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My daughter this last fall in Wyoming Shot here 185 class muley at 3 to 5 feet and I got it on video I dont think that deer underestamated my sneekeness BUT I SHURE DID
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Clynt L Citte
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Most of my kills have been at 0 yards with a knife. They all underestimate my sneakiness. Of course, knocking them down and paralyzing them with my .30-06 from 300 yards helps out a lot too. You see, once you do that, then you can just sneak right up on them and cut their throat! I am real sneaky then! Seriously, the closest I have been was about 75 yards on my first shot, that was also my last shot too.
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MrClyde
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The closest I've been is 30 yards on a muledeer during achery season and 25 yards on a blacktail during rifle season. I've been closer with elk but haven't put the smack down on one yet!!
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I missed one at 10 feet before, but I got him on the second shot at 225 yards on the run. I guess I just wanted it to be more sporting. ;-)
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Elkcrzy1
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5x5 bull at 10 feet blackpowder. I missed a raghorn bull high powered rifle at 5 feet. Yikes did I say that? Gary
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elk_horn
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Missed a six point bull at 7 yards with my bow.. I was all shook up!
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dleonard3
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I set up a Long Range 300 Weatherby rifle with a 6.5-20x scope for shots in excess of 1000 yards if needed for my youngest son to use on his first spike elk hunt. We practiced alot and got real good. After hunting for a few days and not seeing much, we decided to sit on the point of a ridge overlooking a huge expanse of great elk habitat. My son had the "Long Range" rifle with a bipod handy in case something showed up. We spotted a nice 5x5 bull bedded down about 700 yards away and decided to try calling to see if there might be any spikes with him. All of a sudden we heard crashing through the brush to the east of us and a spike bull came running out and stopped broadside at about 10 yards. My son looked at me with a huge question mark on his face. I said shoot him, so he aimed through the scope which was set at 20x and all he could see was hair. So he pulled his head away from the scope and aimed instinctively and pulled the trigger. He made a perfect heart shot and the bull only went a few yards and fell over.
He did the same thing on his first buck. The buck snuck up on us and my son shot him at about 20 yards. He doesn't understand why I have such high powered scopes on my rifles. I'm starting to wonder too.
He did the same thing on his first buck. The buck snuck up on us and my son shot him at about 20 yards. He doesn't understand why I have such high powered scopes on my rifles. I'm starting to wonder too.
"shots in excess of 1000 yards if needed for my youngest son to use on his first spike elk hunt."
I am by no means trying to start a pi$$in' match but it would be much better to teach your boy how to stalk game and get closer (hunting) than to just pull the trigger at 1000 yards.
I am by no means trying to start a pi$$in' match but it would be much better to teach your boy how to stalk game and get closer (hunting) than to just pull the trigger at 1000 yards.
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dleonard3
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What's the matter? You can't shoot worth a crap? You're right, you should get closer. Personally, I think 10 yards is too far. You shouldn't pull the trigger until you feel the end of your barrel touch the animals ribs.
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greenhornhunter
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40 yards with my 270 dropped like a rock
" What's the matter? You can't shoot worth a crap? You're right, you should get closer. Personally, I think 10 yards is too far. You shouldn't pull the trigger until you feel the end of your barrel touch the animals ribs."
Actually I can shoot just fine. You may not know this but there is more to hunting than just pulling the trigger.
Actually I can shoot just fine. You may not know this but there is more to hunting than just pulling the trigger.
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YoungGun
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1000 yards is to far and 1 yard is to close, in my oppinion what ever u want, doesnt' matter how far u are, if u miss thats one more legal buck for me to shoot :7 and i more buck that is alot smarter!
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shot a bull in 2004 with my bow at 3 yards. i didn't even have to use my sites! he was a 6x6 scored 260 p&y.
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My first deer was a knife kill at 0 yds. I thought I was finishing off a deer that my buddy had shot withn his bow. Turned out to be the wrong deer that I ran down. Good thing I had a tag as well.
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As a bowhunter, I have quite a few "close" shots. However, the closest has to be a javelina I arrowed with my recurve at 2 yards.......dang end of the arrow almost hit him when I drew! 
