What's the latest you've shot a deer
 

I shot this guy Saturday night. It was getting dark. As he ran off after the shot I looked at my cell phone for the time. It was 6:56 PM.........6:57 Is when legal shooting hours where up......Too close for comfort;) It was tough to see but I was sure I could make the shot.......My pins where still bright, and I could make the buck out good enough to confidently make the shot!...

Any opinions on this .......Would you have shot that late??

Well, I drilled him He went not even 100 yards. Field dress he weighed 180 pounds:DHe doesn't score as good as I thought he would when I shot him. But he's still a nice buck for my area!!

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If it's legal shooting light......YES. I'd have shot him, too.

Congrats on a fine buck.....(and the beautiful little doe!).

Jeff

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nice buck i dont know if i wouldove taken the shot inless i was there.

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Absolutly! If i am in the stand hunting and can still see my pins and able to see my target good enough to place my arrow where i need to? Youbet i`ll shoot;).
By the way? Congratas on adang nice buck!

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I normally don't like shooting right at dark with my bow. If the right buck walks up then I will make an exception. I would have shot just like you did. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the buck you killed. He is a nice one, especially with a bow. He would also be a real good one where I hunt.

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I have shot bucks before when it was so dark I couldn't count points but could just make out the basic size of the rack (i.e. wide, tall, and good mass). As long as you can make out the outline of the body well and where the shoulder is, I don't see any problem.

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I plead the 5th

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Nice buck indeed!

I have taken two "last 5 minutes of legal shooting time" shots and made good on them. Both shots were less than 15 yds, and were in Nov, after trees had shed much of their leaves. In our early MD season, it can get "too dark"(for me) in the deep woods, even with plenty of legal time left.

It's not a bad idea to include practice sessions in the late evening hours, and know beforehand how your eyesight, pins, &peep are going to work out in diminished light, especially without an orange dot or bulls-eye to guide your aim...

-fsh

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7:30, it was a full moon and i could see the doe fine

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