Ijust posted a UTube video of a yahoo that shot a deer in the head and laughed about it. I don't remember a single person that posted thinking it was a smart shot.

I don't care if the deer is the new world record. I'm not taking that shot. There are too many things that can go wrong. I've passed on shots on some very nice bucks due to conditions not being right and don't know how ethically anyone can take a shot like that.I had a few that made the deer in my picture look like a 4 pt and didn't see them again.

Even if I'm confidentI could do it, that shot falls under the "just flinging arrows at deer" catagory and shows me you are more interested in what you shoot than taking an ethical shot.[:@]

Nope, I was taught at a very early age not to do that. Had it re-emphasized at Bowhunting Education courses and from many bowhunters. I personally didn't need to learn from experience on that particular shot selection.

Absolutely NOT!

I have also been taught to never take a head shot with a bow. Even if its a monster, I absolutely dont want to take the chance of wounding the deer of not being able to recover it. My opinion

Well maybe you have been blessed with some good hunting property and the deer come pretty easy... I on the other hand have to work for mine... So with that being said I will prob take shots that arent text book when a buck of a life time walk under my stand... I can see from your aviator what kind of deer hunting proiperty you have... You need to walk in a public land deer hunters shoes once...

I see big named hunters on tv take iffy shots at deer every day... Hell I just watched Ted Nugent shoot one at ten yards and hit the deer threw the front of the front shoulder quartering away... He was on his hand and knees looking for drops of blood the size of a pin head... That guy takes more F uped shots in a season than I have in my life time...

I was hunting with a friend and I let him sit in my usual spot (on the ground) and a deer came right down the trail we walked in on and my friend drew back and the buck just came right in on his tracks. So he is holding back and the deer is maybe 4 yards probably three yards from him. Next thing I see is a deer jump and run my direction with an arrow sticking out the side of his head. He stopped and my frined was able to put another arrow in him at about 25 yards. However the deer fell over just after that other arrow and was bleeding like crazy from the head shot.

This was not his intended shot and he is not sure what happened to this day. This was his first buck he has ever taken with a bow as well. I still can not figure out how he hit it right square in the head either. I think it had something to do with his arrow basically almost touching the deer already and making the nerves go crazy.

As far as an intentional shot at the head, not ever going to do it.

I was talking to another guy that was trying to shoot a deer right under his stand and the arrow fell off the rest and went into the deers head. He seen the same deer with part of his arrow sticking out of his hear later that year.

Not a good idea. I am glad for the animals sake that you did take him down. I had the biggest buck of my life walk by me on public land at about 15 yards. I couldn't get him to stop and there was one branch in the way that I thought I would hit so I didn't take the shot.

NOT W/ A BOW.

Done it numerous times w/ a slug gun though (doe management)... sure it is a good way to get tastey meat [8D]

And that's a whole nother problem. Especially when individuals like yourself seem to look up the people on the shows.

At close range, 3-5 yards, he may have been using the wrong pin. You/Anyone should shoot at their target from 3-5 yards and find out which pin would be accurate. You never know when you may need to make a close up kill shot to finish off a woundedanimal.

Just for the record. I've killed well over a 100 deer with a bow