The scariest was a 400 pound P&Y blackbear at 5 yards! Don't know what I was thinking on that one.
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The scariest was a 400 pound P&Y blackbear at 5 yards! Don't know what I was thinking on that one. BOHNTR )))---------->
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KingKong
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26" 3x4 at 10 feet, strait down out of a tree stand. I could have jumped on him and taken a ride
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400LBS RUSSIAN BOAR HOG 6 FEET ON A CHARGE IN THE BUSHES!!!!(HE ALREADY HAD AN 180GR 7MM IN BACK LEFT HAM SO HE WAS HURTING FOR SURE)....2 SHOTS(SHOT HIS FACE 1ST THAT KNOCKED HIM A 360 THEN POINT BLANK SHOULDER SHOT!)
THAT WAS THE S@$%.....
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THAT WAS THE S@$%.....
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On big game, my closest was a whitetail doe from the hip on a deer drive; within 6 feet, .30/30 Model 94 Winchester.
When I was 19, hunting muzzleloader deer season in New Hampshire, I was sitting about 7 feet off the ground in the crotch of an old apple tree in an abandoned farm field that was turning back into forest. Right after sunset, I started hearing a funny little ticking sound, couldn't figure it out. I finally glanced straight down, and saw a ruffed grouse almost directly below me pecking on a fallen apple. Being a bloodthirsty young hunter, I cocked my .50 cal CVA; the grouse sat straight up alert at the click for a couple of minutes, then went back to pecking on the apple. I slowly, silently brought the muzzleloader in an arc, one handed, from my front to pointing straight down behind me, the muzzle now about 4 feet from the grouse. I then tightened my legs around the branch and leaned backward, bringing the muzzle closer and closer to the obliviously pecking grouse. At a range of somewhere between 2-4", I touched off the muzzleloader; I'll never know whether it was the Maxiball or the muzzleblast that took his head off clean, not a shred of damage to the breast. I do know I nearly broke my wrist, landed flat on my back from 7 feet up, saw stars, couldn't breathe, and am damned glad the ground was wet, soft and unfrozen, with nothing harder than an apple on top of the grass. I learned a lot about physics that day, and it's one of my most memorable, early self-taught learning to hunt lessons.
When I was 19, hunting muzzleloader deer season in New Hampshire, I was sitting about 7 feet off the ground in the crotch of an old apple tree in an abandoned farm field that was turning back into forest. Right after sunset, I started hearing a funny little ticking sound, couldn't figure it out. I finally glanced straight down, and saw a ruffed grouse almost directly below me pecking on a fallen apple. Being a bloodthirsty young hunter, I cocked my .50 cal CVA; the grouse sat straight up alert at the click for a couple of minutes, then went back to pecking on the apple. I slowly, silently brought the muzzleloader in an arc, one handed, from my front to pointing straight down behind me, the muzzle now about 4 feet from the grouse. I then tightened my legs around the branch and leaned backward, bringing the muzzle closer and closer to the obliviously pecking grouse. At a range of somewhere between 2-4", I touched off the muzzleloader; I'll never know whether it was the Maxiball or the muzzleblast that took his head off clean, not a shred of damage to the breast. I do know I nearly broke my wrist, landed flat on my back from 7 feet up, saw stars, couldn't breathe, and am damned glad the ground was wet, soft and unfrozen, with nothing harder than an apple on top of the grass. I learned a lot about physics that day, and it's one of my most memorable, early self-taught learning to hunt lessons.
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Ive taken two bucks within 10 yard with my rifle. When I used to hunt private land I had a rock I would sit on and deer would walk right in front of it every morning. It wasnt much of a challenge, that's why I quit hunting that private land.
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Excellent story Ansonlynn!
Mine was a charging blackbear with a thompson contender 30/30 at about 4 feet and closing.
That or the charging yet camacazie(sp?) greenwing teal that liked my calling a little too good. I had a bead on him and before I could pull the trigger was at 2 feet and closing. I about fell over backwards. I pulled the trigger in self defense and he landed plump in the water right next to me, missing a wing and head which were never found.
