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Thank you sir! A guy gets lucky once in a while! You had some awesome pics as well, congrats on your season!

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- mis-ranged a 40yd broadside shot at a doe fawn to below 30'sthus just giving it a haircut

- hit too far forward on another doeat a 10yd steep quartering away angle... lost

- 30yd steep broadside at a nubby... dropped on the spot

- 35yd almost severe quartering away at a nearly P&Y andanatomically 10 point... recovered

batting avg is .500 shooting for 100% next year.

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Two bucks and two does doubled lunged all within 20 yards and dead in a another 30 yards. They went DOWN quickly.
AND one nice buck at under 20 shot square in the shoulder and never recovered. Hanging head in shame but such is hunting.

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I have shot 3 arrows at deer from my '07 Vectrix, I have 3 kills. One buck and 2 doe.I can't complain.;)

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How do you count multiple arrows in the same animal? Does that count as one?

Nebraska turkey: 20 yards, blind
Nebraska turkey: 6 yards, flew away with arrow, not recovered, blind
Nebraska turkey: 30 yards, spot and stalk
Nebraska turkey fall: 20 yards, spot and stalk
New Zealand tahr 3 of 4 from 27 out to 50 yards, spot and stalk
New Zealand chamois 2 of 4 from 30 out to 60 yards, spot and stalk
New Zealand red deer: 40 yards, spot and stalk
New Zealand Arapawa sheep: 6 yards, spot and stalk
New Zealand turkey: 20 yards, spot and stalk
New Zealand turkey: 15 yards, spot and stalk
New Zealand Turkey: 35 yards, spot and stalk
New Zealand Feral Boar: 6 yards, spot and stalk
Texas blackbuck: 45 yards, spot and stalk
Texas blackbuck doe: 20 yards, spot and stalk
Texas aoudad: 22 yards, spot and stalk
Texas ibex: 27 yards, blind
Colorado elk: 45 yards, spot and stalk
Colorado mule deer: 54 yards, good hit-pass through-not recovered, spot and stalk
Colorado mt. goat: 38 yards, bad hit-finished with a rifle, spot and stalk
Colorado mule deer: 35 yards, spot and stalk
South Dakota whitetail buck: 35 yards, high hit-not recovered, tree stand
South Dakota whitetail buck: 20 yards, tree stand
Illinois whitetail buck: 27 yards, tree stand
Illinois whitetail doe: 20 yards, shot late in the evening, devoured by coyotes by sunup
Quebec caribou: 40 yards, spot and stalk
Quebec caribou: 20 yards, spot and stalk
Nebraska Whitetail buck: 20 yards, spot and stalk
Nebraska whitetail doe: 30 yards, good hit, not recovered, tree stand
Texas whitetail doe: miss, blind
Texas whitetail doe: 23 yards, blind

Four out of 36 arrows missed their mark, four animals were not recovered after being shot (intensive searching), and one animal was hit/recovered but finished with a rifle.

I took a fallow deer and red deer in New Zealand with a rifle

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Respect!

The sad thing is.....there are people who will take the high and mighty stance that you didn't recover all of your animals. I've been saying that there are 3 types of people. 1) Those who will admit to hitting but not recovering an animal. 2. Those who will NOT admit to it. and 3. Those who haven't had enough shot opportunities.

I want to commend you on one helluva GREAT season. I am in awe.

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Thanks Jeff,

There isn't one shot that I regret taking. As someone said, "it's hunting". The turkey which flew away was hit just about as perfectly as one could be hit. We went back with dogs after searching for several hours. The dogs couldn't even find the bird. We weren't sure if a coyote sweep through and found the gobbler before us, or...? One doe in Illinois was eaten by coyotes after we decided to look for her in the morning-again, the shot was spot on. The doe in Nebraska collapsed within sight of me. I really thought she was down for the count. The shot was right through the boiler room. I got up a little early...her head was down and I thought she was dead. When I approached, she got up and ran...never to be seen again (my fault, I pushed to soon). The buck in South Dakota...I do not know what happened there. The buck may have ducked. Had my arrow hit him one inch lower...lights out.I spent two days looking for him.

Here's a photo of the doe I shot in Texas.

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07 season 100% one doe 35 yards double lung

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Huckleberry, your seasons demand respect!

For me, last 5 seasons...

11 deer
11 turkeys (missed 1)
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