Have you ever dropped a deer in it' s tracks?
 

I responded to the " Grunting" topic on the deerhunting board and my response brought back a serious adrenalin rush to me.

Last bow season I had a nice 10 directly under my tree and he eventually worked his way to about 7-8 yards from the base of the tree. All I had was a small window of pine branches to shoot through before he was possibly going to go off in a " very wrong" direction. At full draw I let out a quiet mouth grunt and he stopped in this small window and I shot a hair high and dumped him in his tracks!!! WOW...after I quickly put another one in him to expire him, I just stared straight up in the sky and said WOW...Dad, thank you, thank you (he passed on several years ago and was a true hunting bud)

This was a first for me....anyone else ever have this experience with a bow??

RE: Have you ever dropped a deer in it' s tracks?
 

Yes, I' m sure a lot of us have. Anyone who has ever spined a deer has, and I suspect a lot of us have. I did last year. I hope I never do again. I was not elated at all. I felt like crap about having to put another arrow in him. I would much prefer to shoot them in the lungs and have them run off for half a minute.

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2 spine shots = 2 deer = Zero tracking.

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MOCraig...the second arrow was nearly instantanious and he expired almost immediately. Faster than any other deer I have taken through the lungs and or heart. Sorry if I upset you.

RE: Have you ever dropped a deer in it' s tracks?
 

You didn' t upset me, man. I just didn' t like the experience, and hope to not repeat it.

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RE: Have you ever dropped a deer in it' s tracks?
 

I nailed a doe one time between the eyes (not intentionally, she moved her head for you lawyers). She fell over dead without a twitch. Not proud of that one. Just glad it worked out okay. [:' (]

RE: Have you ever dropped a deer in it' s tracks?
 

the last three deer I took droped in there tracks.two of them were dead in 15 to 20 sec.I mean FAST.the third was expired by the time I could climb down from my tree and get to him.

I will take that shot anytime.[8D]

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4 for me. I don' t prefer them that way, but it happens and you deal with it as quickly as possible.

RE: Have you ever dropped a deer in it' s tracks?
 

Yup, here' s one of the two I had last year. I' ve had several over the years. It was to dark for a good photo from the tree.