Tac... That is an unfair assessment to level at archers... There are poor shots and poor sportsmen in all pursuits... BUT by-and-large archers are dedicated, ethical hunters who are LESS inclined to take unnecessary risks than firearms shooter... The reason for this is that they have accepted the challenge AND responsibility of self-limiting equipment. Archers know that they must take close, high percentage shots... Archery equipment is lethal when applied properly... And archers are inclined to apply it properly. Then again there are low class slobs everywhere, and the downside of that is that a deer running around with and arrow hanging out is a damning statement... As I said earlier, you can't see the bullet in a wounded animal... This particular scenario was likely NOT the result of someone intentionally taking a head shot, but rather an arrow deflection, equipment failure or deer movement at the shot...
Bow hunting??? Not for everyone
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Tac... That is an unfair assessment to level at archers... There are poor shots and poor sportsmen in all pursuits... BUT by-and-large archers are dedicated, ethical hunters who are LESS inclined to take unnecessary risks than firearms shooter... The reason for this is that they have accepted the challenge AND responsibility of self-limiting equipment. Archers know that they must take close, high percentage shots... Archery equipment is lethal when applied properly... And archers are inclined to apply it properly. Then again there are low class slobs everywhere, and the downside of that is that a deer running around with and arrow hanging out is a damning statement... As I said earlier, you can't see the bullet in a wounded animal... This particular scenario was likely NOT the result of someone intentionally taking a head shot, but rather an arrow deflection, equipment failure or deer movement at the shot...
tactical870
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I agree. I made a poor shot many years ago with my crossbow, and ever since have limited my shots to sure things. I know mistakes happen. I had a bullet deflect in thick brush yesterday. My comments about some people not belonging in the woods was not limited to bow hunters, many people have no business hunting. A friend hunted with a group last week who fired 22 rounds in one day on 8 different deer and only recovered 1. That is unethical and wrong.
Sakoman .308
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Accidents happen, but I feel bad for the Deer. Man, that would hurt.
I am having a hard time with this one too.. A rifle? I mean, you do know what "rifle" means right? Your uneducated speculation is invalid.
I shoot recurve, crossbow and compound. Compound and crossbow are a walk in the park, both easy to shoot, the recurve on the other hand is tough stuff, that requires practice.
Google the meaning of "rifle" then see if you have anything intelligent to say.
tactical870
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- Buckhorn, Ontario
This.
The righteous hand wringers will blame the hunter, but without having been there and seen the event, there is no way to know the exact story.
I was witness to another CGN'er that had a deer swap ends and take an arrow in the side of the head, when it jumped the string on the shot. Pretty bloody amazing to see the reflexes in action, I can say, and it was a good clean 25 yards shot at the ribs before the buck dropped and swapped ends.
Buck was OK, other than, I am sure, a headache for a while from getting clobbered upside the antler base! Looked funny as heck heading off across the river valley with $25 worth of arrow and broadhead stuck in him. Had to be there!
Colossal waste of money for the feel-good lot. Boom! And straight to the soup kitchen! Simple no?
Cheers
Trev
NShunter1254
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I shot one that was perfect broadside ,stretching his neck out for an apple,Hit him right in the forehead it's amazing how quick they can jump the string.The story is posted here on cgn somewhere showing the broadhead buried in his forehead after i killed him a month later with the rifle,also a video of him on youtube under firefighter1254.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiCae-9ctbE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiCae-9ctbE
A lot of bowhunters have missed shots in the 25-35 yard range and blamed themselves when in actuality they were dead on and the deer jumped the string... Usually the shot is high over the back as the deer drops into a crouch in order to leap away... There are lots of slow motion videos online showing it... It happens so fast that the hunters brain can't register the movement in relation to the position of the arrow, and they believe that the deer bolted "after" the shot, when in actuality the deer bolted "during" the shot... Nothing beats taking shots on "relaxed" game to solve the "string jumping" riddle.
Relaxed! Key, that.
The buck I watched catch the arrow on the wrong side of it's head, was still on alert as it had just come up out of a river valley and was checking out it's path ahead, with it's head up, and ears forward.
He was very alert, and ready to bolt back into cover, which is what he did, exactly.
Pretty cool to see it from the vantage point I had, a few yards behind the shooter, and watching over his shoulder.
Cheers
Trev
The buck I watched catch the arrow on the wrong side of it's head, was still on alert as it had just come up out of a river valley and was checking out it's path ahead, with it's head up, and ears forward.
He was very alert, and ready to bolt back into cover, which is what he did, exactly.
Pretty cool to see it from the vantage point I had, a few yards behind the shooter, and watching over his shoulder.
Cheers
Trev
Urban deer. I would bet money that someone was trying to wack the stupid thing quietly in their yard. We had a deer running around town last year with an arrow in its head and a similarly arrow wounded deer up in Houston a few years ago. It could be a frustrated landowner or a lazy hunter/poacher.
