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BAMA BOW MERKER

BAMA BOW MERKER

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Got lucky on the velvet hunt with my first velvet and my first drop tine deer. Had a heavy rain storm come through about 4 pm and it rained pretty hard for about two and a half hours. Actually got a little cold in August with the wind. No lightning so I stayed in the tree. Soon as it quit, had a deer down wind start blowing and bout a half hour later this guy came by very close inside of 5 yds. Thought I had hit him a little high, but with the straight down angle it was right through the boiler room. Made for a quick recovery. Thank you Lord


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Beautiful buck, congrats on persevering and getting it done. You made the best out of an undesirable situation (rain storm, then a 5 yard shot). Quartering away? How high were you in the tree?
 
Thanks guys. I was sitting in a lock-on at the top of a 20 ft climbing stick that I hung mid day. I was on the edge of a small clover/radish plot that was close to a big bean field that a lot of deer had been using. This buck actually stayed behind me in the woods walking parallel with the plot inside the timber. It was a steep drop off behind me in a ditch and he was at the bottom of it, I was actually about 27-30 ft above him. I drew my bow with him on my left side up under me but it was too thick to get a shot, he walked directly behind the tree within about 5 yds and I had to do a 360 turn while at full draw and stopped him on my back right side. It was a steep 5 yd shot quartering away and it worked out perfectly. He never saw me turn, because I was directly above him and I waited just a little bit to let him get by me. 20 yd pin at the bottom of the brisket and he ran about 40 yds
 
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BAMA BOW MERKER":2z8cwv2r said:
20 yd pin at the bottom of the brisket and he ran about 40 yds
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Takes practice and confidence to execute this "judgement call" at the moment of truth. Congrats to you. Are you getting him mounted?
 
Andy S.":1l4prvo7 said:
BAMA BOW MERKER":1l4prvo7 said:
20 yd pin at the bottom of the brisket and he ran about 40 yds
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Takes practice and confidence to execute this "judgement call" at the moment of truth. Congrats to you. Are you getting him mounted?
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Yes sir. I'm getting the velvet freeze dried and doing a Euro with him.
And I've definitely shot high on that same shot scenario before.
 
BAMA BOW MERKER":l1ejoj3r said:
Andy S.":l1ejoj3r said:
BAMA BOW MERKER":l1ejoj3r said:
20 yd pin at the bottom of the brisket and he ran about 40 yds
Click to expand...
Takes practice and confidence to execute this "judgement call" at the moment of truth. Congrats to you. Are you getting him mounted?
Click to expand...

Yes sir. I'm getting the velvet freeze dried and doing a Euro with him.
And I've definitely shot high on that same shot scenario before.
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a 5 yard shot gotta be high to hit where you want. I shot a doe at 3 yards last year, through the right backstrap and into the lungs. Hit the spine on the way down and dropped her in her tracks.


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^^^ a 5 yard straight down shot is as much guess work, prayer and luck as anything. 99.9% of hunters do not practice that shot from an elevated position and most cannot execute it at the moment of truth. Furthermore, the kill zone is extremely minimized and you almost always only get one lung if you make the shot, which is less than ideal. Of course, the spine is an option, but then a follow up shot is in order most of the time. It is not a shot I would not want if I had other options.
 
Andy S.":1s7rxzb7 said:
^^^ a 5 yard straight down shot is as much guess work, prayer and luck as anything. 99.9% of hunters do not practice that shot from an elevated position and most cannot execute it at the moment of truth. Furthermore, the kill zone is extremely minimized and you almost always only get one lung if you make the shot, which is less than ideal. Of course, the spine is an option, but then a follow up shot is in order most of the time. It is not a shot I would not want if I had other options.
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I've made some bad shots with my bow, but they were almost all near the end of my comfortable range. 5 yards put the pin where you want (aim for the exit) and it will hit vitals. 5 yards is plenty enough angle to hit both lungs. 10 yards is probably my favorite chip shot, but I won't hesitate to pop one closer.


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Thanks guys. I actually hit this deer in his left backstrap. I'll take close shot, but I killed many a gray squirrel, coons, possums, yotes etc practicing that shot as a kid lol
 
BAMA BOW MERKER":fvmqkrnv said:
Andy S.":fvmqkrnv said:
BAMA BOW MERKER":fvmqkrnv said:
20 yd pin at the bottom of the brisket and he ran about 40 yds
Click to expand...
Takes practice and confidence to execute this "judgement call" at the moment of truth. Congrats to you. Are you getting him mounted?
Click to expand...

Yes sir. I'm getting the velvet freeze dried and doing a Euro with him.
And I've definitely shot high on that same shot scenario before.
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Post up some pics when you get him finalized. Double drops is rare and very cool IMO.
 
Andy S.":1y7ruaag said:
BAMA BOW MERKER":1y7ruaag said:
Thanks guys. I actually hit this deer in his left backstrap.
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Quartering away? It looks like that from the two pics.
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Yes sir, he was quartering away. He had walked completely past the back of my tree. And I'll post pics soon as I get him back.
 

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