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Author Topic: Whats your toughest shot ?  (Read 540 times)

Offline moleman

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Whats your toughest shot ?
« on: May 20, 2013, 08:29:00 PM »
I would imagine that all of us have a shot that is tough to overcome. For me, it is 20 yrds. off one knee, on both knees im fine, im not sure if its psychological or not, but it just kicks my butt at times.
Whats your toughest shot?   :campfire:

Offline Matty

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2013, 08:51:00 PM »
3D that dang standing bear.  I miss that stupid thing or hit him in the paw ALL THE TIME!! And the leaning one I just clean miss. All the time

 

Offline Knawbone

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2013, 09:00:00 PM »
Eight yards at a Turkey!   :banghead:    :banghead:    :banghead:    :biglaugh:
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Offline Brianlocal3

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2013, 09:01:00 PM »
Standing bear kills me too!!!!
But sitting on my but trying to shoot a 68" longbow is rough
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Offline moleman

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2013, 09:02:00 PM »
HaHa! Matty, its funny you brought that up, those dang bears give me fits as well!

Online graybarkhunter

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2013, 09:05:00 PM »
most of the time, her ---->>>.        :knothead:

Offline moleman

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2013, 09:09:00 PM »
Dave, 8 yrds might as well be a mile when your heart is pounding, and the adrenaline is flowing!
sometimes those gimme shots are the hardest to earn!   :biglaugh:

Offline ChuckC

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2013, 09:24:00 PM »
Almost any shot with someone I don't know watching.

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Offline straigharrow

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2013, 10:20:00 PM »
Put me on the list for the standing bear also. I have no problem with a leaning grizzly target or walking black bear. I have a standing black bear that I just cannot hit center mass, it is always left or right in the elbow or paw.

Offline Gary Rieck

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2013, 10:49:00 PM »
Same here.  Those bears tear me up.  Maybe straigharrow it's because we don't have bears in Iowa.

Offline old_goat2

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2013, 10:49:00 PM »
any spotted target, axis, cheetahs etc.. I usually hit that bear pictured above with a perfect line buy high every time too
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Offline Sam McMichael

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2013, 10:53:00 PM »
I do poorly on almost all 3D targets that have a low, wide body shape such as lying down deer, alligator, etc. I think the brain sees the larger and more "normal looking" body rectangle represented by most deer, bear, hog targets etc. more frequently and considers them to actually be "normal". Then when it sees the odd looking, low rectangle body shapes, it freaks out a bit, thus making it harder to concentrate on a given spot.  Yeah, the standing bear presents issues, also. Don't even get me started on turkey targets.

On live targets the hardest shot is always the one I am currently trying to make. Sometimes I tend to over think, even at modest distances.
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Offline lhbandito22

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2013, 11:01:00 PM »
on a black bird in my buddies (stixbowdrew) back yard on our bird seed bait pile, no matter how many arrows we shoot at them, its 90% of them time "i just missed that one% but its fun concentration and who cares deer are bigger anyways.

Offline Bear Heart

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2013, 11:17:00 PM »
I hate the above pictured bear.  To add to the mental drama it seems to always be infront of an arrow eating jungle.
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Offline VictoryHunter

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2013, 11:30:00 PM »
Under 10 yard shots are awful.
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Offline chanumpa

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2013, 11:39:00 PM »
Steep down hill.The adjustment and or over adjustment can give me fits.

Offline overbo

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2013, 06:40:00 AM »
ALIVE! black bear at fading light.Nothing there to pick a spot.Just a black blob

Offline riverrat 2

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2013, 08:23:00 AM »
Quartering "to" 3D shots. It is very hard to get that sweet spot just behind the shoulder. I almost always hit the front skeletal structure,or go a bit to wide and gut sack the shot. rat'
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Offline KOOK68

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2013, 09:09:00 AM »
ANY 3D turkey targets!!

Offline Bldtrailer

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Re: Whats your toughest shot ?
« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2013, 11:03:00 AM »
The under sized rhineharts (they throw off my distance) standing bear and small deer
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