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Do not look at the size of the animal, but more how he is standing.

Would you take a shot with a bow at 25yds?

This is what I was given on staurday.....this is not the animal just a picture I found my bull was standing inbetween two tress?

Thanks

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I wouldn't shoot. I know of two people who were presented with just such a shot. Both of them tried it. One guy's arrow got stopped by the brisket and they didn't find the bull. The other guy nailed the neck and hit the main vein, and the bull died quick. But I don't think it's a high percentage shot.

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Nope

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You will lose a deer more often than not when you shoot them in the brisket at that angle....My uncle would shoot that animal in the neck...that' shim. I would wait for a broadside shot or no shot.

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Of course not.

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there is no way i would try that with a bow.

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Tough call. When I was 15 I shot a deer that way and never found it. Don't think I would take the shot with a bow for sure, rifle, different story I think, especially if it was from up close. I think it would be one of those snap decisions though.

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Definitely not. It's a low percentage shot because the most likely outcome is you'll hit one lung and the paunch behind. The arrow may or may not exit. Then you'll have a horrible blood trail that is lengthy and may not lead to a recovered animal.

I had pretty much the same shot two years ago on a trophy whitetail. I was at full draw for an eternity at 20 yards and felt confident in my ability to hit a 1 1/2" spot every time. I resisted the temptation to shoot because I knew the possible result could be. Never got the buck, but never wounded it either.

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Nope

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Not in a million years would i take that shot with a bow.

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:DI shoot a BowTech, I'd probably blow through the other side!!:D

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Not me!

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No way. Too low percentage of recovery.

Mitch

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LOL:D:D:D:DNow that was funny.:D

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well, if i could look at the rack and it was a world class buck it would be temptiing but definately with a rifle thats how i killed my first deer

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If it was me I would not take the shot

I read an article in BOWHUNTER a few months ago about this angle of shoot. The writer went on a guided elk hunt. The guide told every hunter he guided to Shoot Elk at that angle. The guide said that was the most effective shot on an elk. The writer was against the shot but the guide said that was the best shot and the only way he wouldshoot elk.

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My first bow buck presented this shot. He went down in sight with blood visibly pumping out his jugular. I wouldn't take it on an Elk..Heck I wouldn't even take it on a deer now. But you can't knock the effectiveness of a well placed arrow.

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I would say no right now...but if I was actually put in the situation, it would be hard to make a good decision...

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Nope

Tim

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I have been there at 18 yds. full draw for over 1 minute till the wind changed and he was gone .I do not regret not takeing the shot but I may have regeted it if I did.Never do something intentionally that you may regret.

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i think it really depends on you..how accurate are you at 25 yards? how confident are you in making a shot and also how open is the terrian? if you are a good shot and highly confident (not to say we are not humans and can make a mistake) and the area is open for say atleast 100-200 yards of area where you can watch the bull i would shot it at the neck...there are too many large veins, back bone, jugular etc. that you can hit and it be a good kill shot....also i would only do if i had a broadhead with atleat 1 3/16 cutting diameter..anything less no way..

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As much I would be tempted , I gotta say no because I was told taking a shot like that is highly riskey and theres no sure way of hitting the vitals.
I would wait for it to startquartering away if it doesn't , then I'll put my bow down and pick my camera up and shoot with that.

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Not a chance

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Have waited for the beast to turn. Never taken the shot. Can't say I never wouldthough. I'd sit tight and wait for a better one. I don't pull until I get one so I'm just watching and under no stress.

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Never!

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i personally wouldn't but i guess it depends on how good you are.

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Oh so tempting and the sort of thing you wont get out of your mind in a hurry but i would have to say no, better to wait for a broadside shot than wound an animal so impressive.

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if I had a compound that would be a dead elk. I wouldn't take that shot with my recurve

Anyone who says this is a bad shot isn't knowledgeable. Browse the bowsite on frontal shots, its been beat to death.

I use to argue against frontal shots, but I was simply regurgetating what people had told me. Bury an arrow 25" into the chest and thats a very quikc, humane kill.

Like any shot, you gotta be able to make it. Many, MANY broadside shots are jacked, so that potential for error is on the shoulders of the archer's ability and nothing more.

I can make that shot with a compound, and with the power of the compound, dead elk.

I couldn't make it with my recurve, thus I wouldn't take it

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no.

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No way

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With the experience I now have, no. When I first started bowhunting, yes. But I did a lot of dumb things when I first started. LOL. Low percentage shot with bow and you'd feel worse wounding and not getting than you would not taking the shot. If you don't take the shot then, in your mind, he's always out there waiting to give you another chance. If you hit and don't recover, in your mind, he's coyote food and mice are eating the antlers. Which do you want in your mind?

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I will not lift my bow at a shot like that--I would much rather enjoy the show and wait another day.

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Nope

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-Sure..........If you say so[&:][8D]

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I read the article in bowhunter and it said on a ELK this was a very good shot, several people with experience with elk say its a good shot. there's a huge difference between an elk and deer in the size of this kill zone. Supposedly its a 6 inch circle. If you get the arrow into the body at that angle in that circle you will take out:

- heart or arteries coming out of heart, ie ALOT of blood pouring out and quick death
- 1 lung
- liver
- guts (if you go that far)

Not sure if I would take it on an elk, I have talked with a couple outfitters and the recommendations go both ways.

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Without reading the whole thread, absolutely not.

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Nope. If it didnt give me a broadside or quartering away, Id wait.

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No, not on a deer or elk. I would take it on a hog and be ready to climb a tree because I would probably just make it mad not dead. I have too many hogs.