Shortest distance to recover your deer?
#23
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.
#24
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.
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.
#25
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.
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.
#27
Typical Buck
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: McDonough, GA
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!!!
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!!!


