closest white tail shot

[gordydog]

What is the closest shot you have taken on a white tail deer.  How did it turn out?

I shot at a doe at about 9 or 10 yds one afternoon, and deflected off a limb I did not notice, and missed her. She made a big circle and proceeded to walk past me the second time at 4yds. My shot was true and she did not go 40yds!

Bisch

[oldskool]

4 Steps, on the ground,35 yard recovery

[dnovo]

I have shot several from a stand at 4-5 yds. Even I can't miss at that range. Every one of them went down quick.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

4 Yards.  Dead deer!

[HawkeyeArcher]

3 yards. Turned out real nice  

[gordydog]

I also had a 4 yard shot, on the ground as I squirreled around a huge white oak as the buck walked by. Had to shoot the very front of the shoulders because it started to react to me as it emerged from behind the tree.  Ended up shooting him again 55 yards, though it would not have been necessary.

[CRB]

Shot a nice buck from the ground at 8 steps. He went about 50 yards.

[Stumpkiller]

11 paces.  Sitting on a blow-down to eat my lunch at noon.

Turned out well after 35 yards of trailing.  You can see the log behind me in this image.

     

Even closer was a shot at a doe - maybe 6 yards below my tree-stand.  Also turned out well.

     

Note the exit wound on the bottom.  20 foot blood-trail.

   

Not shown is the large buck I tried at who was almost at my feet below me.  Must have grazed the spine.  He dropped, and when he lay still I tied my bow to the haul line and lowered it.  He regained his feet and ran into a swamp.  Never recovered him after two and a half days of searching.  Lesson learned - shoot until they are out of range if you can.

I prefer now to shoot at 15 to 20 yards and try to involve both lungs.  Seems to work very well.

[mooseman1967]

2 1/2 corn rows between tip of arrow and her and quartering away a bit. For more times than I could remember she would come out of the corn and look directly at me in a treestand to see if I was there. Boy did I fool her that day! She ran 40 yards and expired 10 yards from the trail that runs thru the pasture. Easy drag. Dave

[BDann]

Mooseman that is a big doe!  Glad you finally pulled one over on her!

[VictoryHunter]

A couple of yards and I somehow managed to shoot high. Spine shot and the deer fell in his tracks. Last year I missed on at the same distance in the same stand! I had some serious issues last year...

[OBXarcher]

I shot two at the beach where I almost had to lean back to get the arrow to clear  the shelf. Maybe one yard from my feet to theirs. Not skill as much as just a jungle to hunt in

[screamin]

Never shot a whitetail but did shoot a muley at about 4 yards once. It went about 50 yards and piled up.

[Bob Baur]

About 5' and it was a miss    

[Hot Hap]

18"-I had to lean backwards to draw my bow. It was a small buck and went about 15 yards and dropped.
Hap

[joe ashton]

I've shot 3 Elk, a mule deer and  1/2 dozen whitetail at 5 yards or less and all with great results.
Joe

[b.glass]

The buck in my avatar at 7 steps. Went about 90 yds.

[Mryan2176]

5 yards this year. Turned out well, got my first traditional kill.

[RC]

I`ve shot one that was smelling my pull up rope hanging from the stand.
  My shot average from the last 5 years is under 10 yards.RC