Shot selection poll - please post - pictures
 

Here's the game - 4 pictures, 4 potential shots. Lets assume its the last day of the hunt, and this is it, this shot or nothing. Will you take the shot ? Please answer with a yes or no and if you shoot a compound, recurve, crossbow or longbow.

I'll add this too - shot is 20 yards...










Edited by - stealthycat on 01/25/2002 11:44:07

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A) no
B) Yes
C) no
D) no

longbow

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no/yes/no/no

Longbow

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No
Yes
No
No-this one may offer a shot if you wait.

Compound

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no/yes/no no compound bow

Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
P.S. Only Chuck Adams can sit at home and see deer so get into the woods. =;^)

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yes/yes/yes/no

Compound

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1. Depends on how far it is.
Under 15 yards to be honest, would depend on the monent. Over 15 - no.
2. Yes!
3. No
4. No

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Same answers as above.
no, but I know people that would not hesitate with this shot.
maybe
no
no
Except for by the looks of the antlers it is the wrong time of the year and I would go to jail for poaching in Michigan. This is with a compound bow shooting 235 fps.

With my muzzle loader these would be 4 very dead deer out to 100 yards!

To clarify my responses in a previous post about this subject, I was assuming the shot described was of picture #3. And with my bow that just ain't a good shot to me. Now if I had a BK2 with a 500 grn arrow I might try it if I was close.

Paul

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No
Yes
No
No

Compound

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Number two is the only shot I have full confidence in, so it is the only one I would take.

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The only one I would shoot is #2.
I have taken a deer as pictured in #4.15 yards off the ground.The buck was making a scrape and I shot him as lifted his head to lick a branch.He never took another step.

I shoot a compound.

I won't take a shot on the last day that I wouldn't take the first.

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I would shoot them all...No Hesitation

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With A CAMERA <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Only the second picture with my compound<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

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MAN I am having problems today<img src=icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle>

Edited by - Rack-attack on 01/25/2002 11:37:03

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02,

I agree that no. 3 gets better with elevation, still not great but better and I would take the shot at close range.

But no. 1 ? At twenty feet up I see nothing but shoulder blade. If miss the shoulder and am real lucky I may clip the rear of a lung, otherwise I am in the gut.

My only two losses where on shots like this early in my bow hunting career and I will never take an angling towards shot again.

Is there a reasonable window that I do not see?
Please explain.

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No, Yes, No and No.
Compound, Recurve and Longbow.
I don't like it when they look at me!

BulletBob456

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1 = No
2 = Yep
3 = Yep I could hammer that neck
4 = No
200Lb X-BOW,with a red dot scope,125gr. thunderheads,on the ground shots only

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No ,yes,no,no I use a compound and a recurve .

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I always hunt from a tree stand so:
yes/yes/no/no
I wouldn't shoot #3 only because any second a better angle will develop.
Compound

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No/Yes/No/No. I shoot a compound bow. As an earlier reply stated, the day iof the season does not matter. My shot selection criteria remain the same from opener to closing day.

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no/yes/no/no compound

wolfen I would like to know how you justify the first one? Are you shooting a 150 pound compound with the heaviest broadheads made?

The Tazman

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My choice of bucks sure chsnges from the opening day to the closing day!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Only sure shots:
No
Yes
No
No
Visit My Hunting Page

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Tazzer...what's up my friend! Well, in justifying that first one, I will answer by saying that the buck I killed last year was just about at that angle when I arrowed him. He was probably a bit more broadside than pic #1 though, but not much. I put the arrow just to the left of the upper section of the front leg. The arrow entered the chest cavity where it stopped upon hitting the ribs on the opposite side. It took out the right lung and then when the buck bolted the arrow punctured the left lung about 6-7 times. He went about 60 yards before piling up. I agree it is not the best shot in the world and I would do all I could to wait for a better shot but if I was reasonably certain one would not present itself, I am comfortable enough with this shot (I guess if he were just a bit more broadside)to take it. Does it matter that this is a monster buck within bow range??? I will be very honest with you and say YES. I've never cheated on my wife but that's not to say that if Brittney Spears was laying naked in the middle of a winter wheat field I wouldn't jump her bones!!! Kinda like an opportunity like this one...you want to remain ethical and do the absolutely best and right thing but let's face it, we're human and we're weak and that is a MONSTER once-in-a-lifetime buck!!! Mind you, I've not wounded any deer for the past 7 seasons so I'm really not that careless, I'm only being honest. Now Taz, of course if I were a gun hunter, this buck would never have gotten this close because he would be laying dead 100 yards away.<img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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At 20 yards up in a tree?
yes/yes/no/yes
The Vortec

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In a treestand from 20 yds,
NO
YES
NO
NO
At 20 yds it wouldn't matter what kind of bow you're shooting.

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Yes
Yes
No
No

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I'm just wondering if anyone would try to bust through the shoulder blade on the first deer?

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I won't say I wouldn't take the shots but 1, 3, and 4 are all going to turn. One has a tangle behind him and the other two a fence. Besides, you'll probably never get to draw as they stand now. I'd wait a little longer on those 3. Number two looks like a decoy.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> But, I might as well shoot him.

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Yes
Yes
Yes
No

I hunt from a treestand with a compound.

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Yes, yes, no, no. The 2nd picture is easy of course, but the first isn't a bad shot either. Compound

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YES
YES
YES
NO
Number one is very do-able./Compound

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Yes, Yes, No, No. Would love to have a real shot at any, but the first two represent confident shooting opportunities for me at 20 yards.

Mathews Q2.

Kelly

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No
Yes
Yes
No
Compound

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Time of year don't matter, size of rack don't matter, I hunt from a tree
1. YES
2. YES
3. no
4. no

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O.K. guys,

Everyone who said yes to no. 1 from ground or tree please explain where you are aiming and what you want your broad head to hit when taking this shot

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A.yes
B.yes
C.yes
D.yes

These are big deer were looking at

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It shouldn't matter how big they are.Are you really Brandon wisconsin?

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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

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Hey what a great post stealthycat
Yes
Yes
Yes
NO