Making bad shots need help
10-07-2005, 09:18 AM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 5,716
RE: Making bad shots need help
BROX
Don't sweat it, man. You'll learn over time that shots out at 15-25 yards are easier than shots at 0-7 yards. The angles aren't as steep, and the ranges are closer to what you have practiced.
If you have deer at 0-10 yards, just let them work their way out to 20, and take the shot. Easier said than done, I know, but I made a bad shot on a really big buck last year at 3-5 yards, and I've replayed that scenario a million times.
Unless you're using a pendulum sight, shooting straight down will cause you to miss your mark due to the extreme close range, issues with limb clearance, nervesand steep angle. That's an incredibly difficult shot, even for a professional. Either practice those particular shots, or wait until the deer move out.
Don't sweat it, man. You'll learn over time that shots out at 15-25 yards are easier than shots at 0-7 yards. The angles aren't as steep, and the ranges are closer to what you have practiced.
If you have deer at 0-10 yards, just let them work their way out to 20, and take the shot. Easier said than done, I know, but I made a bad shot on a really big buck last year at 3-5 yards, and I've replayed that scenario a million times.
Unless you're using a pendulum sight, shooting straight down will cause you to miss your mark due to the extreme close range, issues with limb clearance, nervesand steep angle. That's an incredibly difficult shot, even for a professional. Either practice those particular shots, or wait until the deer move out.
10-07-2005, 10:13 AM
#12
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Mt. Orab,Ohio
Posts: 184
RE: Making bad shots need help
NO!I never said i have shot a lot of deer.NO i do not have problems at longer yardages.NO i have never wounded or lost a deer at 20 yards or more.I am just trying to get some help with a problemthat i seem to be having at closer yardages not get bashed for asking for help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10-07-2005, 02:23 PM
#13
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: Making bad shots need help
Well, I don't know what kind of problem you're having other than you must have made a bad shot. The more practice we have the better we become. Practice from above is mandatory if you hunt from a tree. Always just double check that sight picture before you shoot one last time.
