Shoot or Pass??

Woody Williams · Post by **Woody Williams** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:57 pm

Archery hunting - Take a close look and decide, shoot or pass and wait for a better shot..

BTW - These are all legal deer that you would want to shoot..

Thanks to Arrow Flinger at Woody's

chris4570 · Post by **chris4570** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:08 pm

I would shoot 7 and 8, based on the pictures. Even though they are pics of a 3D target. 9 and 3 if prior to their head being obscured by branches and leaves I had identified whether or not they doned a rack.

Woody Williams · Post by **Woody Williams** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:49 pm

jh45gun wrote:I do not hunt from trees so my angles would be considerably different. Jim

Pretend you are on cliff overlookig a deer trail,..

GonHuntin · Post by **GonHuntin** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:37 pm

I would not shoot #4 or #6.......the others are dead deer walking!

I have killed deer straight under the tree, just align the vertical crosshair with the spine, put the horizontal crosshair slightly back from the shoulders and turn it loose! I have also shot through light brush right next to a target such as in #3 and #9.....no problems there either......

Woody Williams · Post by **Woody Williams** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:15 pm

Here are my answers.. YMMV..

#1 – NO.

I may get a spine shot and drop him in his tracks. Then again I might be off to one side and only get one lung. One lung shot deer can go forever, even until next year. Hopefully that deer will walk out a ways and make a turn giving me a quartering away or broadside shot.

#2 – YES.

My bow shoots way flat enough to get under that tree limb

#3 – YES

#4 – NO

My bow doesn’t shoot THAT flat.

#5 – YES

3 yards is way closer than I like but I can get both lungs with a properly placed arrow.

#6 – NO

There is too much bone in front of the vitals. That deer has to turn one way or the other or walk past me.

#7 – YES

Love it!!

#8 – YES

Love it!!

#9 – NO.

There is a sapling right across the vitals. C’mon….take one little step….

Camper · Post by **Camper** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:04 am

I would shoot 1,2,3,5,8,9

Camper

Camper · Post by **Camper** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:05 am

Also #7
Camper

russm · Post by **russm** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:59 am

Woody,

This was a really good exercise. I am new to bow hunting, and I had not thought about the flatness of the trajectory and obstacles. I will keep this in mind now.

Thanks,

Russ

DOXNUT · Post by **DOXNUT** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:25 pm

6,7,8 are the only ones I'd shoot myself. I always prefer a lower double-lung shot.

Beaver · Post by **Beaver** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:25 am

I would take 3-7-8-9.

Lyn-X · Post by **Lyn-X** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:58 pm

4 pass, the rest are KO'd.

Boltshooter · Post by **Boltshooter** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:53 pm

I would take 2,3,5,8, and 9. I'm not sure about 1. Could an arrow penetrate the spine?

TYE · Post by **TYE** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:57 pm

I would pass 3 and 6.