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Passing on a shot.
01-21-2006, 07:01 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,695
Passing on a shot.
Seems like you northern boys just dont like passing up a shot. Us southerners will pass. Why is that ? If I see a big buck that is quartering away hard, I wont take that shot, I just shrug it off and hope to see him another day. But you guys up north will take that shot and hope for the best.
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01-21-2006, 07:34 AM
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blissfield MI USA
Posts: 5,293
RE: Passing on a shot.
I'm from michigan, that's pretty far north and I would pass. I have limitations and they are 25 yards, 30 if the shot is perfect. The deer has to be broad side or slightly quarting away. I like the same thing with my gun, other than the distance, I will shoot out to 100 or so with my slug gun and 150 yards with my inline. Still has to be broadside or quarting away though.
Paul
Paul
01-21-2006, 07:55 AM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South Mississippi
Posts: 5,233
RE: Passing on a shot.
I pass all the time. Like Paul I usually wait for a broadside or slightly quartering away. With a rifle I may take a head or a neck shot if I feel confident enough . . .which is almost never nowadays. I'm often close to the river and need to have them drop pretty quick. I passed on a real nice rack a while ago that only offered me a rearend shot even tho I felt I stood a chance of a spine hit. He was too nice to lose in the river.
01-21-2006, 11:06 AM
#5
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: Passing on a shot.
I'm Southern , raised in Kentucky , and I won't hesitate to take a neck shot if there's no other to take . Headshots get a pass other than very close range.I'll never understand that idioticbunghole shot, why would you want sheit in your meat ? 
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01-21-2006, 11:32 AM
#8
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wall SD USA & Jamestown ND
Posts: 11,474
RE: Passing on a shot.
North Dakota guy would pass on an iffy shot. However I will take the neck shot for sure. To me a neck shot is a sure drop in their tracks or a complete miss. I have never seen a neck shot deer take more than one step.
01-21-2006, 01:12 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Lake County, Florida
Posts: 3,313
RE: Passing on a shot.
i'll hammer'm in the neck if i don't have a respectable vital shot. i'll just shoot another deer for a cape if i was going to mount the one i shot in the neck. ofcourse i am comfortable with my shooting abilities aswell. with the set up i shoot, i can consistantly put rounds in a 2 inch grouping at 300-350 yards.