RockinChair

Can I... Probably Not (yet, atleast)

Will I... well of course.. who cares if I can or not! Gotta find out sometime right?

Just pickin.. its no doubt a tough angle and tough shot but one I hope to be able to make in the future.

davidmil

Yup, I can tell you've been there. Exactly right

lrhuntr

*EDIT* Didn't read the moderately quartered way comment, blew right threw that. This doe was 5 yards if that away from my stand when I killed her. Slightly quarted away, not much thow.

Sorry, guess this doesnt really apply. Still I get to post these pics again.Thats right, its a Rage wound pic. Bask in its glory. [8D]

Sure can.

I did it with this doe last year. Now I was 18ft up, not 20ft.

First pic is the entrance wound.



Second pic is the result.

Shimmeringleaves

It's a great shot hitting the heart, but I think many circumstances dictate whether one try's to make this shot or go for lungs which offer a bigger target.

Shimmeringleaves

Devastating shot Ir. Thumbs up to you.

SouthDakotaHunter

As mentioned - it can certainly be done.

In most instances, I find myself going more for the lungs, just becuase of the larger target. I've had a couple of heart shots over the years, and it obviously puts em down quick!

Hotburn76

This is exactly what happened to me this year with the eight point I took. I have video of him and just like MichiganWhitetails74 said is what happened to me. Buck was about seven yards away, I was 18 feet in tree. Entered just behind mid rib and came out right in the arm pit. I always aim for the heart but make sure I am not risking shoulder also. I have nicked the heart many times but this year was the first time I drilled right in the heart. The first pic is from the still on the video camera. You can see the fur raised up just behind mid rib and high, the arrow is totally in and the deer has not even flinched yet. The arrow came out right smack in the center of the pit. The second pic is of the heart with a Tekan II cut in it, blood trail was ok, but he ran only fifty or seventy yards I think.

OHbowhntr

The heart in my avatar was shot from above, only it was about 14yds, and the deer was walking into me. I put the pin just to the left of his spine, and blew it out, while his head was down eating acorns.

GMMAT

I passed this shot up on the deer (your right in my avatar) in '06. I didn't like the angle. Would I now? Tough call. I doubt it.

I won't say a word to anyone who does, though. there are plenty who can and have pulled this off. Tough angle.....I'll say that. I hunt from 23'......and it's a blessing and a curse, sometimes.

HuntingBry

Can it be done? I think that has been established. As Davidmil said the situation would dictate whether or not I would take the shot. Most likely I would wait for a better angle if possible.