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Author Topic: How far will you shoot at deer????  (Read 1122 times)

Offline TheFatboy

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #60 on: June 18, 2009, 03:31:00 PM »
Jesus guys, have some of you really shot deer from 1 yard?  :notworthy:
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Offline stick_string

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #61 on: June 18, 2009, 03:39:00 PM »
kinda throws the guantlet down for the rest of us dosen't it

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Offline James Wrenn

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #62 on: June 18, 2009, 03:48:00 PM »
If I was going to get that close I would just use a knife.No need for a bow.  :bigsmyl:
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Offline ChuckC

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #63 on: June 18, 2009, 03:51:00 PM »
I won't shoot one at more than 80 yards, that's for sure.

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Offline JEFF B

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #64 on: June 18, 2009, 04:38:00 PM »
as close as i can sneak up on one with out been busted.  :archer:
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Offline BRITTMAN

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #65 on: June 18, 2009, 04:49:00 PM »
I like close to , If I can convince a deer to climb the tree Im in I'll do it for sure . The longest shot I have taken was about 25 yards and the closest was around 5 yards but most have been around 15 yards .


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Offline ron w

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #66 on: June 18, 2009, 04:50:00 PM »
20 yards is good.....12 is better!!
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Offline Morning Star

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #67 on: June 18, 2009, 05:00:00 PM »
Well, since I got my chops busted for shooting deer underneath me.....  :D  .......guess I should add.....in 20 years of bowhunting, I've NEVER lost a deer because of that shot.

The comment about close shots from sighted bows (compound or trad) is right on.

I'll take the shot I feel good about, you take the one you feel good about.
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Offline Mo. Huntin

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #68 on: June 18, 2009, 05:24:00 PM »
One day I will learn.  Once in a while something comes along that I just don't agree with and I end up looking like a jerk trying to make my point.  Bare with me fellas.  I still feel terrible from the last scuffle I got in, not because I changed my mind but because I should probably just leave people to what makes them happy.
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Offline allan f

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #69 on: June 18, 2009, 06:56:00 PM »
Never feel bad about speaking your mind....just mind what your speaking so it doesn't make others feel bad.

I think you made some good points and I don't think you were busting chops just saying what you thought was right about shot angles.  We all can learn something from each other.  Morning Star has shot a bunch of deer at an angle you had bad luck with....I'd like to hear what he's doing to get a solid shot and not end up with a one lunger.  If we don't tell each other things we never learn. JMO

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Offline myshootinstinks

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #70 on: June 18, 2009, 07:57:00 PM »
I have one kill at 35 yards. Not likely to shoot that far again, At -30 yards I'm real comfortable.
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Offline Morning Star

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #71 on: June 18, 2009, 08:11:00 PM »
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 I'd like to hear what he's doing to get a solid shot and not end up with a one lunger. If we don't tell each other things we never learn. JMO

Can't say I do anything unusual.

Only thing I can tell ya is I don't aim for the spine, I shoot for the heart.  Kinda like the saying goes, "shoot for the opposite shoulder".  That's how I pic the spot. I envision where the arrow needs to be to travel right to that mess of pulmonary arteries and heart.   I used 600 + grain arrows and either a 2 blade magnus or a woodsman over the years.....and I can't ever remember not having a drain hole on those deer.   I can only remember one track job that had me a little worried with that shot.....in the end there was enough blood on the ground to recover him.

I understand what Mo's sayin and agree one lungers are bad.  I guess I feel pretty confident that I can put an arrow exactly where I need to at such an extremely close range though....it's worked so far.

I know all about shot etiquette, good / bad angles.  I was killing deer with that shot long before I knew those said propers of bowhunting.  I'm not telling anyone it's a good idea, but I can tell ya I'm not gonna stop.....not given the success I've had.  Can't all be luck, hell I've never been that lucky.   :D  

That's my .20 cents.    Obamainflation in effect.
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Offline Hot Hap

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #72 on: June 18, 2009, 10:10:00 PM »
A small buck @ 18". I had to lean backwards to draw my bow. Hap
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Offline oldskool

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #73 on: June 18, 2009, 11:02:00 PM »
My closest was a small buck from the ground. Complete pass through,took 4 paces and picked up my arrow.
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Offline stick_string

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #74 on: June 19, 2009, 02:08:00 PM »
Awesome guys...good to know there are others out there that like to get close!!

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Offline adeeden

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #75 on: June 19, 2009, 02:40:00 PM »
30 some odd inches, I actually had to lean back to get far enough away to complete my draw. And yes it was a whitetail buck and I was on the ground! It's a long story that some of you have heard before.
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Offline Teacher_of_the_Arcane

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Re: How far will you shoot at deer????
« Reply #76 on: June 19, 2009, 09:19:00 PM »
Hi All,

There was a fellow from Colorado on the cover of "Traditional Bowhunter" a while back...maybe a long while.....shown with a bighorn sheep he'd shot at eight yards with his longbow.  This fellow has been my ideal ever since.
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