I want to arrow one like this?

Founder · Jun 6, 2012

Opening day of the archery hunt. These are the two biggest bucks you've seen in the unit. They're feeding at just 48 yards. Do you launch an arrow? And at which one?

I launch at the buck on the right.

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HuntinFool · Jun 6, 2012

I'd also launch an arrow at the buck on the right.

eldorado · Jun 6, 2012

Definitely the buck on the right.

Eldorado

ShowThemToMe · Jun 6, 2012

Ya!

Maybe,just maybe the brush won't deflect the Arrow which is lined up on the vitals on the Buck on the Right!

Dang Brush is in the way kinda on both Bucks!

But then again,with a StickFlipper & it's Rainbow it might be OK!

You ever considered a GUT shot?

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oilcan · Jun 6, 2012

Yep the one on the right but i would not pass up the one on the left either

goatroper · Jun 6, 2012

are you kidding me??
my 3006 would go right though both and at 50 yrds done deal!!
just need to let the small line up!

justr_86 · Jun 6, 2012

Pass... 48 is too far...

never_catch · Jun 6, 2012

Why pick just one?? Be like nv_hunter and shoot em both!!

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ShowThemToMe · Jun 6, 2012

LMAO ~Z~!

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fatrooster · Jun 6, 2012

LAST EDITED ON Jun-06-12 AT 08:59PM (MST)[p] I too would rather have a closer shot. Put them at 40 yards and I'd take either one providing that the bushes are not in the way of a heart or lung shot. I think that if the buck on the right took a step forward he would be in great position to recieve an arrow to the pumper. fatrooster.

nickman · Jun 6, 2012

OK........I'd take the ugly one!

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BaldBeaver · Jun 6, 2012

The one on the right when he takes 2 steps forward.

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elkfromabove · Jun 6, 2012

The one on the right because the one on the left has me spotted and will jump the string!

mmwb · Jun 6, 2012

Out of my range with the traditional gear. But if closer I would shoot the right one.

GotBowAz · Jun 7, 2012

+1 fatrooster and I agree with elkfromabove too.

Id pass on the shot unless it was at 40 yards or less, Id take the buck on the right as the buck on the left appears to have zeroed in on me. Id also wait out that one more step for a clear shot at his lungs.

See STTM, not all of us just take a hail Mary and arc in a shot. That also might be why I haven't been very successful yet as I can seem to get down to 50 and 60 yards without getting busted. That last 10 to 20 yards I need is a real b!tch when it comes down to spot and stalk!! I get closer every year though! Sooner or later I will get to my range goal and make the shot. I love the challenge it presents.

GBA

nickman · Jun 7, 2012

>Out of my range with the
>traditional gear. But if closer
>I would shoot the right
>one.

.............Apparently, you guys didn't go to the same archery schools as the bowmen on "Game of Thrones", 'Robin Hood"......any of them......or "Kingdom of Heaven". All those archers have is "traditional gear" and they kill EVERYTHING at several hundred yards!

Obviously, it has something to do with licking the fletching before you knock the shaft......LOL!

As a serious question, does anybody, as in real historians, actually know what the draw weights of a Mongol horn bow, English longbow, Souix Indian bow.........etc?

I have seen the History channel do a bit on a Longbow with a "bodkin" point and that was some serious chit, but it just don't seem like technology has come all that far in the past 3000 years.

Enlighten me please.

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mmwb · Jun 7, 2012

LAST EDITED ON Jun-07-12 AT 07:50AM (MST)[p]Whether it was the Mongols, English bowmen, Arabs, etc... they could send a shaft over some serious distance. I don't know how accurate they were though and expect it was the shear volume of arrows that did the damage. I've read a bit about the Mongols and they did seem to have a range superior to their foes. They might have let loose a couple of hundred thousand shafts in one short battle.

My understanding of the Souix is that they weren't necessarily long distance shooters, but used heavy bows for penetration on the bison.

kingfish · Jun 7, 2012

40 yards is my max...( Recurve ) Buck on the right...

