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millerhunter13 06-12-2008 09:20 AM
is this good enough???
 
lets say at a given distance if you can hit a soda can is that good enough to kill a deer????

bawanajim 06-12-2008 09:33 AM
RE: is this good enough???
 
I guess it would work, if you could get the deer to hold the can over his heart.[:-]

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millerhunter13 06-12-2008 09:46 AM
RE: is this good enough???
 
^ see instead of a 3" circle i use a can:DKnow really the can helps me concentrate on teh shot, its kinda wierd, but i can shoot at just a target and shoot like crap, and stick a can or bottle or whaterver and i shoot better.

Seif5034 06-12-2008 09:50 AM
RE: is this good enough???
 
i do this with old juice jugs and whatnot all the time. a soda can is a small enough target that you could kill a deer. you really only need to be able to hit a desert plate. That's about...what? 4"dia.

millerhunter13 06-12-2008 09:52 AM
RE: is this good enough???
 
^ thanks.

drenal 06-12-2008 02:27 PM
RE: is this good enough???
 
the only deer smaller then a soda can are in florida so dont worry.lol

Vabowman 06-12-2008 03:29 PM
RE: is this good enough???
 
yep. the vitals are the size of a basketball, I would say you can do it.

whitetailbowhunter 06-12-2008 05:00 PM
RE: is this good enough???
 

ORIGINAL: drenal

the only deer smaller then a soda can are in florida so dont worry.lol
He is in Florida.:D:D LMAO If you can hit it on your first shot it think your good to go!

BowHuntingFool 06-12-2008 05:59 PM
RE: is this good enough???
 

ORIGINAL: millerhunter13

lets say at a given distance if you can hit a soda can is that good enough to kill a deer????
Sure is as long as its in the vitals, your good to go! Keep up the good shooting!

AR Bowhunter 06-12-2008 07:08 PM
RE: is this good enough???
 
Thats the great thing about archery you can pratice all you want. But when that buck comes in close its all instincts an composure.

Paul L Mohr 06-13-2008 06:20 AM
RE: is this good enough???
 
If you can hit something the size of a soda can at 20 or 30 yards that is accurate enough to kill a deer. That being said, shooting arrows into a metal can probably isn't the best thing you can do for them. And another thing is that when practicing the smaller the target you aim at the more accurate you are usually.

For hunting though it really pays to get some sort of 3-D target or a target with a picture of a deer. That way you can get used to aiming at an animal, not a dot. Accuracy is good, but you really need to learn proper shot placement as well. And shooting at a live animal or 3-D target is a bit tougher than shooting a regular target.

Paul

kickin_buck 06-13-2008 06:41 AM
RE: is this good enough???
 
ORIGINAL: millerhunter13

^ see instead of a 3" circle i use a can:DKnow really the can helps me concentrate on teh shot, its kinda wierd, but i can shoot at just a target and shoot like crap, and stick a can or bottle or whaterver and i shoot better.
You shoot better because you actually picking out a spot to shoot at. Aim small, miss small. The problem with this is, there are no soda cans on the lungsof deer, so how are you going to pick a spot then. I would recommend you practice at 3D targets and get good at picking a spot on a deer to hit.

racewayking 06-13-2008 06:47 AM
RE: is this good enough???
 
ORIGINAL: kickin_buck

ORIGINAL: millerhunter13

^ see instead of a 3" circle i use a can:DKnow really the can helps me concentrate on teh shot, its kinda wierd, but i can shoot at just a target and shoot like crap, and stick a can or bottle or whaterver and i shoot better.
You shoot better because you actually picking out a spot to shoot at. Aim small, miss small. The problem with this is, there are no soda cans on the lungsof deer, so how are you going to pick a spot then. I would recommend you practice at 3D targets and get good at picking a spot on a deer to hit.
X2

Schultzy 06-13-2008 07:06 AM
RE: is this good enough???
 
ORIGINAL: racewayking

ORIGINAL: kickin_buck

ORIGINAL: millerhunter13

^ see instead of a 3" circle i use a can:DKnow really the can helps me concentrate on teh shot, its kinda wierd, but i can shoot at just a target and shoot like crap, and stick a can or bottle or whaterver and i shoot better.
You shoot better because you actually picking out a spot to shoot at. Aim small, miss small. The problem with this is, there are no soda cans on the lungsof deer, so how are you going to pick a spot then. I would recommend you practice at 3D targets and get good at picking a spot on a deer to hit.
X2
I agree as well.

millerhunter13 06-13-2008 08:10 AM
RE: is this good enough???
 
ORIGINAL: whitetailbowhunter

ORIGINAL: drenal

the only deer smaller then a soda can are in florida so dont worry.lol
He is in Florida.:D:D LMAO If you can hit it on your first shot it think your good to go!
realisticly there not that small, a average deer will weigh 100-120, so maybe a small doe for you guys up there in the midwest, is the size of a buck for us, unless you get lucky and shoot a big one.

millerhunter13 06-13-2008 08:14 AM
RE: is this good enough???
 
ORIGINAL: Paul L Mohr

If you can hit something the size of a soda can at 20 or 30 yards that is accurate enough to kill a deer. That being said, shooting arrows into a metal can probably isn't the best thing you can do for them. And another thing is that when practicing the smaller the target you aim at the more accurate you are usually.

For hunting though it really pays to get some sort of 3-D target or a target with a picture of a deer. That way you can get used to aiming at an animal, not a dot. Accuracy is good, but you really need to learn proper shot placement as well. And shooting at a live animal or 3-D target is a bit tougher than shooting a regular target.

Paul
well i do have a deer 3-D target, that is what i shoot at with broadheads, i just stick the can on the deer with duck tape:Dbut i see what you guys are saying about picking a spot on a deer, so for right now i will use the cans to make sure my bow is shooting the broadheads true, then i will take the can off.

Sliverflicker 06-13-2008 08:37 AM
RE: is this good enough???
 
Can sized groups are great. However like some of the others said, If I am practicing for a target shoot I practice on that target, If I am getting ready for deer season I practice on the next best thing to a real deer, A deer 3D target. It s the only real way to know how you shooting.

millerhunter13 06-13-2008 09:15 AM
RE: is this good enough???
 
yeah, this is what i am gonna do, i am going to shoot a couple times at the cans, to make sure they are shooting true then i am going to just shoot at the deer target.


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