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Author Topic: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?  (Read 6175 times)

Offline Wudstix

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #60 on: January 30, 2007, 06:33:00 PM »
Jamie;

Great handle.
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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #61 on: January 30, 2007, 06:46:00 PM »
Forgot the first blood with my MOAB was a yard rat at 13 yards.  It hopped up on my foam block as I was practicing form.  Form was good and he was skewered.  63#@27.5", 625 grain tapered Cedar arrow.
"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space!!!" - Me

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60" MOAB D/R LB 62#@27"
60" Big River D/R LB 65#@27"
62" Kota Badlands LB 72#@28"
62" Howatt TD 62#@28
58” Bear Grizzly 70#@28”
62" Big River D/R LB 60#@30"
66" Moosejaw Razorback LB 60#@28"

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Offline Plumbob

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #62 on: January 30, 2007, 07:51:00 PM »
#70 Super Diablo, ceader shaft zwickey 2 blade. Spike Elk 47 yards steep downhill.

Would never do it again and I had no idea it was that far. I watched him coming through the timber and thought to myself if he comes by that tree I can kill him. I cow called to stop him and let er' go. I saw the arc of the arrow and thought immediately I shot over then watched it drop in. He went about 80 yards and piled up. When my hunting partner showed up I had him stand where I was and walked to where the Elk was I was shocked to say the least, little embarrassed as well.

Much can go wrong at that distance and I do not advocate it, heck I got lucky.

Been almost ten years and I can still see that arrow well over his back and then drop in, instictive archery is cool.

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #63 on: January 30, 2007, 08:11:00 PM »
Deer at 35 yards with 60# Martin Damon Howatt Hunter

Deer at 58 yards with wheels.
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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #64 on: January 30, 2007, 08:17:00 PM »
Quote
Originally posted by Plumbob:
Been almost ten years and I can still see that arrow well over his back and then drop in, instictive archery is cool.
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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #65 on: January 30, 2007, 08:46:00 PM »
50-53# recurves

60yards woodchuck
22yards rabbit
18yards whitetail
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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #66 on: January 31, 2007, 10:05:00 AM »
wifishkiller - Not if they don't know you are there till you poke 'em in the side.           :bigsmyl:
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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #67 on: January 31, 2007, 01:29:00 PM »
Old Ways lol,  A few years back in WY me and my dad glassed a half doz. bucks put them to bed.  3 hours later i was standing 5 yards from him (A monster 4x4 prolly upper 20s wide).  When I was standing over him (he was on the other side of a big rock) I remember thinking that I was to close and didn’t have control over the situation.  When things get tight under 10 yards thing just happen to fast (at least for me) anyway I started to draw leaned forward and before I knew it he was already up the other side of the draw!!!  Doing what mule deer do best the bounce.  (Yea it cool the first time you see it then its the most frustrating thing on earth especially when They get out of bow range, stop and look back just long enough so you can see every inch of those monster horns) Anyway on the way back to camp (my head hanging real low lol) We saw a doe bedded on a hill close by camp, well I was off.  This time I got to 30ish yards and just wiggled the top limb of my bow a little.  She stood right up and I double lunged her and she went down fast.  That day taught me more about hunting the big eared deer then anything else.  I do have to say that standing over that big buck that close was a rush and I can still see those monster velvet antlers sticking above that bolder (and it’s a story that’s brought up in every camp lol)!  But now when I get to a place where I feel good about the shot that’s where I stop and shoot whether its 20 or 40 it just has to feel right.    :thumbsup:

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #68 on: January 31, 2007, 06:08:00 PM »
Spanish Goat, 23 yards, Cust.Kod. T/D, 68#, 23/64" Cedar, 3-bld Snuffer
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In summer 2005 we were shooting bales - still laying around on the harvested grain field. On our way home we just let fly and my brother retrived this together with his arrow:
 
Gut shot Field Mouse (young and tender specimen), at least 180 yards, Cedar, 125gr field point, Samick Mind 30, 60#
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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #69 on: January 31, 2007, 08:19:00 PM »
Hey Guys,

Bear Kodiak Magnum, 50# @ 28"....12 yards on a whitetail.

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #70 on: February 01, 2007, 12:16:00 AM »
welll this was back when i shot wheelie bows, but does 300 yards count!!!
 i was shooting at a stupid little bird in a tree at the back of my parents property and i missed.
but watched my arrow zip out of site.....

 on the walk back to the house my friend and i were telling each other horor stories of my arrow hitting a neighbors car or even worse a neighbor!

 during super the phone rang and it was my neighbor.my dads responses to the callers questions were...
 no, im not sure where he was today.

 i stopped eating!

 no, im not sure if he was out shooting today....

 my heart dropped!

 o.k , bring it over and we will check if it matches the other arrows in his quiver!!

 ok, now im dead. lol

 i had shot into my neighbors house!
 thru the roof and into the sons bedroom.
 not one of my proudest moments.
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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #71 on: February 01, 2007, 12:22:00 AM »
BEEN THERE DONE THAT!!!!

NEXT DAY MAMA MADE ME SAY HELLO TO HER OLD FRIEND,
MISTER COPPER COAT HANGER,

I HAD SO MANY WELTS!!
OMG!!!!
I  LOOKED LIK A RED AND TAN ZEBRA!!!

EXCEPT MY ARROW SHOT INTO MY NEIGBORS KICHEN.
I belive kids are the future....unless we stop'em now!!!!!!!

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #72 on: February 01, 2007, 12:27:00 AM »
Javalina, 37 steps, 54 # recurve
Blue lizard, 23 steps, 53 # longbow
possumtrot

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #73 on: February 01, 2007, 06:27:00 PM »
Bull frog@ 35yards "long bow"  -   turkey 45yds "mathews switchback"

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #74 on: February 01, 2007, 09:24:00 PM »
35 yards, 54# recurve.  4x4 elk my son called in.

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #75 on: February 02, 2007, 12:07:00 AM »
14 years old, 1962, 35# Pearson solid fiberglass, meadowlark at 80 yards, dead center. Sort of like that mouse in the bale, except I was trying to hit this bird.

Hope the statute of limitations has run out!   :scared:
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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #76 on: February 02, 2007, 12:28:00 PM »
135 paces, 78# longbow, redwing blackbird. I was in my father's backyard shooting a new longbow and it was hitting whatever I pointed it at. I looked into the vacant field next door at saw the bird perched in a sumac singing. Focused on the back of it's head drew back raised up and let fly. The fieldpoint on the end of the cedar arrow hit the bird squarely in the back of the head. I paced it out 135 steps or just under 100 yards. I felt bad about killing something and not eating it but the neighbors cat came and got it shortly after I recovered my arrow.
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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #77 on: February 02, 2007, 04:15:00 PM »


This woodland Caribou was killed with a 51 lb Aspen Elite Longbow at 31  paces. I missed him the first time at 12 yards. He ran off to 40  yards and stopped and turned around. As he approached slowly trying to figure out what I was, my guide leaned over my shoulder and whispered in my ear " Aim alittle ier , will ya skipper?" Needless to say after embarrassing miss I picked a spot this time and heart shot the animal.
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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #78 on: February 02, 2007, 07:57:00 PM »
"old friend mister copper coat hanger" thats hillarious! I believe we have all met him.

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #79 on: February 02, 2007, 10:13:00 PM »
Ya know...I have been bowhunting(wheelie) for 16 years and have taken a lot of deer. I cant think of a single deer that was farther than 15 yards. Guess 20 yards(limit) with trad should work ok for me...
Thanks Wud....only took me three days and a few thousand brain cells...lol.
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