Thoughts on shot placement

[RUNNING BEAR]

Amazingly that is exactly what several of us thought when you said “are we looking at the same picture” and then tried to cover it by calling it a push. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23].

My Sunday is great. My buck for the year is at the taxi, Cowboys play at noon … and pig hunting with bow at 5pm for one of these tanks. You need to go to the back of ASU-Indian’s class.[emoji23]

Don’t get me wrong, I know I’m being a smarty pants. I just don’t get all upset about it like other people….

Dead deer equals good enough shot in my book.

[Smart]

Don’t get me wrong, I know I’m being a smarty pants. I just don’t get all upset about it like other people….

Dead deer equals good enough shot in my book.

Nobody got mad or upset....you are projecting that on folks. Not sure why.


Agreed on dead deer found is a good thing.

[SV72]

Appreciate the class guys and definitely the great pictures of the anatomy of a deer and the deadly V. I would also say that giving the deer time is one of the best lessons anyone could ever learn.

[Ætheling]

Anything to add to the OP?

Here’s a couple more

This is where shooting a tad but back can make for a short track or long track. Those pics show lungs fully inflated. Fully deflated and those lungs can be less than a third of that size. Its still a dead deer but inflated lungs make it a much faster kill if shooting where the OP did.


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[RUNNING BEAR]

Nobody got mad or upset....you are projecting that on folks. Not sure why.


Agreed on dead deer found is a good thing.

We can also agree on HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS!

[sp-bow]

Amazingly that is exactly what several of us thought when you said “are we looking at the same picture” and then tried to cover it by calling it a push. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23].

My Sunday is great. My buck for the year is at the taxi, Cowboys play at noon … and pig hunting with bow at 5pm for one of these tanks. You need to go to the back of ASU-Indian’s class.[emoji23]

Good luck tonight Smart.

[Gumbo Man]

So this is where I’m at if anyone cares. Following this thread has been very educational and great information has been given that ANYONE should be able to benefit from. I have considered myself an accomplished bow hunter only for the fact that I have never shot a deer that wasn’t recovered within maybe 60 yds. But that’s only because I am so selective about the shots I take being 20 yards are less and only broadside. I have killed probably 10 deer with my bow in 30 years and went 12 years without picking up a rifle. I’ve always gone center mass directly behind the shoulder for double lungs. And never have I had the misfortune of one jumping the string. But since I’ve been hanging out with you guys I can easily say that I still have plenty to learn. The anatomy class and deadly v approach really says a lot when quarter to or away and still hitting vitals with some margin for error. You guys are intimidating with so much knowledge and confidence and are able to pull off shots successfully that up till now I have been unwilling to take. Sorry for some that do get Butthurt, Lord knows I do sometime,but at the end of the day we can all learn something and that’s why we are really here to learn from each other. When hunting with a sharp stick there are no guarantees.