Shoot or wait #2...

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You\'re out walking around slowly and you come around a bush.
You see this buck with his head down feeding and it looks like he is about to start turning broadside.


You draw back in prep for his turn and he turns back and is looking right at you.....



You\'re fully drawn and you know your shot is within 10-20 yards.


Hoof stomp.....hoof stomp......



You feel the wind kick up a bit behind you and it\'s heading right towards him....


Are you shooting or no?
 
I practice 4-20 yard shots more than anything else because that is the range I want most of my kills. I know I am deadly at that and I am comfortable with this shot all day anyday.


If this shot was out past 30 I might be thinking a little different because this buck is already aware something is up and we all know how quick they are...
 
I would aim for the far leg and slip an arrow right through his lungs. He won\'t go far. It might enter way back. I have made this shot before. My arrow entered in his flank and out in front of the opposite leg.
 
Boy Dan, this is a tough one. I took that identical shot two years ago at a 170 class buck. it was at 22-23 yds. Didn\'t turn out too well. He walked under me at about 5 yds. from the tree and with my poor hearing I never heard him. Didn\'t see him till he was by me and going away. Picked up my bow and decided I had no shot. For some reason he stopped at a little over 20 yds. away and slightly turned and looked back. I decided to take the shot slipping the arrow behind the rib cage. I did not get the arrow back far enough and it hit the point of the shoulder with very poor penetration. Tracked him for a little over 1/2 mile before losing him. That\'s the first time I have ever shot at one at that angle. I think if I get that shot again I would take it but really concentrate on getting it back far enough! Depending on the exact angle it would be somewhere in the flank area. It was just a shot I had never taken before. Maybe this thread will help someone not have to go home as dejected as I was!
 
\"mainebrdr\" said:
Boy Dan, this is a tough one. I took that identical shot two years ago at a 170 class buck. it was at 22-23 yds. Didn\'t turn out too well. He walked under me at about 5 yds. from the tree and with my poor hearing I never heard him. Didn\'t see him till he was by me and going away. Picked up my bow and decided I had no shot. For some reason he stopped at a little over 20 yds. away and slightly turned and looked back. I decided to take the shot slipping the arrow behind the rib cage. I did not get the arrow back far enough and it hit the point of the shoulder with very poor penetration. Tracked him for a little over 1/2 mile before losing him. That\'s the first time I have ever shot at one at that angle. I think if I get that shot again I would take it but really concentrate on getting it back far enough! Depending on the exact angle it would be somewhere in the flank area. It was just a shot I had never taken before. Maybe this thread will help someone not have to go home as dejected as I was!
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And I am glad you bring this up Tim.
I don\'t make these for the purpose of trying to say who is right and who is wrong.
It\'s all for educational purposes. Some people might see shots, others may not. People are able to explain there reasoning and then when people are in this same position they can reach back into their brain and be like \"oh yeah! I remember this exact shot on backtrak\" and have a confidence boost to shoot or they will think \"that\'s not a good shot, let me hold.\"



I took this shot last year at 15 yards at my smaller buck that I took last year... He was angled down a hill a little and I took out heart, lungs, and some of those arteries that everyone all about when they are taking front shots.

He didn\'t go too far as you guys know because he is hanging on my wall :upthumb:
 
I\'d be short an arrow ASAP. That is exactly the angle my deer gave me this past season. A much longer shot, but he died peacefully.
 
I\'ll take that shot. Terry was right on, the key is making sure you concentrate on getting your arrow entering far enough back. Focus on the the exit. It\'s a lethal shot to me and I would feel comfortable with it and could make it relatively easy. Likely a big blood trail with a well executed shot and a short track.
 
Nice CA Blacktail...I\'m shooting right now! I\'m aiming for the far leg basically.

Killed the biggest buck of my life at this exact angle!
 
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