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Not the worst... that would be &quot;NO&quot; when I used to park as a teenager.

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DM LOL!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Ward Burton-- Daytona 500 winner--
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jroot to help solve your problem with spine shots what you may be doing is bringing your sight pin down from above the deer then as soon as u see hair releasing your arrow try bringing your pin up from its underside
hope my advice help

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I was always told to keep shooting until the deer dies, or you can't shoot anymore. Congradulations on the first bow kills.

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David, what did you park in a horse and buggy? They didn't even have cars way back then.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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jroot, that same thing happened to me on the doe I shot this year. I got down out of the stand as quick and put a second arrow in her. I felt bad, but it just happened. She was kicking good or I would have cut the throat!

Know what you went through! Life goes on though, and it sent me to the range to practice even more and I am focusing on concentrating harder to make sure the next shot is a clean kill!

Jeff

Der Jagd Meister
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I spined a doe this year, she dropped like a ton of lead bricks and could only lift her head. I ran up to her and put a second arrow through the lungs to finish the job. As david and others said as long as you have a good shot to the vitals and the deer is still alive finish the job, however if the deer is like mine was, do like you did and slit thier throat or put another arrow through the vitals. The main thing is to finish the job as quickly as possible, you do not want the deer to suffer anymore than it has to.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Proud father of a Devil Dog

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If a shot goes bad, get a another arrow into the vitals as quickly as possible.

My first hunting partner, he was 14, I was 16, spined a 4-point for his first deer. It didn't fall dead, but rather fell on it rear-end, supporting his upper body with only its forelegs. Just after noon I walk towards his stand location to see Kurt standing, in shock mostly. Look below him to see the arrow sticking up out of its back centered between the shoulder blades like a car antenna. I hollered &quot;SHOOT&quot;, he replied that he couldn't because he was too shaky. I beat-feet-it to about 15 yards and finished him.

He couldn't bring himself to go in the woods for more than 25 years following that hunt.

Seen another hunter trying to get into position to finish a doe shot in the same fashion about 9-10 years ago. He got it done. Finally.

Witnessing these scenarios is the reason I refuse to take an extreme straight-downward shot with an arrow, I don't care what the size, buck or doe. That is a marginal shot with too much room for disaster.







Shoot often - Hunt always

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if you have to finish a deer off cutting their throat isn't usally the best way to go about it. Slip the blade of a sharp knife with a3 inch or longer blade between it's ribbs once at the heart and one a little higher. The animal will die very quickly much quicker than cutting their throat. but if you have an open shot another arrow is often easier and quicker especially if you are in a climbing stand