straight down shot on deer?

[fredhill]

yes dozens. i do alot of suburban hunting with liberal bag limits. as in as many antlerless deer as you can shoot. Montana longbow, Kodiak Magnum, my Pop's old Super Kodiak. some of the areas i hunt have 50-75 deer per square mile.  trad equipment is no handicap under these conditions.

[rraming]

I passed on this shot yesterday, really thought I could do it, was not straight down, a little off to the front side. Waited thinking she'd move around - she didn't, she hated my decoy and would not go accross it, she would not go closer than 15 yards to it. I think it's a bad shot - you may kill one but high risk

[LCH]

Don I have done it dozens of times w/compound but always wait til they are facing away. It just seem to work better that way. If the arrow angles forward they seem to die faster. If it angles back they seem to run farther. I would rather let them get about 7-8 yards from the tree.LCH

[Steve H.]

Yeah, if 6 yards is straight down I shoot all my treestand deer straight down, lol! I don't shot 17 yarders out of a treetand, I wait for the 4-8 yarders cause its just how I like to do it! I have shot at one deer straight down, his shoulder inches from the tree I was in and slipped the arrow past the spine into his heart.  He only went 30 yards, back peddled, and crashed.  I probably would do it again real soon.

[Cory Mattson]

I take this shot ocassionally and have never lost a deer shot straight down - little nerve rattling - but I like it.
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