Do you take this shot?
06-19-2008, 04:58 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 4,487
RE: Do you take this shot?
NO WAY. But I did pick up my bow and stand up as soon as I saw him.
But I know guys that have done exactly that and brag about it.[:'(] You noticed I didn't call them my friends.
And they will never get an invite to hunt with me!!!
But I know guys that have done exactly that and brag about it.[:'(] You noticed I didn't call them my friends.
And they will never get an invite to hunt with me!!!
06-19-2008, 05:30 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Where the ducks don't come no more
Posts: 4,420
RE: Do you take this shot?
I know this much.... if you take the shot and hit the deer.... even if its a drop of blood... you'll pay for it just like you killed it.
If you don't take the shot... then you can very often get another trip in a year or two at a discount (depending on how much of your outfitters reputation is on the line putting you ON a big deer). But if you don't shoot then you don't pay... so my money is staying in my pocket and my arrow on the string.
If you don't take the shot... then you can very often get another trip in a year or two at a discount (depending on how much of your outfitters reputation is on the line putting you ON a big deer). But if you don't shoot then you don't pay... so my money is staying in my pocket and my arrow on the string.
06-20-2008, 09:23 AM
#18
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: Do you take this shot?
With a bow? My old rule still applies and it is non-negotiable. If I can't get within 30 yards, I have not earned the right to draw my bow. What good is killing a deer on a once in a lifetime hunt if I do something I personally would be ashamed of? I'd have to think of what I did every time I looked at the mount. No way.
If I had my muzzleloader in my hands though, there would be smoke wafting in the air and a .50 cal ball hurtling downrange.
If I had my muzzleloader in my hands though, there would be smoke wafting in the air and a .50 cal ball hurtling downrange.
