Shoot?

[cohunter14]

You are sitting at the edge of this small meadow watching the sun begin to rise when out pops this bull. He is traversing across the meadow on a well used game trail. For bow hunters he is 38 yards away and for rifle/muzzleloader hunters he is 98 yards away. He is also about a 30 degree incline uphill from you, hence the grass obstructing some of the bull\'s body. There is a big pine tree eight yards in front of him that he is about to pass behind. As the game trail continues on past that pine tree, the grass is lower and shouldn\'t obstruct the shot as much. Are you shooting now or waiting? If you are using a bow, which pin will you use?

 

[bnsafe]

yes, im shooting with all weapons. im using my 2nd pin which is set for 35 yds an aiming just above the grass, hard part is getting him out.

 

[Old School]

Although it certainly looks like a shot that I could make, I don\'t like the fact that I have an obstructed view of the target/vitals. I\'m going to pass on this shot.

--Mitch

 

[cnelk]

I\'m shooting.
That grass won\'t obstruct my arrow flight, only my view.

I once shot at bull in tall grass like this pic.
It messed me up. I shot high.
Won\'t happen again.

 

[ltsheets]

Shooting! I think I\'d be safe with slick tricks. Might hesitate with expandables. I\'d use the 40 yd pin and let fly!

 

[VTHOKEE]

I would wait till he passes by that pine tree then I would have a nice shot. Like LTSheets said the slick tricks will be just fine.

 

[WW]

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Check out this (cut chart) and you will see that you probably need to hold for about 35 yards for the elk in the picture above considering the angle of 30*. The weeds are not a problem because of the arc of the arrow. It should drop right in there. However, just by looking at the body posture of this elk, it looks like he may be moving at a fairly fast walk. So, NO shot! But there is still hope. Considering I am at full dry and have my pin on him, I could stop him on a dime with a nervous bark. And the instant he stops I would release. Also, since I don\'t have a 35 yard pin, instead of holding for the lower third of the body, I\'d hold about mid ways up on him.

The cut chart in the link is one that you can copy.

 

[Baby Huey]

I\'m shooting with both bow and rifle. The grass doesn\'t appear to be close to the elk, but rather closer to me, so I think the arrow flight path will arch over the grass.

 

[Ol' Arky]

Since everyone else is shooting I would too... :mg: :mg:

Archery would hold top pin just bit below the the brown strip on his back just behind his shoulder.... Muzzle loader and rifle I would hold behind his shoulder just at the top of the grass in the little notch just behind his shoulder...

 

[cohunter14]

So this exact same scenario happened to me quite a few years back. I was sitting in my ground blind and watched as this bull entered into the meadow. Not wanting to rush the shot, I kept the bull in the cross-hairs of my rifle. My plan was to wait for him to get on the other side of the tree so I would have a perfect, uninhibited shot at 100 yards. The problem was, that moment never happened. A few feet before going behind the tree, the bull stuck his nose in the air, took a whiff, and spun around and took off before I could ever get a shot. Somehow the thermals had switched on me, and pretty early too (8:30ish). The lesson I learned from that is yes, wait for a good shot, but you don\'t have to wait for a perfect shot. In this scenario, there is no reason you can\'t shoot the bull right now. No need to wait and risk blowing the opportunity!

http://www.ridgerunneroutfittersllc.com/OAT%20Applications/Cut-Charts.htm
Check out this (cut chart) and you will see that you probably need to hold for about 35 yards for the elk in the picture above considering the angle of 30*.

Good catch Bill, I was hoping someone would notice that. Uphill or downhill, the \'shoot to\' distance is always less than the true distance. As someone who plays a bit of golf, it took me a long time to figure that one out...

 

[JohnFitzgerald]

I\'m testing Magnus 2 blade Stingers this year. Depending on my practice trials, yes I\'d probably would shoot.