Only bow hunters would criticize a man over a deer running 80 yards and piling up with a rifle shot that sounds like was better shot placement than most arrows are....It’s an animal get over it
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I'm just guessing that if he was able to walk up to her ans use the knife....she was almost dead anyway. She went 80 yds and piled up. Great shot and it worked.
Every day or 2 during archery only there are "need a tracking dog" threads. And probably half of those the deer isn't found.
He was practicing at long range and making kill shots. That is probably more than most "bowhunters" on here can say. If he can make that shot every time it is better than a guy with a bow shooting a 10" group at 30.
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My 13yo son, wife, couple of friends, some guy here working on our heater, have all shot pigs at the feeder that is 336 yards from our porch. I tee it up for them pretty good with the lead sled. I missed a raccoon at that distance though. I won't let my son shoot a deer farther than 150 or so. We don't practice enough.
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There is a different point of reference between rifles and bows. I'm not a fan of the long range pursuit type thing. I feel the same way about the long range shots on game with a bow.
Doesn't take away from the fact Hoyt made a great shot at long range.
Some really talented shots like Tim Wells make long shots on game. But to me that doesn't make Tim Wells a better bowhunter. Just a better long range shot. I wonder how many guys like him wound that end up edited out.
And I have to wonder if you Hoyt would have posted about that shot if it were a bit more back and after the 80 yard track she jumped up and ran off leaving no blood trail instead of a cut throat. Would you then have called in a dog? Most of us don't for a doe. Trophy buck is different.
I used to shoot 500 meter silhouettes. It was fun.
My longest, and one of my last, deer killed with a rifle was 265 yards. I shot a coyote at 285 an hour before that. That's when I put it down and decided if I didn't fill the tag with my bow I would eat tag soup.
Everyone has to find their own way. If that is the OP's way then that's fine. I'd bet he got a rush out of it just like I did on the doe I shot at 10 yards with my longbow the other day.
I'm just not sure where the line is between a shooter and a hunter.
I guess in the end I'm not qualified to make that decision so I'll just keep doing what I do and let others do what they do as long as it's within the regulations and laws.
Gary
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Originally posted by nativeaustin View PostMy 13yo son, wife, couple of friends, some guy here working on our heater, have all shot pigs at the feeder that is 336 yards from our porch. I tee it up for them pretty good with the lead sled. I missed a raccoon at that distance though. I won't let my son shoot a deer farther than 150 or so. We don't practice enough.
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Originally posted by Txarrowhunter View PostRead it again.Last edited by COACH_EM_UP; 01-12-2019, 07:30 AM.
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Originally posted by Txarrowhunter View PostNice shooting. A 22creed kills very well. I’ve handled several does with it using 80.5 berger’s and 78gr tsx’s at 3420 and all have been drt where they stand. Lung shots. 22-250 will do it too. Granted distance will handicap I never shoot beyond 250 using them.
Originally posted by COACH_EM_UP View PostExcept this one didnt kill. It just hobbled the deer enough to allow the man to slit her throat.
Originally posted by COACH_EM_UP View PostOk.
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Originally posted by Txarrowhunter View PostEverything said here was covered up there ^^ So this wasnt really a necessary explanation with rollie eyes ��
I wasn’t trying to be disrespectful if thats how you read it.
Good shooting brother. Congrats on the doe!!
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