3Rivers Archery



The Trad Gang Digital Market













Contribute to Trad Gang and Access the Classifieds!

Become a Trad Gang Sponsor!

Traditional Archery for Bowhunters






LEFT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS TRAD GANG CLASSIFIEDS ACCESS RIGHT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS


Author Topic: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............  (Read 443 times)

Offline BUFF

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1095
Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #20 on: September 14, 2008, 03:16:00 PM »
Attaboy

Offline Bjorn

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 8789
Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #21 on: September 15, 2008, 10:42:00 AM »
Nicely done-shot and kill!

Offline NightHawk

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 835
Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #22 on: September 15, 2008, 12:58:00 PM »
Where were you hunting at? My wife is from the sheridan area.  :thumbsup:   Hope to be hunting out there next year

 Congrats on your deer.  :clapper:    :clapper:   Whitetail or mulie?
1) Gen. 21:20
And God was with the lad, he grew, and he dwelt in the wilderness, and he became an archer
2)The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson

Offline Biggie Hoffman

  • SRBZ
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • ***
  • Posts: 3336
Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #23 on: September 15, 2008, 02:31:00 PM »
Uh....question..
If you "wouldn't normally take that shot", what was abnormal about this specific situation that you DID take that shot?
PBS Life Member
Member 1K LLC

"If you are twenty and aren't liberal you don't have a heart...if you're forty and not conservative you don't have a brain".....Winston Churchill

Offline James Wrenn

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1933
Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #24 on: September 15, 2008, 02:42:00 PM »
Do you use a rangefinder? If you would normally shoot to 30 just wondering how you knew it was 35.Maybe that was after the shot?From a stand I doubt if I could have told the difference without one.
....Quality deer management means shooting them before they get tough....

Offline Ben Woodring

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 147
Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #25 on: September 15, 2008, 02:55:00 PM »
Well done!  When the instincts take over go with it, that's my standard when deciding to let one go.  Sometimes when I draw it isn't there, as I've grown over the years, when that happens I just let the bow down and work on getting my shooting/hunting instincts centered.  And when you draw and its there, let her go!  35 yards isn't too far for your equipment

Offline J-dog

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 2006
Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #26 on: September 15, 2008, 04:06:00 PM »
:notworthy:
Always be stubborn.

Captain hindsight to the rescue!

Offline myshootinstinks

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 616
Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #27 on: September 15, 2008, 04:07:00 PM »
Biggie,  "I was feeling really good, a little cocky, so I let'r fly", to quote my original post. No other explanation, it just felt good so I released.  
  James, no rangefinder. I'll admit I didn't know the distance for sure until after the kill but it was obviously a longer-than-normal shot.
   I shoot at 30 yards at a life size deer target in my back yard.  When I'm feeling good, I'll smack the kill-zone regularly but when i'm tuckered or sressed-out, the shots stray.

Offline Kip

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1720
Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #28 on: September 15, 2008, 05:11:00 PM »
You gonna change your handle.Good job congrats.Kip

Offline J-dog

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 2006
Re: I wouldn't normally take this shot...............
« Reply #29 on: September 15, 2008, 06:23:00 PM »
I think he should change his handle -
Always be stubborn.

Captain hindsight to the rescue!

Users currently browsing this topic:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
 

Contact Us | Trad Gang.com © | User Agreement

Copyright 2003 thru 2024 ~ Trad Gang.com ©