Lost a nice one.
10-07-2003 | 10:29 AM
#31
Giant Nontypical
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RE: Lost a nice one.
The argument of " I have taken a deer with that shot" is absolutely pointless. Even if the kill you made was purely skill and you are a great shot.......it only takes being off by 1/2" to make this shot a bad one and a lost animal. NO ONE is that good a shot.......NO ONE........so you may think it was skill but luck was definately on your side.
10-07-2003 | 10:41 AM
#32
Dominant Buck
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RE: Lost a nice one.
I always tell myself, that if you have to hope for a clean kill, then don' t take it.
10-07-2003 | 10:49 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Lost a nice one.
Alright. Alright. I will agree that a double lung hit is much better than a single lung hit and I will retract the statement that I would rather have this shot (straight down) than any other. Broadside or quartering away are the shots to take. I didn' t mean to make everybody freak out. Just putting in my two cents. Doesn' t mean you have to agree with me. Isn' t that what these threads are for? I would suggest not hammering some old boy who has an opinion about something even if you don' t agree with him. It' s real easy to be a know it all on this forum but when your in the woods it' s a different story. I' m ready to drop the subject. Thanks for the heated discussion.
10-07-2003 | 10:58 AM
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RE: Lost a nice one.
Pretty straight forward rule for success. I may have to steal that from you. I like it.
I would suggest not hammering some old boy who has an opinion about something even if you don' t agree with him.
10-07-2003 | 11:08 AM
#35
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Lost a nice one.
No hard feelin' s towards any of you guys. Just got a little fired up when I thought I was being called an idiot. It' s all forgotten lets just get out there and kill some deer with broadside double lung shots[8D].
10-07-2003 | 12:16 PM
#38
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RE: Lost a nice one.
Ok, guys let me have it!! Tell me how the shot was low percentage!!!
I' m sick inside. This is the first deer I have ever hit with the bow that I couldn' t find and it was a nice one. 14-16 inches wide, nice tall tines.
Slice
I' m sick inside. This is the first deer I have ever hit with the bow that I couldn' t find and it was a nice one. 14-16 inches wide, nice tall tines.
Slice
RockyTop, Amen brother.
10-07-2003 | 01:06 PM
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RE: Lost a nice one.
slice,
I have been in your situation. I have taken shots that I shouldn' t have. I understand the feeling you have, but, the reason you are getting it from these guys is because you won' t admit your fault. The shot is a bad shot, no matter what you say. You keep defending the shot, but, it isn' t one worth taking. Like I said, I have taken shots I shouldn' t have. A rule in hunting is that Murphy' s law will always catch you. Last year I had a doe broadside at 20 yards. There was a smaller doe standing in front of her but behind her. Well, as I released the arrow on the first doe, the second one ran right into the arrow and took it right in the brisket. I had a broadside shot on a doe at 20 yards, which is perfect, but, I didn' t think about the deer standing in-front of it (even though its head was just about at the rump of the other doe. It was my fault, my stupidity, and I shouldn' t have shot. Simple as that. I learned from my mistakes. Yesterday I passed up a quartering towards me shot on a doe, to have her come in broadside and have a tiny twig on her vitals. I let her pass there also, and she walked behind me giving me a perfect 7 yard slightly quartering away shot, which allowed me to get one lung and the heart.
Another thing is that you didn' t check the grass field. Why? Because it was too hard? That is the type of thing that doesn' t matter when tracking a deer. If a deer ran through the thickest, nastiest briar patch in the world, are you gonna just say forget about it because it will be too tough?
Personally, I think you are a good guy with good intentions, but, you definetly need to think about your shot-placement and how hard you are willing to track an animal.
John Deer,
No matter what you say, that is a terrible selection for shot-placement. Simple as that. No matter what you say it is. You can defend it because it has worked for you in the past, but, next time you won' t be as lucky and you will be in the same place as slice.
Trying to tell DavidMil that he doesn' t know his stuff is like trying to tell Barry Bonds that he doesn' t know how to hit a home-run. David is a superb hunter and has killed more deer with a bow than most other hunters.
I am not saying that I haven' t made any mistakes, I have lost two deer in my life, but, I learn from them, and I won' t defend them. They were my errors, and that is something that I have to face and something that I have to change. This attitude is what you should have and you obviously need to improve on.
I have been in your situation. I have taken shots that I shouldn' t have. I understand the feeling you have, but, the reason you are getting it from these guys is because you won' t admit your fault. The shot is a bad shot, no matter what you say. You keep defending the shot, but, it isn' t one worth taking. Like I said, I have taken shots I shouldn' t have. A rule in hunting is that Murphy' s law will always catch you. Last year I had a doe broadside at 20 yards. There was a smaller doe standing in front of her but behind her. Well, as I released the arrow on the first doe, the second one ran right into the arrow and took it right in the brisket. I had a broadside shot on a doe at 20 yards, which is perfect, but, I didn' t think about the deer standing in-front of it (even though its head was just about at the rump of the other doe. It was my fault, my stupidity, and I shouldn' t have shot. Simple as that. I learned from my mistakes. Yesterday I passed up a quartering towards me shot on a doe, to have her come in broadside and have a tiny twig on her vitals. I let her pass there also, and she walked behind me giving me a perfect 7 yard slightly quartering away shot, which allowed me to get one lung and the heart.
Another thing is that you didn' t check the grass field. Why? Because it was too hard? That is the type of thing that doesn' t matter when tracking a deer. If a deer ran through the thickest, nastiest briar patch in the world, are you gonna just say forget about it because it will be too tough?
Personally, I think you are a good guy with good intentions, but, you definetly need to think about your shot-placement and how hard you are willing to track an animal.
John Deer,
No matter what you say, that is a terrible selection for shot-placement. Simple as that. No matter what you say it is. You can defend it because it has worked for you in the past, but, next time you won' t be as lucky and you will be in the same place as slice.
Trying to tell DavidMil that he doesn' t know his stuff is like trying to tell Barry Bonds that he doesn' t know how to hit a home-run. David is a superb hunter and has killed more deer with a bow than most other hunters.
I am not saying that I haven' t made any mistakes, I have lost two deer in my life, but, I learn from them, and I won' t defend them. They were my errors, and that is something that I have to face and something that I have to change. This attitude is what you should have and you obviously need to improve on.
