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I'm rather sickenedby the fact that thequestion of wether or not a head shot with abow is a good shot or not ,is even being argued by some in a bowhunting forum.[:@]

Here's a sample for a couple of you moronsof why it shouldn't even be considered.

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I have done it!!! Am I a moron I don't think so. I was 13 and it was the second deer I shot at. I never found it. A nice 8 point buck to. My Dad kicked my butt and wouldn't let me bow hunt for the rest of the season. and he made me look for that deer every day he went hunting. FYI I never took a shot like that again and after 40 + kills under my belt from deer to moose thats the only animal I ever lost. Im in my 40's now and I would never even think about a shot like that.

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Rich

I'd say at the time you took the shot , you were a young moron , wouldn't you? Your dad must of felt the same.

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Skills!! He doesnt have any skills.

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You are correct but incorrect on that statement. There is a killing shot in the hind quarters, but not recomended, my friend shot a monster 14 pointer a couple weeks ago, this was his first time bow hunting. The buck came in right under his stand and he tried for the spine, and shot him in the hind quarters and he dropped. So yes there is kill shot in the butt. Lol.

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You are an IDIOT...

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Only an idiot would take it.

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Id never take a head shot on any deer, gun or bow. Especially with a bow. Its not worth it.

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I have more skills then you will ever have, and ill take whatever shot i want.

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Turleshell go back in your shell noone wants to hear from you anyway. Ill hunt where i want when i want and how i want. Looks like they didnt waste any meat on that shot! As for the dog i know back in the day you were allowed to shoot dogs if they were chasing deer and i know ppl who have.

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Funny how a photoshopped pic can stir this place up. I'm not so convinced a field-tipped arrow would penetrate two places in the skull and have enough power to keep come out a couple feet. I may be wrong, but I think it's fake.

As for a real life situation, no, never take a skull shot with a bow. Geesh, that's common sense, no?

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Thats what im sayin a monster 14 point buck hell yeah id take that shot, once in a lifetime opp. damn right im gonna try for whatever shot presents itself.

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now now dont do get your undies pulled so far up the crack of you butt that when you sneeze theyll fly out your nose...he was trying for a spine shot and ended up hitting up in the hip where the main artery runs. again spine shot not recomeded but id at least try that on a big buck. i have in the past. not a shot i practice alot but woudl take a spine shot if I knew he was going to drop.

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There was only one time since I've been bowhunting (26 years) that I advised someone to take a head shot. We were tracking a buck that my friend hit in the liver. We came upon the buck (still alive) in the thickest stuff possible (we were crawling on our knees), the deer had its rear end facing us and had it's head turned broadside. We couldn't get to the side of the deer because of the thickness of bushes surrounding it. In order to put another arrow into it, I told my friend to take the head (brain shot) instead of a rump shot. He made the shot at about 8 yards.

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On the buck that I mentioned above, it was a complete pass through. 145 grain muzzy four blade.

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People are going to do what they have to do in the woods. If a huge buck is in the woods and you drop it from ANY type of shot that you were aiming for, (Besides gut) you'd be proud and show it off. If the deer is dead its a good shot.
As for either pic, i doubt they are real. In either case they would have jumpped the string. And if a dog is stupid enough to look at an arrow comming at his head, fetch would be a lot of fun...Let darwin weed out stupid animals. No biggie.

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Ok I took a loot at the picture..... if it was photoshopped its a decent job... First off for those of you who say it was a field tip instead of a broadhead you can't make that remark because you can't actually see the tip.... the tip is embedded in the side of the deer so.. for all you know it could be a broadhead!! Secondly I have personally shot a deer in the head before and it dropped instantly and it was with a bow. I shot itdirectly through its eye and the arrow actually passes completely through the deers head.... it was a mature 8 year old black tail doe. I'm not saying its the best shot ever but if you are close and have no other shot... then freaking take it! If however..... you have a different shot take the other shot! If it was me I would shoot it in the head if I could. For those of you who say " where was he hunting where its concrete," Maybe he didn't have a camera with him at the time so he waited until he got home... thats the way i work it and I know many people do as well. For those of you who are flaming over this pic you need to shut your mouths because your the type of people who have way to much money and way to much time on their hands to sit around and yell at other people because you think your opinion is better than everyone elses!!! I say get your thumbs out of your butts and look at it from other peoples point of view... seriously!!! If you think its cheaper to go out and buy 75-80 pounds of meat than to go and shoot a deer you need to rethink that! I shoot blacktails and only get like 40-50 lbs of meat and I spend about 40 dollars on a tag. I kill 1 deer every year with 1 shot which means my time is well spent and that I'm putting meat on the table for a much cheaper price than if I went out and bought it. I don't know about you but I work hard for my money and would rather not spend 5-6 dollars a pound on beef when I can go out in the woods behind my house and put some steaks in the freezer that will provide for months of food! I'm tired of people bickering and arguing... if you don't like someone on here don't go flaming on them in your posts go somewhere else!!!!!

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Take up golf a bad shot won't maim anything. Who taught you your hunting ethics?

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Honestly IMO someone should be shot themselves if they took a shot like that. Especially with a bow. Now for the picture. Being in the last year of my criminal justice degree, and all the investigation and crime scene classes i had to take, that deer has a post mortem wound. If the picture is real at all the arrow was shot into the deer after it was dead. There is no blood at all in any of the wounds. That means the heart wasnt pumping. If I personally knew someone who ever take that shot, I would probably kick their ass.

