Would you be proud of this shot?
03-17-2008, 05:23 PM
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RE: Would you be proud of this shot?
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Don (others)....if it was "back".....what would I have hit, internally?
Don (others)....if it was "back".....what would I have hit, internally?
03-17-2008, 05:23 PM
#45
Dominant Buck
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RE: Would you be proud of this shot?
It will take you at least 5 more seasons like the one you just had to end up being close to how many autopsies I've done on deer. I only shoot 1-4 deer per year.
the only thing around the bones is muscle.
03-17-2008, 05:24 PM
#47
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RE: Would you be proud of this shot?
Mobow, your right, there are not absolutes as we were not there, didn't see the deer. I try to stay off that shouder as a deers reaction time is incredible and can actually catch the arrow as it passes through the animal, send it right behind that shoulder angling forward and it's going to be a short track job.
The green dot to me seems to be slightly forward on a quartered away deer depending on everyones degree of quartered away. On a broadside shot, the green dot is still a touch forward to my liking and actually higher than I like.
Come down an inch and dead center between the two and I'm watching my deer die in sight and sitting down in my treestand shaking like a leaf...LOL
The green dot to me seems to be slightly forward on a quartered away deer depending on everyones degree of quartered away. On a broadside shot, the green dot is still a touch forward to my liking and actually higher than I like.
Come down an inch and dead center between the two and I'm watching my deer die in sight and sitting down in my treestand shaking like a leaf...LOL
03-17-2008, 05:25 PM
#48
Giant Nontypical
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RE: Would you be proud of this shot?
a lot of these guys are saying far back, but i think for a quartering away deer, thats a perfectly fine shot. i wouldnt mind if my arrow got em there.
03-17-2008, 05:26 PM
#49
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RE: Would you be proud of this shot?
Jeff I never said it was a bad shot in the Rage thread. All I said was if it was completely broadside your shot would of been a little far back and thus that would of been a good reason why your deer didn't bleed like you wished it would of. If it was broadside your BH of choice shouldn't be at fault for lack of blood. If it wasn't broadside but quartering away instead, excellent shot!! You take things to heart all the time. Not once did I criticize your shot. Geesh!!