Shortest distance to recover your deer?
#11
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
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Shortest bow track: 35 yards with a bull elk. Shot him as he tried to get past me to the "cows" 30 yards behind me. At the shot, he turned, ran in a semi-circle, stopped turned back to face me and the "cows" and tipped over.
#12
The 6 pointer I killed last year was hit behind the last rib quartering away, I took out the diaphrahm, liver, both lungs, and clipped the heart as well and the arrow passed through the armpit on the far side. He went less than 5 yards from where I shot him and dropped in a heap.
#15
One rifle shot and one muzzleloader shot both dropped on the spot (Double shoulder and neck shots respectively), and my shortest bow shot deer went about 10 yds. I cut the femeral artery below the spine, he took two leaps, and dropped dead. All in all, he was alive for about 2 seconds from the time of impact until he was dead.
#16
A few years back i shot a 5 point at 10 yards,,,it never took a step, it bleed out right there, teeter tottered back and forth and tipped over and died...all within about 3 mins time.
Come to find out after gutting himl, i made a perfet heart shot
Come to find out after gutting himl, i made a perfet heart shot

#17
Shot a great 6 point once thatfell about 10 yards from where i hit him.He actually ran about 30 yards, but he ran away, then turned around, ran towards where i shot him and he fell over. I love when you see them fall.
#19
Dominant Buck
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From: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
On the spot. Had an 8 point take one in the heart and both lungs, jump up, look around and fall over. Dead on the spot. Love when that happens.
I also had a doe drop on the spot. I was using a mechanical head, I think steal heads, the spiral cut kind (which is a P.O.S.). The head has a helical set on the blades so when it hits something, it torques the arrow. Which sucks. Any way, I shot this doe, the arrow entered and went through on lung, turned and headed straight up the animal. (thanks to that crap spiral design), and imbedded in the does spine. She droped on the spot. Id rather her have taken a clean pass through and run than to have a crap head twist up in her and not penetrate for crap. In this case it was not that bad, but I did shoot a hog that these heads would only sink a few inches in. Ive got plenty of KE on the bow I was shooting, the heads just suck. I tossed them right after the sec. use.
I also had a doe drop on the spot. I was using a mechanical head, I think steal heads, the spiral cut kind (which is a P.O.S.). The head has a helical set on the blades so when it hits something, it torques the arrow. Which sucks. Any way, I shot this doe, the arrow entered and went through on lung, turned and headed straight up the animal. (thanks to that crap spiral design), and imbedded in the does spine. She droped on the spot. Id rather her have taken a clean pass through and run than to have a crap head twist up in her and not penetrate for crap. In this case it was not that bad, but I did shoot a hog that these heads would only sink a few inches in. Ive got plenty of KE on the bow I was shooting, the heads just suck. I tossed them right after the sec. use.