Mine was a charging blackbear with a thompson contender 30/30 at about 4 feet and closing.
That or the charging yet camacazie(sp?) greenwing teal that liked my calling a little too good. I had a bead on him and before I could pull the trigger was at 2 feet and closing. I about fell over backwards. I pulled the trigger in self defense and he landed plump in the water right next to me, missing a wing and head which were never found.
I was pushing a grove of trees; a buck ran out the end. The guys sitting point started shooting. The buck turned around and came back. I was standing on the trail he was running down. I shot him at point blank. The end of the barrel. He fell at my feet. A bear I shot No kidding I stuck the barrel of a 357 right behind his ear. The barrel was touching his skull. He had just come through the window of my cabin to have bacon and eggs.
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I swear, that's a real good question. Thought alot about it, I can't remember shooting less than 100yds. Guess I'm not very sneeky, but my 7mm mag is!!
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BOHNTR,
I know a guy who had a close encouter with a BIG black bear. He was sitting in a ground blind overlooking a wallow waiting for a bull when a huge black bear opened up the blind and looked in at him face to face. He shot it point blank with his recurve. I'm sure he had to throw his undershorts away.
I know a guy who had a close encouter with a BIG black bear. He was sitting in a ground blind overlooking a wallow waiting for a bull when a huge black bear opened up the blind and looked in at him face to face. He shot it point blank with his recurve. I'm sure he had to throw his undershorts away.
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LAST EDITED ON Jan-20-07 AT 10:33PM (MST)[p]I shot an antelope with my bow on a dead run at about 6 feet. The arrow zipped thru and was stuck in the groud about 10-12 feet away.
Another time I was hiking down a trail thru some pines and noticed 3 bucks about 60 yards ahead on a brush sidehill up above the trail. I was between two pines on the trail trying to decide what to do when something startled the bucks and they bolted down the hill. The largest, a decent 3X4 hit the trail and turned and headed right toward me. I drew my bow expecting the buck to see me and stop. He was bounding right at me and finally I could see he wasn't going to stop. I released my arrow just seconds before the buck ran into my bow. The arrow hit him in the right side of the neck, and the deer knocked me down, he fell down and then got up and took off up and over the hill. Needless to say I was pretty shaken up. I finally got settled down and went to put another arrow on my string to start tracking the buck, and found my quiver was bent around my bow and into my string and two of my arrows were bent. Took some bending and twisting to get it so I could draw my bow again. Tracked the buck about 200 yards and finished him off with a 40 yard shot. Quite an afternoon..
Another time I was hiking down a trail thru some pines and noticed 3 bucks about 60 yards ahead on a brush sidehill up above the trail. I was between two pines on the trail trying to decide what to do when something startled the bucks and they bolted down the hill. The largest, a decent 3X4 hit the trail and turned and headed right toward me. I drew my bow expecting the buck to see me and stop. He was bounding right at me and finally I could see he wasn't going to stop. I released my arrow just seconds before the buck ran into my bow. The arrow hit him in the right side of the neck, and the deer knocked me down, he fell down and then got up and took off up and over the hill. Needless to say I was pretty shaken up. I finally got settled down and went to put another arrow on my string to start tracking the buck, and found my quiver was bent around my bow and into my string and two of my arrows were bent. Took some bending and twisting to get it so I could draw my bow again. Tracked the buck about 200 yards and finished him off with a 40 yard shot. Quite an afternoon..
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Also shot a mountain lion with my .357 pistol at a distance of probably 6 inches...
He was in a cave, and I was on the outside looking thru a 12" X 3" crack in the rock. He was backed up into a dead end and his head was right under the crack in the rock. Just stuck my barrel down into the hole, and shot him right in the ear. Another very memorable day..
He was in a cave, and I was on the outside looking thru a 12" X 3" crack in the rock. He was backed up into a dead end and his head was right under the crack in the rock. Just stuck my barrel down into the hole, and shot him right in the ear. Another very memorable day..
