davidmil

BibBulls, it appears you and I are the only ones that get that. Everyone keeps telling the guy he'll hit high. LOL There's going to be alot of close up shots missed this year. LOL

UncleNorby

It's not the same for everybody. Most do not or cannot use proper form on the real close shots. Practice is the key.

Also, a deer basically under the stand is a tricky shot. Hard to get both lungs.

V8Ranger

Maybe its just me, but, I wont take a shot at a deer that is under my stand, or 10 yards for that matter. I have never run into that problem. But to me, and maybe its just me, but I feel more comfortable shooting at a deer that I know I can go through the chest and not down through it.

davidmil

Admittedly, a straight down shot is not the preferred. If you're not comfortable with a shot, by all means don't take it. But we were trying to answer his question about taking a 10 yard shot.

OHbowhntr

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Completely dependent upon how the bow is set up. At 10yds on something like say a BULL ELK, hell, just use all the pins, it ain't gonna matter!!!!

Actually most bows are gonna cross that line of sight around 5-7yds in my experience, therefore, I just hold tight with the 20yd pin, at those distances.... At 3-4yds, yes, it does fly a little high.

V8Ranger

I understand that. But why practice a shot you shouldn't take then???
Seems like a wait of time. Just my opinion is all.

TFOX

Apparently so.Most setups do not cross that threshold of sight parallax that far out.It is usually much closer like 5 yards.

I shot at 10 yards last night and I was hitting 5" to 6" high with my 40.

Like many said,shoot the shot and see where it hits.

TFOX

A 10 yard shot is an acceptable shot on a deer,unless you are 30' in the air.

How about shooting Turkey from a ground blind.I will shoot them until I can no longer see them under my blind's opening.

You better know what your parallax is doing on those close shots and if you plan on not shooting a hole through your blind.


In short,practice everything and understand what is happening in as many situations as possible.

TFOX

I think you meant to say low and I agree with you.

TFOX

I shot a deer at about 7 yards quartering hard away.I used my 20,dead center.The entry and exit were perfect and the deer ran 60 yards and fell dead.

That is great you have your limits and stay within them.I would assume you hunt fairly high.Most of my stands are 20' or less.The previous case was about a 15' drop because it was on the upside of a hill.