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Mo_coon-catcher:
I have personally done it a few times when using a compound. When the arrow goes where it should the blood trail from this shot is ye best I have had making a 3' wide swath the 30 yards to where the deer fell. This has happened multiple time. But the last season using the compound before giving it up, I made this shot on a buck at less than 10 yards with a 2" wide head. The problem, my impact was 1" to the side of where it needed to go and caught 3 ribs going in. Stopping the arrow at about 6" of penetration with a single lung hit. This was with a 570gr arrow at 275 fps, and it still only penetrated that far. I lost that deer after about 12 hours of tracking and a HORRIBLE blood trail of about 3-5 drops every 20 feet. And the deer had to have traveled a mile minimum. I tracked it about 1/2 mile before the blood quite, and I found the skeleton a month later about 200 yards from where I hit him. After circling back. If you make the shot perfect, which is the size of a baseball/softball, it works great. But can you guarantee you can make that shot? That horrible track job/ loss was from hitting just a couple inches off center and catching ribs on the way in. Even though I have done this shot in the past, I will not be taking that shot any more. And I DO NOT suggest this shot to anyone. Atleast for white tail that I have experience with, the target is just too small to guarantee a hit. It's either make it perfect and hit the heart with short track, or a LONG spotty track job, no in between. Your choice.
Kyle
bradsmith2010:
good advice Kyle,,,with a self bow,, deer can move quite a bit even at 10 yards,,
Pappy:
Very low percentage shot for sure, broad side or a slight 1/4 away is what I wait for or they get a pass and chance to live another day. ;)
Pappy
paoliguy:
I'd much rather take no shot at all than an unethical one. In my estimation a head on front shot falls into the unethical category.
BowEd:
Yep ditto,it can be hard to do to let them go but it's the right thing to do.
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