Dumbasses.

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I am with CHARLIE P. If you would shoot at a 14 point buck like this.


TAKE UP GOLF

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Well sure, with a broadhead it may be possible especially from 8 yards. We're talking a field point though. Little different.

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I have shot deer in the head you gonna kick my ass?? Seriously dude grow up before you post!!! If you read what I said you would realize that the shot to the head would stop the heart.... the blood would be minimal due to the fact that it was a head shot and the arrow tip embedding itself into the body would cause minimal blood loss unless it penetrated inside the body a lot further! If you look the head of the arrow is trapped under the skin between the fat and the meat... which means there would be no blood loss!! The most you might expect on the arrow is some brain matter and nothing more which has a minimal chance of happening since the arrow penetrated the head so fast the tip pushes the matter to the sides and the arrow can pass through without hardly any contact! For a person who is " in the last year of my criminal justice degree, and all the investigation and crime scene classes you had to take" You would realize that the wound wouldn't produce any blood! The head of a deer is mych like the head of a humans it has blood in it but a lot smaller amount and seeing as you can't really get a good look at the arrow since its black and any blood would blend in and you wouldn't be able to see it unless inspected in real life you need to go back through those classes and pay closer attention. Besides that, if the deer was already dead.... why put an arrow into its head?

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photoshop no blood

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I have to laugh (in disgust) at comments like these:

"whatever shot presents itself"
"not a shot I practice alot but would take a spine shot"

You guys are kidding, right? So with that logic a lesser deer or a mere doe would constitute only taking a carefully placed, well thought out, waited on shot through only the broadside vital area whereas the tactics of taking a "buck of a lifetime" change to a hail mary approach if that's the only shot available simply because the deer is a once in a lifetime buck? Wow. That's sick.

Years ago I had a very nice 150 class buck in range for what seemed like all day. He of course stopped on the side of my tree that had tangles of branches in front of me. No shot. I told the story to the guy that was hunting with me that day and he was shocked that I didn't at least try a shot on him. "You didn't even try a hail mary on a buck that big?", he asked. My reply, "No moron, what's the point in pulling the trigger unless you are sure of your target!!". Needless to say, I don't hunt with this guy anymore.

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This has been a really wierd thread! You don't see this much here!

You can do what you want, but....

I would NOT take the shot. IMHO, it is disrespectful to the animal. I am good friends with an older gentleman, who is a Creek Indian. They considered that kind of kill to be wrong, and that it displeased God. I agree.
Trae

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Yes, actually you should. Why would you shoot a doe or any animal in the back legs? you give hunters a bad name and should stay under the rock you crawled out from

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Now that is EXPERIENCE right there talking. Lets shoot for the ears if we have to. You give NY'ers a bad name.

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Translation= I tresspass,hunt out of season and poach.

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Wow its funny how you people think a headshot isn't an ethical shot but a liver shot is!! A liver shot makes a deer suffer a lot longer that a head shot!

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Every liver shot will kill the deer every head shot will not.

My 15 yr old passed on a huge 8 pt Saturday morning,because the deer didn't give him the shot he was confident with. I'm very glad he didn't take a head shot. Some of the folks on this thread make me want to puke.

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I give NY'ers a bad name huh...ahahahahahahha who are you to say anything about NY and what do you know about me and my family. I give NY'ers a bad name because i would shoot a deer in the head WOW! Good one man. Shoot for the ears that had to be the dumbest thing i have ever heard like i said before head shot is a kill shot, ears yeah i dont think your going to get much of a kill with that hahaha. Good try though, i give hunters a bad name also huh? OKAY i realy care what you think about me. Criminal justice classes yeah whats this a crime scene investigation forum. Oh and once again i could care less what all of you think. I hope this threat gets deleted cause everyone is so full of sh*&^ all about Ethics this and ethics that, lets just suck up to our peers a little bit more. How about you post what you actually feel for once. HAVE A GREAT DAY FELLA'S enjoy the pic. ahhahah

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Your ignorance is showing. Plenty of places you can shoot a deer in the head and it won't die.You should spend more time paying attention and studying your biology and less time shooting off your mouth.

One NY'er to another you are giving us a bad name.

Go back to class,and get off theschools computer.

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Exactly man this is sh** because they all know they would do it with the right circumstances but won't own up to it!! Just because the rest of us have ahold of our manhoods doesn't mean you people gotta flame it!

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You mean there is a difference between a broadhead and field point? Learn something new everyday I guess. [8D]

Anyway, I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion that a field point was used in the picture since the tip of the arrow looks to be imbedded in the deer.:eek:

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I think you need to look at the way a bullet or an arrow work!!! If you shoot an arrow into a deers head its gonna tear at more than just a little section of it brain therefore killing it! I will admit there is a small area you could hit and not kill it instantly but thats so miniscule its almost impossible!! A bullet will fragment from the bone structure so it will kill the deer really easily!! I think you need to rethink your shooting knowlege and knowledge of balistics before you talk!

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lol,no many of us would not play the fool.

If you really believe your manhood is determined by what shot you would take at a deer, I feel sorry for you.What grade are you in 9th?

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Lol,this is a bowhunting forum that shot being discussed was taken with a bow.

Put your dunce cap and go sit in the corner.

Your hidden signature say's a lot..

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You two aren't worth further reply.

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I love a good head shot!

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IMO some people here need to go back to the Bow Hunter Education Courses and pay attention.