Closest bow shot
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10/02/20 07:48 PM
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All these deer hunting posts got me wondering what was yall's closest bow kills??
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Re: Closest bow shot
[Re: cotton]
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10/02/20 07:56 PM
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Savell
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... I’ve shot them straight down under me a few time in a tree..... closest one on the ground about 10 yards
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Re: Closest bow shot
[Re: cotton]
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10/02/20 08:00 PM
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About 5 yds.
It was getting dark so I got ready to leave.
I was in the timber right on the edge of it. In front of me was a hay field.
I took 3 steps and seen a doe walking up the fence line in the hay and coming my way.
Found a bush and got on my knees beside it.
She kept coming and stopped broadside. She spotted me but didn't know what I was. Too late.
Already at full draw I let it go.
She wheeled and ran through the hay field.
After a short search, tag was put on and the work began.
WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO TRAP!
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Re: Closest bow shot
[Re: cotton]
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10/02/20 08:08 PM
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So close I had to backup so the arrow could clear the bow while standing in a corn field.
Of course the one I killed with my knife was closer, but you said bow kill .
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Re: Closest bow shot
[Re: cotton]
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10/02/20 08:21 PM
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Mine was six feet from the base of the tree i was in
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Re: Closest bow shot
[Re: cotton]
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10/02/20 08:43 PM
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3 yards. Deer walked in between the rock I was sitting on and the one about 6 yards away. That arrow went straight thru that deer and shattered on the rock behind it. I thought I was going to have to pick shrapnel out of it from the shattered arrow.
Wild part is..... The pass-thru shot was the second shot I took at it. My first shot stuck in a sapling that I hadn't seen. I was swearing up a storm when I realized the dang thing hadn't moved. nocked another arrow and it took one step and I shot again. It took 2 steps and fell over.
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Re: Closest bow shot
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10/02/20 09:33 PM
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I was driving down the road when I came to a traffic jam. So got out to see what was going On. I see this 10 point buck hung up In a barb wire fence. So I go get my bow and walk up and shoot It. The crowd was In a panic and I said there was no way we could have got that deer out of the fence and not get hurt. I cut the fence and gutted the deer loaded It up and away I went.
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Re: Closest bow shot
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10/02/20 09:44 PM
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12 yards on a buck chasing a Doe!
Cold as ice!
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Re: Closest bow shot
[Re: cotton]
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10/02/20 09:47 PM
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Five feet from the tip of the arrow.
I was sitting between the branches of an old tree that had fallen out into a field. It was covered over with long grass and I used some to hide myself.
I was watching an area of the field where the deer like to feed. A young doe walked up that close. I had to wait until she looked away to aim. She heard me move but by then it was too late for her.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Closest bow shot
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10/02/20 09:50 PM
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... I’ve shot them straight down under me a few time in a tree..... closest one on the ground about 10 yards Ive never shot one with a bow from the ground. Have killed a couple that were near straight down. Thats a risky shot..a little off amd its a wounded deer. Have arrowed 2 or 3 hogs intentionally in the spine and one in the forehead....no blood trailing needed.
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Re: Closest bow shot
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10/02/20 09:52 PM
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I have literally had to lean back as I drew so I didn't poke the deer with an arrow. Happened in a clump of maples I was hiding in when I was a kid shooting at a doe.
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Re: Closest bow shot
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10/02/20 09:54 PM
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6 feet. Knelt down a couple rows inside a corn field when i saw it step out on a picked bean field and started coming my direction along edge of the corn. He took his sweet a$$ time coming to me but eventually he crossed right in front of me and I shishkabobed him through the ribs. He was 6 feet from me, fun time. Jim
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Re: Closest bow shot
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10/02/20 10:07 PM
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hmm. I know I've shot several deer at 6-10 feet But the closest was a bear. I ain't sure my arrow left the string before contact. And no, 5his was a non-threatening thing.
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