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Zeke · Jun 7, 2012

Do I only have 1 arrow?

Did you "launch" the arrow or "deliver" the arrow to the vitals?

Zeke

Big_DD · Jun 7, 2012

Definately the one on the right, and I think at 49 yards the arrow will fly over those bushes no problem. He appears to be a bit behind them and at 50 yards any bow is going to have some arc to it.

COLO3D · Jun 7, 2012

LAST EDITED ON Jun-07-12 AT 10:27PM (MST)[p]I applaud those who know their limitations. At 48 yards he's in serious danger for me. I am also planning on my arrow passing to the left of the big bush anyway. Also picture your 50 yard pin on the lower side of the vitals and you will see that the arrow should clear he brush anyway, depending on the distance of the bush.

Shoot the one on the right.

gznokes · Jun 7, 2012

the back buck

GotBowAz · Jun 8, 2012

COLO3D, it's not about knowing my limitations. I can put an arrow in a bull eye at 80 yards on any given day. I practice out that far at least twice a week so I am pretty comfortable that I can make that shot (48 yards) without much effort on my part?at a target, at a range or my back yard. IMO there are way too many variables on a live animal, specifically in this situation, it's a crappy shot.

I keep 40 yards as my max on critters because of those variables and because I feel it's what archery is all about. I would defiantly wait the buck out no matter what the range for a clear shot. I am not going to chance it to ?the arrow should clear the bush anyway?. If you have shot much at all you would know it doesn't take much to deflect an arrow. So fling away over a bush with the other buck looking right at you. I'm not saying it can't be done, but I do think these are the type of things STTM and others are concerned about, as am I.

GBA

NickM · Jun 8, 2012

As long as guys keep passing up shots, there will be more deer for me to hunt

I wish more people knew their limits, there would be many less wounded deer running around.

Don't get me wrong, I like the challenge of getting into close bow range, in fact I love it. However, if 48 was as close as I could get, then I need to prepare myself for the shot and execute it just as I practice.

That buck would be toast, no doubt in my mind.

COLO3D · Jun 8, 2012

LAST EDITED ON Jun-08-12 AT 08:50AM (MST)[p]>COLO3D, it's not about knowing my
>limitations. I can put an
>arrow in a bull eye
>at 80 yards on any
>given day. I practice out
>that far at least twice
>a week so I am
>pretty comfortable that I can
>make that shot (48 yards)
>without much effort on my
>part?at a target, at a
>range or my back yard.
>IMO there are way too
>many variables on a live
>animal, specifically in this situation,
>it's a crappy shot.
>
> I keep 40 yards as
>my max on critters because
>of those variables and because
>I feel it's what archery
>is all about. I would
>defiantly wait the buck out
>no matter what the range
>for a clear shot. I
>am not going to chance
>it to ?the arrow should
>clear the bush anyway?. If
>you have shot much at
>all you would know it
>doesn't take much to deflect
>an arrow. So fling away
>over a bush with the
>other buck looking right at I
>you. I'm not saying it
>can't be done, but I
>do think these are the
>type of things STTM and
>others are concerned about, as
>am I.
>
>GBA

if you are looking at the big bush as a problem, you are shooting too far to the right. That is a shoulder shot. Make a good shot and your arrow will go right over the small branch to the left.

GotBowAz · Jun 8, 2012

COLO3D, There is a little more to this picture than you are seeing or that you choose not to see.

I'm not looking at either side of any bush. I'm waiting on the buck to take one more step to the right to clear that bush, More importantly I'm looking for him to take one more step to clear the other deer a little more. The front buck already has you pegged and knows something?s up. At 48 yards I would think you would see that too. Your no longer focused on the front buck at the draw. Would hate for the front buck to jump after your draw at the release and hit him in the head. Don?t think it can't happen? Don?t kid yourself. 48 yards is a long shot. From looking straight on the picture. The front deer is only about 14 inches from the vitals of the buck you intend to lob an arrow at. 48 yards at 14 inches isn't much room, and then you have the small branch to contend with. I will wait him out and let him move or pass on the shot.

GBA