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shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
i just watched north american whitetail hunt, and this guy shoots a 9 way far back, right around the back leg and up a little, they come back the next day, and of course they find there deer, sometimes these shows make me wonder, if i made that same shot would i find him?
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RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
You probably would.
Chances are he hit the femoral artery. The deer would bleed out pretty quickly and leave a decent trail. |
RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
lung/heart shots are overrated, aim for that back leg :D
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RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
I just saw that 2 he had a little angle on the shot. it might have clipped something.
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RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
there are tons of arteries in the back leg. Chuck adams himself endorses ham shots if that's the only shot you're presented. In his buck grand slam he talks about how you shouldn't pass up a ham shot if it's presented because of the massive amount of arteries back there.
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RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
yea it will kill them. i shot a doe (with a rifle) in the back leg(not intentional, she lunged as i shot from 180 yds. so it hit her far back) and we found her after a ton of tracking.
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RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
ORIGINAL: bowtech die hard there are tons of arteries in the back leg. Chuck adams himself endorses ham shots if that's the only shot you're presented. In his buck grand slam he talks about how you shouldn't pass up a ham shot if it's presented because of the massive amount of arteries back there. You shouldn't take the shot unless you can get both lungs and or the heart. |
RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
well all I can say is I've killed two deer on ham shots, both hit major arteries, and it was the only shot I had. I think if the most famous bowhunter in the world says it's ok, then it's ok by me.
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RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
I hit one in the hind quarter once on a deflection and the deer went 15 yards and dropped. At first I was bummed, I thought "oh know" but with in seconds the deer was down! I was shocked, the blood trail was 3 feet wide!
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RE: shot in the back leg and the deer still dies?
Oh boy, I can see all the "I hit one in the ass on pourpose guys help me find it" threads from this awfull advice.
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