Bell3wv
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No with bow. Right at the bottom of his ear with the Hawken.
High angle shot placement
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If i cant hit the heart in that angle at 30 and under every shot i will quit bow hunting, deer are not thick heavy boned animals that are hard to kill, a sharp one piece fixed blade and i can shoot through them stem to stern with 52 lbs 30 yards inyeah, "if" no deflection on shoulder or upper leg bone. what's the rush to shoot?this is my opinion, others may differ. i'm not taking that angle shot with a bow, ever.
No , not enough practice and people not controlling themselves in the heat of the moment is why. That deer is heart shot 100 out of a 100, 30 and in. You boys keep passing and i will keep killing
deerhunter10
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Killed plenty. I'll keep passing because I'm interested in taking ethical shots for ethical kills. Wait 30 seconds and he will turn for an ethical shot.
No more ethical than a heart shot
deerhunter10
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I agree just not at that angle. There's a pile of issues that can happen at that angle. Are you good enough for that shot? You seem to be, but that vast majority of people aren't. And will pile drive right in the shoulder and not find the deer. Or hit way back and give up before they find the deer. Look no further then the trail camera section and look at the shoulder hit deer that are still walking around. Wait 2 seconds and let him turn broad side or quartering away.
If people would go to a one piece solid sharp broadhead, they wouldn't have that issue. Throw the mechanicals in the trash. There is not a bone in a Tennessee whitetail that i cant punch through shooting a light 52lbs and a 387 grain arrow.
deerhunter10
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Shoot both have killed with both. Even with a heavy arrow set up I will not take that shot. That's just me. Not taking a quartering to shot on a deer period with a bow.
swampbadger
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his head is down I'd expect him to drop a lot at the shot. D4 let er rip tater chip!
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Not to offend but, you sound like everyone at an archery range right before they tell you about the one they couldn't find.
Sorry, but its true if people would practice more, go to solid heads, stop shooting ridiculously long ranges at live animals and learn to control their emotions and execute their shots ,they would stop loosing deer. Tn deer are not hard to kill. Ive not lost a deer with archery eguipment in over three decades , not because im good ir any better than anyone else, but i practice every week,keep my shots under thirty and my broadheads solid and sharp. Carry on sorry I've offended people with knowing anatomy and my capabilities.
I'm not offended. It just made me laugh.
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With my arrow set up, poundage, and draw I'm absolutely pounding C3 without hesitation.
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WTNBowHunter
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i'm waiting for him to turn broadside. or waiting for that front left leg to take a step and open up C2 C3 D2 D3.
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This the best part of archery. I shoot a 525 grain arrow with 225 up front with a hand sharpened Sevr 2.0. At 75 pounds and a 30.5 inch draw I can get the same results as you do with your set up. So many ways to skin a cat and they vary so much from archer to archer. You're getting to the goods and so am I with 2 completely different applications.
With that setup aint nothing in a whitetail stopping it, the ones im referring to are the 50-60 lbrrs with a dull 2blade mechanical, untuned bow, without a clue of what their capable of, those are the folks geting stopped on puny white tail bones and blaming it on the bow instead of the indian. When a man knows his capabilities and his setup's capabilities, there is no stopping them, even when people call them unethical
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I can drink to that lolWith that setup aint nothing in a whitetail stopping it, the ones im referring to are the 50-60 lbrrs with a dull 2blade mechanical, untuned bow, without a clue of what their capable of, those are the folks geting stopped on puny white tail bones and blaming it on the bow instead of the indian. When a man knows his capabilities and his setup's capabilities, there is no stopping them, even when people call them unethical
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I'm going C2 or C3 and headed to the truck to get the cart.
deerhunter10
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Just because one can doesn't mean one should. With that said 2 things can be true at the same time. And we can have different opinions and also be right.With that setup aint nothing in a whitetail stopping it, the ones im referring to are the 50-60 lbrrs with a dull 2blade mechanical, untuned bow, without a clue of what their capable of, those are the folks geting stopped on puny white tail bones and blaming it on the bow instead of the indian. When a man knows his capabilities and his setup's capabilities, there is no stopping them, even when people call them unethical
My setup is absolutely capable of making that shot I would rather take the extra 3 seconds of patience for the shot angle I want. If I don't get it I'll go hunt the next day. It's not a big deal. I have the time and want to, to hunt a lot.
With all of that said there's a pile of bow hunters that do need to pay more attention to their setups and their abilities. That is a whole other subject. That is a problem. The other problem is lack of bow shops and good bow shops. Also the problem is the information on the internet half of it is bogus junk.
