alwyshntn

I've killed a few in the 5-10yd. range while bowhunting

While hunting with a rifle I'd say the closest way about 20yds or so.

rybohunter

4 yds while hunting from a tree,
10 yds while hunting from the ground.

Campo

Closest shot is 8 yds w/ bow.
I was Turkey hunting one day and had a deer (wild) walk up to me and smell me then nudge me with its nose, so I guess the closest Ive been to a deer is 0 inches?

longbowman2

From the ground, 6 ft. from a treestand, under my feet.

CamoCop

10 yards

Criggster

About 20 feet.

stillhunt04

That's why I love bowhunting! If you take a shot, the deer is most likely going to be twenty to thirty yards away. I've had two young does walk less than ten yards from a ground blind and a doe came five yards from my tripod. Pretty neat experience!

Hotburn76

Mine was about ten feet away and I was twenty two feet in the tree. It was a nice eight pointer. It wasa big mistake in two ways. When hunting high and the deer are close you have a good chance of only getting one lung, which I did. Second, you can't just go after a deer when its still got one good lung. The deer fell down in the woods only about seventy five yards from my stand and I just got out and started to go get him, never looked up much as I walked up and when I got there he was gone! Three hours that night in the rain and two the next day taught me my firts lesson on letting the deer die and not chasing him down after the shot.

stuckinthereeds

I would say 15 to 20 yards but closer to 15. The mule deer just stood there and looked at me like he was a statue.

jminon

I had a buck 2yds in front of me on the ground...just the other side of the corn row...I was sitting on a milk crate and after I shot the buck stepped within 18 inches of my foot before he took off.