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Author Topic: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............  (Read 444 times)

Offline myshootinstinks

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I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« on: September 13, 2008, 04:00:00 PM »
I arrowed a deer this morning at 35+ yards and quartering away.  I was slightly above the animal so the shaft entered high on the left lung then just below center on the right lung.  The broadhead passed through but the arrow hung up on the 5 1/2" banana feathers so the deer bounded away with orange fletchings sticking out of his upper chest.
    I don't know about the rest of you, but for me, at my skill level, that is a long shot. I was feeling really good, a little cocky, so I let'r fly.  Normally I won't shoot at game past 30 and would much prefer -20.
    If your curious I was shooting a 50# Red Wing Hunter, a cedar shaft spined at about 68#s with a 160 grain Stos head.
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Offline vermonster13

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2008, 04:01:00 PM »
Pics?
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Offline Irish

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2008, 04:06:00 PM »
Are you having backstrap for supper?
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Offline Keith Karr

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2008, 04:10:00 PM »
Congratulation Doug! Sounds like a great shot.
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Offline GingivitisKahn

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2008, 04:20:00 PM »
Deer - it's what's for dinner.  Right?
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Offline myshootinstinks

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2008, 04:22:00 PM »
Pics later Dave. All I had w/me was a cheap throw-away film camera.  Back-strap maybe if someone else will cook it, I'm pooped!
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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2008, 04:26:00 PM »
Story? Did you get it  :confused:    :confused:    :confused:
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Offline Over&Under

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2008, 04:27:00 PM »
Great shooting!!!

Lets see the damages!!!
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Offline bloodyarrow

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2008, 04:48:00 PM »
:thumbsup: , good shooting and I'm with O&U lets see the damages
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Offline Toecutter

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2008, 06:34:00 PM »
Awesome  :thumbsup:  , Need pics and story though...
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Offline buckshot95

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2008, 07:00:00 PM »
sweet need to the pics !
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Offline Bonebuster

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2008, 08:38:00 PM »
Sometimes when your feelin` "really good", "a little cocky", it`s because your INSTINCTS are working. A subtle hint that you CAN do what you must.

Ted Nugent even mentions it is the song "Fred Bear". "I had that feeling, comin over me again...
just like it happened so many times before".

Feels good doesn`t it!

Congrats.
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Offline 3blades

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2008, 08:43:00 PM »
Only you know if it is a good shot to make and it sounds like you made the right choice. Back strap on the grill anyone?   :cool:
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Offline Chris Surtees

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2008, 08:59:00 PM »
:thumbsup:     :archer:    :coffee:
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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2008, 11:04:00 PM »
You are not living up to your name,LOL
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Offline myshootinstinks

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2008, 12:13:00 AM »

About the only pic I can offer immediately is of the bloody arrow. All I had with me at the kill site is a throw-away film camera that I carry in my fanny pack and it takes a week or so to get the pics back from development.  
   The buck was standing on the opposite side of a large arroya.  I've hunted the area before and knew the deer,(and sometimes elk), liked to graze in the deep grass at the bottom of the arroya.  I simply sat motionless at the top and waited for the deer to move in.  Not much of a story and nothing special about the deer, just a common young buck.  :campfire:    :archer:
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Offline Benny Nganabbarru

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2008, 01:28:00 AM »
Well done! Good to see a bloody arrow!
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Offline sabas silva

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #17 on: September 14, 2008, 02:04:00 AM »
:clapper:    :clapper:  congrats to you
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Offline Jeremy

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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #18 on: September 14, 2008, 10:56:00 AM »
I don't think I've taken a shot at a deer that long with a even a fireatrm  :)
Nice shooting!  I can't wait to see the hero pic!
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Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #19 on: September 14, 2008, 03:11:00 PM »
Quote
Originally posted by myshootinstinks:
 
Not much of a story and nothing special about the deer, just a common young buck.   :campfire:      :archer:  
Thera ALWAYS something special..Congrats on the trophy
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