Another Comical Primos Bad Shot

[flufster]

I didn't see what shot you're talking about, but I've made shots on two separate animals that the person with me, once on elk and once on WT, stated that I "hit 'em in the guts". Elk was dead at 32 steps and WT dies within 50 yards. I did hit them both back a little, because they were quartered in a way that that was my path to the vitals. While I do think that even pros make a bad shot sometimes, and you should "own" those bad shots, sometimes if you hit pause and draw a straight line from the shooter through the vitals, deep is necessary. The camera angle doesn't always show what the shooter sees.

I would agree with this. And would add that with archery equipment there are more chances for mistakes and even the experts are going to have a bad shot. Sometimes it takes them a review of the tapes to see their mistakes. Two years ago I shot a doe that I swore was too far back. I had the wife bring me the dog and after taking an extra hour to get everything together, me and the dog tracked the deer less than 30 yards where she had piled up. Our own eyes dont always see it the way it really happened when behind the bow.