how many shots have you goten at 1 deer?
07-28-2003 | 04:17 PM
#51
Nontypical Buck
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From: palm bay fl
RE: how many shots have you goten at 1 deer?
i haven' t gotten a deer yet, i was able to reload another arrow when i missed that one turkey , but i chose not to take the shot, it was an ify shot......but my sister' s doe last year, well let me tel you.....she got 5 , yes 5 shots off...the first 2 missed all together and then the 3rd one hit it,stomache shot, so she took 2 more......it was an old doe, approx. age was 8 or 9......she was sickly, it was a mercy killing, the tigers across from her got that doe......i wouldnt of wasted the time trying to get meat from it, but the tigers loved it.....
08-01-2003 | 11:18 AM
#52
Nontypical Buck
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From: Too close to Chicago
RE: how many shots have you goten at 1 deer?
Tigers?!
I' ve only taken 1 shot at a deer so far. (just don' t get enough time in the woods)
Of course it had to be the biggest, badest buck I' d ever seen anywhere in person.
He had main beams as thick as my wrist! What a beauty!
My arrow clipped a twig about two thirds of the way to him and skipped JUST over his back. He didn' t even duck. I would have had him, but I guess he was supposed to get a little bit bigger before I have to drag his big butt out to my Blazer.
Anyway, that' s the only one I got a shot at, and although he didn' t run that far, the woods were just too dense to do anything but try to slow down my heart rate to something less than 1000bpm.
I only had 2 other opportunities to take shots and I' m proud to say that I didn' t take them because they presented a very slim chance of a clean kill. The first one, I was on the ground and 4 does came straight at me, the lead doe busted me mid-draw at about 18 yards-no shot, they were all facing me head-on and watching me very closely. Finally after I was shaking too bad, had to let it down and watch them disappear in a leaf-storm of hooves and snorts.
The second was far less dramatic. It was to dark, couldn' t see the pins, and even though the doe and the buck on her tail wer just slowly walking by broadside at about 5 yards, I just had to let them go. I could barely even make them out in the early morning gloom. It wasn' t their day to go. What a feeling though! Being that close, on the ground, and having them just wander right by oblivious to my presence. I successfully picked out a good trail after much time spent scouting, and they didn' t even know I was there. I had done it! Now if I could just see my pins.
I' ve only taken 1 shot at a deer so far. (just don' t get enough time in the woods)
Of course it had to be the biggest, badest buck I' d ever seen anywhere in person.
He had main beams as thick as my wrist! What a beauty!
My arrow clipped a twig about two thirds of the way to him and skipped JUST over his back. He didn' t even duck. I would have had him, but I guess he was supposed to get a little bit bigger before I have to drag his big butt out to my Blazer.
Anyway, that' s the only one I got a shot at, and although he didn' t run that far, the woods were just too dense to do anything but try to slow down my heart rate to something less than 1000bpm.
I only had 2 other opportunities to take shots and I' m proud to say that I didn' t take them because they presented a very slim chance of a clean kill. The first one, I was on the ground and 4 does came straight at me, the lead doe busted me mid-draw at about 18 yards-no shot, they were all facing me head-on and watching me very closely. Finally after I was shaking too bad, had to let it down and watch them disappear in a leaf-storm of hooves and snorts.
The second was far less dramatic. It was to dark, couldn' t see the pins, and even though the doe and the buck on her tail wer just slowly walking by broadside at about 5 yards, I just had to let them go. I could barely even make them out in the early morning gloom. It wasn' t their day to go. What a feeling though! Being that close, on the ground, and having them just wander right by oblivious to my presence. I successfully picked out a good trail after much time spent scouting, and they didn' t even know I was there. I had done it! Now if I could just see my pins.
