RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
 

Besides the obvious......I kinda like EATING the hams!

Jeff

RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
 

Ditto. I would never ever advise or condone that shot, but I've been there.Same as bowhunting fool. A combination of a couple bad things happened in an instance. I was sick as the arrow was leaving my rest and heading towards his rump. Fortunately I got LUCKY that it hit that artery. The buck I hit went about 20 yards and piled up head over heels. Blood trail like you wouldn't believe. Not a very good idea to intentionally take that shot.

RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
 

Don't know wether to laugh out loud or cry.

RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
 

Chuck Adams got all rations of excriment when he shot a bull elk at 38 yards because it was "too long" of a shot. I really don't think he would purposefully shoot one in the ham.Not only isitcompletely inhumane, but it is also pure chance ifyou hit a major artery or not and as a professional he can't risk turning peopleoff and losing endorsements. Just my thoughts.

RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
 

Greg you might have me on that, cause I can remember reading that so that one's my bad. That was Fred, I could have sworn it was Chuck but you got me on that one.

Personally I'm still going to take the shot. I've never seen a deer lost on that shot. You guys can give me as much crap as you want but I'm still going to do it. And it's funny because I'm getting ripped apart on here for saying I'd do it, but look at all you guys that have accidentally done it and found your dead deer not too far away. I think that makes my statement for me.

RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
 

Shot a small doe accidentally in the ham (deflection) needed a doe tag filled to get a buck tag so I took a shot with the doe behind a small bush. Clipped the artery,lots of blood but the deer took about an hour to die. I wouldn't aim for this shot on purpose!

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I've gut shot deer before and recovered them, but I wouldn't set out to do it becuse it "worked" once.

RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
 

There's a big difference between accidentally hitting one there and getting lucky and trying to hit one there hoping to get lucky. What are you going to be aiming at? The artery? It's like a needle in a haystack. I don't think anything said has made your statement for you. It's pure luck and your recovery rate will NOT be good.

RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
 

1) I saw a caribou carrying an arrow around in his ham 2 days after my buddy made a terrible shot and hit him there. The thing was in absolute misery and would bed down whenever the rest of the herd would stop. I never was able to get close enough to end it for him.

2) I shot a really big 8 in the back ham once. He was quartering away and on my release turned and it whacked his back hip. Luckily I was able to get another shot and put that one through his lungs. When I butchered him I checked to see what that arrow hit.... muscle and that is all.

Just look at a detailed anatomy picture of a deer and you will see it is a bad idea.

Of course, it is obvious from your previous postbowtech that you don't let facts get in the way of your opinion.

RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
 

That's just a dumb comment on your part IMO. First of all I'm not saying that's the shot I'm taking to kill the animal if I've got several shot opportunities. If I've got any angle on lungs that's the shot I'm taking.

That said, If the only shot I've got is hams, I'm taking the shot. If i'm not getting any openings, no vitals shot, then that arrows going right through the hams, and I will gaurantee you that deer will drop.

I'm going to defend myself on this one all the way through. I know I'm asking for it on this thread, but I'm still going to defend it.