shot, and thought i had hit the buck. As he ran, i shot again. After he hopped the fence that went around the pasture, i saw he would get across a gravel road and possibly sneak off wounded. I took a long shot on him running to try and put him down. I put the crosshairs ahead and above him, and squeezed off a road. I was amazed as he dropped on the spot, and kicked for a few moments before becoming still. After autopsy, it turned out that i had missed the first two shots and the third shot hit him slightly below the spine, killing him almost instantly.

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One day I was in my stand hadn't seen hardly anything all monthand I had a doe and a yearling walk up and I decided I was going to shoot the first one that gave me a good shot. The yearling come in to about 17 yrds and I had a good quartering shot and the deer was feeding in acorns with it's head wrapped in behind it's front leg I shot and when the arrow hit it sounded like you hit a turtle with a rock and the deer just fell. The arrow hit right between the ears I mean dead center. I guess the deer jumped the string.

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A few years ago, I had a nice buck I'd rattled in standing about fifteen yards away perfectly broadside. I drew, placed my twenty-yard pin a hair low about six inchesbehind his front shoulder, slowly squeezed the release... and watched the deer pile up like he'd been hit by a two-by-four upside the head. I instantly knew something was wrong; he should have ran about forty yards or so with a double-lung hit.
I stared at him for several seconds before noticing my arrow sticking straight up just in front of his ear. Upon tracing the flight of the arrow back to me, I noticed a freshly clipped, very small branch that couldn't have been more than an eighth of an inch around directly in the path of where my arrow had just been. I hadn't even seen it, but it sent my arrow exactly where it needed to be to get the job done extremely quickly. Funny, because just a couple days prior to that, a buddy (who is not a hunter) had asked me why I didn't aim for their heads, thinking it would produce quicker kills. After explaining the differences in kill-zone sizes, I then proceed to take my next one with a broadhead to the brain. :D

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About 7 years ago I was sitting in my stand watching a doe coming by me at 50 yds.I had been in my stand for an hour when I saw her way out.On the way to my stand I put on some wildlife research's #307 .When the doe crossed my path she followed it to the base of my tree and looked right up at me.When she saw the blob in the tree she got spooked and nerves.I couldn't draw on her because she was on me or no shot was possible. She kept her eye on me the whole time untill she got in the brush.When she was 25 yds I saw a opening between a tree that split. The tree was 15yds from me and 10 from her. The gap was about 6" wide and I knew if the arrow passed through it would be a clean kill.She stopped there for what seemed like 10 minutes and then the vitals came into view. I drew and released in one motion and watched the arrow disappear in her side. The arrow entered at the liver and exited behind the shoulder oppisite side. In three bounds she was out of site.About a half hour later and 25 yds she layed. All with my 60# recurve without sites.

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About three years ago i was hunting a swamp and had several doe's moving through, it was late Oct, and the rut was starting to heat up in these parts, I had myloc-on stand hanging in a tree full of narley branches and about 10 ft off the ground with several branches impairing my shots it was a last minute stand site and dint'nt want to thromp though the swamp, as i sat there thinking this stand site really bites here come a nice 9 pointer he's really taken his time as with each step closing the distance,finally he's about 18 yards but like i said there are all these branches so i have to lean way out with my safety belt stretched to the max and canter my bow so that i could clear a branch, i placed the pin at the vitals(i thought) and let the arrow fly, the buck droped right now thrashing in the water and muck, and before i could get out he was dead, as i approched the deer i noticed the arrow sticking through his neck, i never really could figure out why i was so off with the shoot. but i would rather be lucky then good any day, fast kill i had ever seen and easy tracking too.

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Last year I had a buck jump the string. I was aiming for his chest but hit his neck. He didn't even make it 50 yards, though, as it took out his corotid artery and jugular vein.

With the rifle I took a free hand shot at a caribou that was 150 yards off. I aimed right behind the shoulder and shot. Hr dropped in his tracks. When we got up there, we found that the bullet went in right behind his jaw and out his eye socket.

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Up in my stand I spot a doe meandering, coming from behind on my right. No shot available as it passes on my right within 20 yds. Finally it's in front and a perfect broadside shot. I let fly only to see my fletchings make a sharp left hand turn right where she's standing. The deer takes of running away and to the right. I check with the bino's for the tree it deflected off. Nothing, a clear path, I look again for the arrow nothing, Finally I get down and look, still can't find my arrow. Ans still can't believe I missed, but I saw the fletchings clearly head to the left. I followed the deer hoove prints as it tore up the leaves as it ran. Low and behold 60 yds later a drop of blood, 5' later the doe.The deer jumped the string, spun around and I arrowed it right in it's butt hole. It was still turning to run and thats why the fletchings veered to the left so quickly. The shaft was burried up to the fletchings and of course no blood. Also the 60 yds. it ran was directly towards my van.:)

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In my younger years I used to push the limits of ranges on bows. I took a shot at an antelope purely guessing at the range and when that arrow flew I thought to myself that's way over the mark. To my surprise that buck jump and turned sideways with the arrow sticking out. Amazed I was and more amazing was it was my very first bow ever at 17 years old. 97 paces(for me that's 93 yards.) I was given the nickname Rainbow for many years. To add credit to myself its been decades since I have ever tried something so radical as that shot. But it did happen. I still laugh everytime I look at that lope hanging on the wall. (Fred