New pics/shot added page 6. Would you take this shot?

[monk]

And would not take it from there either.

[Tedd]

The corn shot and the sun shot are the only ones I would take. The tracking dog has nothing to do with my shot selection choice. I'm just saying I have a tracking dog. Honestly my dog is mostly used for other peoples deer. And I don't enjoy doing that, unless it is a friend or family. I sometimes use her on my own blood trails just for practice. I only ever had one long trail of my own deer that I used her on. She was a pup then. 12 yrs ago.
I used her on a deer I shot in the rain 2 years ago. I would have found the deer within an hour. The dog found it in maybe 3-4 minutes.

[longbow fanatic 1]

I've stopped taking quartering toward me shots.

[Michael Arnette]

It's good to put ourselves in these scenarios! They do happen and critical thinking isnt always present in the situation.

[overbo]

I would shoot all of the last 3. Can't kill'em if you don't shoot. I also would want my arrows to impact much lower than what you show when shooting at a foam deer. I would think all of your arrows would impact high or miss high when the deer reacts to the shot.

[Sixby]

Overbo:I would shoot all of the last 3. Can't kill'em if you don't shoot.

Ditto. Its important to know when to shoot and do it or you are not a successful hunter.
When guiding my biggest beef was hunters that missed the best opportunities and then did not get another chance.

God bless, Steve

[Terry Green]

No on 1st pic.....twich...glance....or sobbed shoulder blade...that is a no shot period for me.....VERY LOW percentage.

[Terry Green]

YES on corn shot .....no problem repositioning for a clear shot through a bigger home just by leaning forward or back.

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by RLA:
Same shot, you can see the entrance & the exit in the white belly hair

     

not to be argumentative.... but studying the pictures of yours and the target .....your shot placement is much further back.....the target pictures are all shoulder blade......nice camo shirt by the way    

[Terry Green]

I can't answer on number 3 I'd have to be there and evaluate real time.....absolutely not on number 4.

thanks for the thread Tedd gave me some hunting time without leaving the house.....nice

[Bowwild]

When I was 16 years old on my first deer hunt (archery) a fellow 20 years my senior emptied his quiver at a deer more than 90 yards away.  

What he said to me was just put in writing on one of the posts here. I knew that fellow was wrong then and 45 years later I believe the philosophy to still be wrong. Of course decomposers have to eat too I reckon.

[overbo]

Exactly Sixby,

I don't look for reason not to shoot. I look to shoot. Look, I don't run thru the woods flinging arrows at every deer I see but I will at squirrels and think this practice has made me a better killer.

[fnshtr]

I can see trying to be too politically correct here (as if to satisfy antis)... I've seen perfect broadside and quartering away shots that were off by inches and resulted in game unrecovered... often to be taken later in the season and in good health.

By all means, we should take what we determine to be ethical shots... but I make no apologies for being a hunter and our decisions are just that... our decisions, often made under intense and exciting times.

Very thought provoking thread. Sorry if this offends... that is not my intent.

[VictoryHunter]

I personally would not take this shot.

[Lazy J]

Originally posted by Michael Arnette:
It's good to put ourselves in these scenarios! They do happen and critical thinking isnt always present in the situation.

I agree 100% with this statement! I have enjoyed this thread and the friendly banter it has brought with it. I'm ready for hunting season to get here!!

[mangonboat]

I concur with the wisdom of discussing these questions, the why's and how's, so we can be armed with more information when the occasion arises. One reason I would not take the quartering-on shot from the tree stand is I've never had a deer suddenly whirl and run while I was sitting still that high up in a stand..they keep walking and will present a better shot that doesn't implicate the shoulder bones. I also like the op including distances..8 yards away from a deer a row or 2 into standing corn is a world of difference from 25 yards away. The deer on the property line is always a tough choice and over the years has pushed my blinds farther and farther from the edge of my hunting property, which is a tough concession because some of my best spots have been along fence lines , for obvious reasons. While I may not take those shots, I hunted with old timers who had excellent arguments for a high percentage shot placement from every angle, based on a thorough understanding of the anatomy of the prey.

[Tedd]

RLA - Did you borrow my bow???!!!
 

[huronhunter]

No , Wrong angle , must be angling away or broadside .

[Tedd]

Mostly I shot my 3-4 foam deer all to pcs this summer using square on double lung shots. To mix it up recently I did some of the frontal and sharp 1/4 away shots. Interesting. I feel like out to 18 yards I can do the job with a 1/4 to shot. My bow this year is 62lb at 30.5". AD trad tapered shaft with a 250 gr grizzly single bevel. 650 gr total arrow wt. That has some bone splitting qualities.
If I was in a slump with less than my best shooting I wouldn't try it.
I'll probably take some of these shots for fun tomorrow and try to take some photos. Sunday morning the bow gets loaded into the pickup to go to Wyoming. I'll catch up to it via plane on tuesday.

[CoachBGriff]

Originally posted by Lazy J:
 

Originally posted by Michael Arnette:
It's good to put ourselves in these scenarios! They do happen and critical thinking isnt always present in the situation.

I agree 100% with this statement! I have enjoyed this thread and the friendly banter it has brought with it. I'm ready for hunting season to get here!! [/b]

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