A Little Fun.... Pick the Shot

[AZStickman]

I hear ya Shawn..... I've been fortunate enough to hunt Elk out my back door most of my hunting life and within a few hours drive the rest....My DIY hunts don't put the money thing into the equation much but I can appreciate where you are coming from...... My wife is sending me on a guided Elk hunt in Colorado this Sept and it is a major chunk of change for us and a once in a lifetime deal for me..... I'm already feeling pressures I never have on previous hunts mainly with equipment choices..... The better half really wanted to get me one of those latest and greatest Mathews bows for the hunt but I think she finally realized it wouldn't be the same for me.... I'm going to hunt em the way I've enjoyed it for all these years and if I come home empty it will still be the experience of a lifetime for me...... I've got a lot of seasons under my belt for me to realize the core of the hunting experience for me lies in the experience not the kill but the kill is icing on the cake and doing it the right way makes it that much sweeter..... Terry

[Arrow4Christ]

I'm with Shawn here...I'd put a Snuffer through the cow or the bull.

[Arrow4Christ]

shot is placed here on the cow...I'd lean out and stick the bull here

[Arrow4Christ]

looks like the cow is walking, so I'd probably wait until her leg stretched foreward...on the bull I'd either wait or try to lean out or slowly ease a few feet to the right...however, if I had to choose a shot right then and there, either would be in trouble.

[Dryrot]

I'd a already been busted and they'd be long gone.

[Mark U]

The cow is a gimmee, even with the leg back.  The last picture with a red dot on the bedded bull is right where an elk has some of the heaviest bones in it's body, and they are compressed into a small area.  You could probably kill the bulls on the left and right before the bedded one at these shot angles.

[Arrow4Christ]

ya, the bull is a little questionable...I'd have to be there to know for sure

[Whip]

If I were already at full draw I suppose I could get a good arrow into that cow.  But you don't get many chances in life with 4 bulls that size that close, so there is no way I would let it go.  I would hold on and hope like heck that one of them would turn broadside for me before they all bust out of there!

[ChuckC]

Bedded critters do not leave a lot of room for a shot, no matter the angle.  Bones are moved around and elk have BIG bones.
ChuckC

[flatstick96]

Originally posted by TBone07:
I would try and sneak an arrow through the big bull in the far right when he moves that right leg forward. I shot several doe deer that way and caught the right lung and the liver, also, you have to realize that elks vitals are a lot bigger than whitetails so I would feel comfortable with letting go of an arrow. If I'm lucky he might even turn left slightly when he moves that right front leg and you could lodge it into his far shoulder.

This is exactly what I was thinking...

[Doug S]

Cow and bedded bull. If I lean my body back 3 inches and shoot 1 of the 2 bright colored leaf's He is toast. I hope I have that shot on a bull like that someday!

[Doug S]

Sorry arrow4Christ. That dot is in the exact wrong spot.

[Doug S]

About the bull on the right. If he stays in that spot with his legs as they are. I could kill him, but I am not sure if I would find him. Therefore I pass. The other 2 are very close and I have shot through leaves many times at that distance with no ill effect.

[infosponge]

For me---none! The ones you can get a clear shot of the vitals of, are either facing towards more than I like or their near-front leg should be allowed to take one more step to open the vital up a little. I'm a major stickler for my shot placement anyway...

[Hood]

No shots for me, close, but not quite.

I would hold off and hope to get a perfect shot on one of them.

Robert

[wingnut]

Well I tell ya perfect shots don't happen very often and if you know elk anatomy, the cow is as close as you dare ask for.  Shoot right where the guys above show the spot and it's dead in seconds.

The bedded bull is tempting but I would wait for him to stand first.

I've played this game so many times at the same display you can't imagine.  Spent a lot of time eyeing the moose around the corner too.

LOL

Mike

[John Nail]

"I dunno John, pretty substantial brush in front of the bedded bulls vitals "

Micky, nobody said you couldn't kneel or lean. I believe we'd be eatin' Elk.

[Tom Leemans]

I'd shoot the cow. The bull needs to grow another year or two.  

[Old Ways]

You guys are making too big a deal out of it. Just kick the cow out of the way, take a couple steps forward and pin the bedded bull to the ground. Then nock another arrow a say, "Who's next?"    :p  

This all coming from a guy that got chased across a meadow by a 6x6 bull on a rant.    :rolleyes:

Actually I would probably hope the cow walked away then draw on the bedded bull and step towards him.   I'd keep my eyes on the vitals and as he came to his feet I'd launch the arrow(I once took a 6pt WT @ 10' this same way). All the while praying they don't decide to stomp me flat. Of course I might just drop dead of stress too. Horses with horns make me nervous.