tough decision
11-09-2004, 08:56 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Owensboro, Kentucky
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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....[&:]
11-09-2004, 09:00 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: fayette county, Il
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RE: tough decision
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.[:-]
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11-09-2004, 09:16 AM
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RE: tough decision
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.
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.
11-09-2004, 09:23 AM
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RE: tough decision
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!
