tough decision
 

I had a nice symetrical 8 pointer. (out to his ears and around 11 inches tall) I was hunting in a climber treestand and I was on a hill facing downward. Well it was 6:30 am and I heard movement behind me and to my left, which is my bow side. I looked back and I saw this nice body deer coming down the hill walking on the same path that I came in on. I was about 15 ft. high and I was trying to plan out a shot. Well I couldn't shoot him coming down the hill b/c he would've seen me draw back. So at the path that he was coming he would have gave me a good shot in front of me quarting away. So thats what was my plan. Anyway he came right underneith of me... so close that I could have spit on him. So he stopped under my stand and just froze. He smelled me. And was out of there. I was wondering if shooting directly down on a deer is a good shot. You know spinning him and yet still trying to get a lung or a heart shot with it. HELP PLEASE....[&:]

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I have had a friend try that shot on a bruiser. Thier is a lot of bone and stuff to go through. If you get to the lungs, You will probably only get one lung. Then you arrow will have a tough time getting a pass through. If you don't get a pass through, there won't be any blood due to the entrance being on top. So your left trailing a buck a couple hundred yards with no blood. Not fun to me.[:-]


RBBH

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You did good by passing. Its not an easy shot to make and find your deer.

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what about the quarting away shot, and trying to sneak in behind the shoulder blades...is that a good shot?

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That is the perfect shot to me.

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A quartering away shot is very good. Once it gets to be too straight away it gets bad again, but a quartered away, aiming such that your arrow buries into the opposite shoulder is deadly.

Edited to add
That the steeper the quartering away, you'll want to actually aim a little further back on the deer. Good rule of thumb is to line up the leg of the far shoulder.

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XTREMEOCTANE04, congratulations and give yourself a pat on the back. You absolutely did the right thing. You were not sure of the shot and held back. Personally, I would NEVER take that shot. You will not get both lungs. And you would be very LUCKY in recovering a single lunged deer. The only thing you could hope for is a heart, and that would be a shot through a lot of bone, which is not good. I'm glad to see you kept your wits about you and did the right things. Congrats!

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Absolutely! Unless your sure of the shot your better off not taking it![&:]

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If you did not feel comfortable ,You did Right