I was hunting and I was about 35 yards away from a big doe and a fawn and I didn't take the shot from there cause my bows at 10 20 30 and I wanted to get a little closer and the big doe ran
do you think I should have taken the shot??

If you weren't comfortable with the shot, then you made the right choice. Only shoot at distances you are comfortabe with.

Shots that are True....Pass right Through!!!

You need to know your 100% kill range. It sounds like you practice to 30 yards. As long as at 30 you have 100% confidence you will hit your mark, then its ok to shoot to 30 yards. You decide this before you go hunting. When hunting you should follow your own self imposed limits. I think you did the right thing! My hunting limit is 30 yards(if its not walking and broadside) I let them go if more.


Good Luck!

PRACTICE....PRACTICE....PRACTICE......SUCCESS!

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We need more hunters like you. You demonstrated a high repect for the deer and yourself. I know alot of seasoned hunters that would take a shot out side their range and never think any thing of it.I congradulate you. Hang in there you will get your deer.

if you weren't comfortable=then u did the right thing. Stick it out and you will be rewarded. Good luck.

"My bow-my best friend"

These guys said it all: Congratulations to ya!! You're on your way to becoming a truly good hunter now -- not just a shooter. There's a big difference.

What I love about bowhunting is that it forces me to know my limitations, and thereby forces me to let a lot of deer "go" that I would have otherwise downed instantly if I'd been, say, gun hunting. This is not to start an "us" against "them" thing at all, but most weekend warriors with guns will never know the pride you'll experience when you reflect back on your decision-making process. It's the reason we bowhunters see more deer, learn the habitat and the terrain much better, and generally just become more intimate with our quarry. We have to.

But, sadly, it's not just gun hunters. It's unethical bowyers too who would think nothing of slinging an arrow at an animal "just to see if they could hit it," thinking nothing of the repurcussions of a poorly hit animal.

I messed up once earlier in my bowhunting career and mis-judged an animal on the ground which was backlit by the sun. It made him stand out, and he looked much bigger and closer than he actually was. With my inexperience on the ground (up until that point, every deer I had ever taken was from a tree stand), I ended up gut-shooting him. The kinetic energy and the resulting small size of the deer knocked him flat on his back, but I was forced to watch the deer writhe around with most of his intestines hanging out, and then watch him get to his feet and make me stalk him for fifteen minutes in that condition before I could dispatch him. Believe me, I never want to see an animal suffer like that again, and like someone's tag on here says, I now "measure twice, and shoot once."

Discipline -- not desire -- determines destiny.

I gun hunted when I was younger and thought that it was the greatest experience. Stalk through the woods with my 30.06 and 9 power variable scope (in PA) Come up on a meadow and there he is. 150 yards away and doesn't see me at all. I drop down on 1 knee and POW! It's all over. Dropped in his tracks. Go pick him up, drag him back to the truck and it's Budweiser and story time! Great sport. But now all I do is bowhunt. And I won't shoot over 20 yards. That alone has costs me a chance at 2 different 8 point bucks this week! And the biggest 1 twice! But I would trade this last week for even the rights to carry a firearm again. Someday I may be able to gun hunt again but even if I do get those rights back, I'm not sure I would use them. The rush of being within 50 yards of a 140 class 8 point buck and him walking straight towards you because you rattled him in (this afternoon) is AWESOME! I was shaking like a leaf! But of course I was ground hunting and he winded me and took off but what an experience!

In most states that I have hunted in it is illegal to take a doe that has a fawn with her. I know its let in the season but cheque the regs.

if you have to ask yourself if you should shoot or not, PASS! You'll thank yourself later when your not on here posting about what to do now, blood trail ran out, or hit her bad, now what.....