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Old 10-30-2007 | 07:01 AM
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Shortest 0 yards, spine shot.

Longest about 3 miles.
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Old 10-30-2007 | 07:28 AM
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I have shot 4 different deer that have gone 30 yards and fell overwhile bow hunting!I justlove my 3 bladesnuffer broadheads!
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Old 10-30-2007 | 07:38 AM
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mine was about 5 yards. She was standing on the edge of a creek about 5 feet above the water. I hit her and she rolled down into the creek andtried taking a few steps but didn't make it.
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Old 10-30-2007 | 08:48 AM
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My first deer ever was a nice 9-point from the ground. He walked past me about 12-yards and I shot him at about 17 with a nice quartering angle. He hoped twice and landed with his front legs still bent. He died mid-air!
Altogether I think he went about 25-feet from impact.

Other than that, I hit one with a spine-shot at about 15-feet. I also hit the aortic(sp?) artery that runs along the spine. I still put another through the lungs, but he would have been gone in about the same amount of time. It was all over inlittle overa minute.


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Old 10-30-2007 | 08:51 AM
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ORIGINAL: GMMAT

I shot a doe, last year at 7 yds. First shot literally pinned her to the ground. She went 0 yds. I ended up shooting her2 times in a short few seconds.
Same here, last year's buck went zero yards....dropped in his tracks, followed up two shots.
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Old 10-30-2007 | 08:52 AM
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First buck I ever killed, 6pt., ran 40 yards looked back and dropped. Straight thru the heart.
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Old 10-30-2007 | 09:03 AM
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First Deer I ever killed with a bow. DRT (dead right there) and this was not a spine shot.

I was walking slow during very high wind, wind in my face, when a doe jumped up out of a grass field. I was 7 yards from her when she jumped. Well she jumped up but did not run so I performed the famous Texas heart shot (OK, I was an inexperienced bowhunter at the time (1982)). The arrow whacked the femoral artery and she fell, started kicking, and was dead in 10 seconds. She field-dressed at 90 lbs which ain't bad for GA.

What a first deer to get you hooked!!!
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Old 10-30-2007 | 09:10 AM
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The last five deer ive killed with a bow have fell within sight. The shortest dropped in its tracks, longest was about 50yds.
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Old 10-30-2007 | 09:14 AM
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Spine shot. 0 yards. Dropped in his tracks. He fell so hard his front hoof flew over his antlers and got stuck.
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Old 10-30-2007 | 09:17 AM
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Mr Java took one at 10 yards and he ran 10 yards and dropped..

So far, mine is approx 70 yards.
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