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Which Shot to Take(Bowhunting)
11-08-2007, 10:16 AM
#12
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
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RE: Which Shot to Take
Brush and arrows do not go to gether you run the risk of a arrow deflecting and making a bad hit. I would shoot the 48 yard shot but if you rattled him in he is going to be alert had he just been feeding by I would much rather have the 48 yard shot.
11-08-2007, 10:17 AM
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Northeast Tennessee
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RE: Which Shot to Take
Ok, you take shotsaccording towhat you're confident in right? Well, IF the conditions were right, the deer was not alert, not much wind, and a clear shot. A 48yd shot isn't THAT much. For me personally, conditions right, I would have no problem taking that shot. I know my limitations. 80% of my practice shooting comes from 40-60yds. In the situation you're talking about, I would probably not take a hard quartering away shot, but if it's just a slight quartering away, I might think about it.
Most of the time where I hunt, I wouldn't even consider that shot, just because I hunt inside the woods alot.
Most of the time where I hunt, I wouldn't even consider that shot, just because I hunt inside the woods alot.
11-08-2007, 10:26 AM
#19
Join Date: Oct 2007
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RE: Which Shot to Take
If was ever going to shoot thru brush it would have been yesterday at the deer I wrote about in my "can't my head back in the game" thread.But even at a couple yards I won't do it especially with mechanical heads that would catch on ANYTHING and flip.
11-08-2007, 10:36 AM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Southwest Ohio
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RE: Which Shot to Take(Bowhunting)
There are a lot of people who could make a 48 yard shot nearly every time. There are many more who can't but would try it anyway because they shot a good group at 50 yards once. I say shame on them.
It sounds like you made a great decision. Like has been said, I would only shoot through very light brush that is within inches of the deer. Anything beyond 6 inches away could make too big of a difference. 48 yards is a real stretch with a bow on a whitetail. The kill zone isn't all that big and they are crazy fast when they hear that bow go off.
It sounds like you made a great decision. Like has been said, I would only shoot through very light brush that is within inches of the deer. Anything beyond 6 inches away could make too big of a difference. 48 yards is a real stretch with a bow on a whitetail. The kill zone isn't all that big and they are crazy fast when they hear that bow go off.