Would you take this shot???
01-03-2007, 04:35 PM
#32
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Stony Point/Albany, NY
Posts: 1,479
RE: Would you take this shot???
I would not take that shot, but the claim was one lung, and I bet it got some of the diaphragm too, which would cause the lungs to stop working and the blood from the mouth. Another possibility of what happened was that the deer was quatering away, pretty steeply, then the deer turned its head to scratch its back w/ its teeth like they do or look behind it, but turned its front enough to show some vitals, then the shooter(new hunter)thought he had a shot, but hit a couple inched back, causing that steep angle. These 2 pics show kinda what I'm talking about, but imagine them turned a little more. to a new hunter that may look like a good shot.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/zdeerslayer/roedeer.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/zdeerslayer/deer1.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/zdeerslayer/roedeer.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/zdeerslayer/deer1.jpg
01-03-2007, 04:42 PM
#36
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Roanoke, Va
Posts: 3,562
RE: Would you take this shot???
ORIGINAL: Zdeerslayer
I would not take that shot, but the claim was one lung, and I bet it got some of the diaphragm too, which would cause the lungs to stop working and the blood from the mouth. Another possibility of what happened was that the deer was quatering away, pretty steeply, then the deer turned its head to scratch its back w/ its teeth like they do or look behind it, but turned its front enough to show some vitals, then the shooter(new hunter)thought he had a shot, but hit a couple inched back, causing that steep angle. These 2 pics show kinda what I'm talking about, but imagine them turned a little more. to a new hunter that may look like a good shot.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/zdeerslayer/roedeer.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/zdeerslayer/deer1.jpg
I would not take that shot, but the claim was one lung, and I bet it got some of the diaphragm too, which would cause the lungs to stop working and the blood from the mouth. Another possibility of what happened was that the deer was quatering away, pretty steeply, then the deer turned its head to scratch its back w/ its teeth like they do or look behind it, but turned its front enough to show some vitals, then the shooter(new hunter)thought he had a shot, but hit a couple inched back, causing that steep angle. These 2 pics show kinda what I'm talking about, but imagine them turned a little more. to a new hunter that may look like a good shot.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/zdeerslayer/roedeer.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/zdeerslayer/deer1.jpg
01-03-2007, 04:57 PM
#38
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Michigan/Ohio
Posts: 11,682
RE: Would you take this shot???
The hit idea is good one, I was not aiming there when I hit her last year. Deer was qrt away and turn as I shot. Trust me the first words were "oh sh|t, I shother in the arse" Just as I reach, she died.
