Closest Kill Shot
- Thread starter Levi Garrett
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16 yds. with my 280 Remington......a small meat buck...was reamed out by hunting partners for not head shooting at that distance .
Even though double lunged there was still a lot of blood shot meat up into the front shoulders .
I for one would like to hear/see more about Levi's self bow....please .
Even though double lunged there was still a lot of blood shot meat up into the front shoulders .
I for one would like to hear/see more about Levi's self bow....please .
- Location
- Hillbilly shack in the boonies
I could take pics
, anyone want to post my bubba rifles on the fancy wood thread that got started.Have those taken already...Had a fella ask me if I could make a war bow , like used in the 14 century , wow , it was rugged, and not easy to loose an arrow.
Some really good stories here! LOL! I've got 2:
Ruffed grouse 1.5 feet from the muzzle of my .410. I was 14 at the time.
The other was a 6-point whitetail buck I shot this fall at 12 yards with a 12ga slug right through the boiler room. He STILL ran 30 yards, stopped & turned around before hitting the deck.
Ruffed grouse 1.5 feet from the muzzle of my .410. I was 14 at the time.
The other was a 6-point whitetail buck I shot this fall at 12 yards with a 12ga slug right through the boiler room. He STILL ran 30 yards, stopped & turned around before hitting the deck.
I arrowed my first deer at 3 yards, ground level, small fork horn. It was the rut, I was growing bored and hammering away with antler crashing, seen him on the other side of the river, I was sitting on my butt on a gravel embankment, he crossed the river then started to zig zag up the ridge, his next zig would have put him right on top of me. I launched the arrow and spined him, I have never practiced at 3 yards before, dropped dead on the spot.
I swear I could see my reflection in his eyes before the arrow left.
Small deer, but my favorite.
I swear I could see my reflection in his eyes before the arrow left.
Small deer, but my favorite.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
I've taken three whitetails and one mule deer at under 10 yards, closest was about 10 feet.
Mike Oxbig
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Scarborough Ontario
2 inches. Raccoon through the gap in the boards on the cottage porch with a .22lr.
Fork horn buck at 12 feet with 35 Whelen 250gr SP, and a 275lbs black bear at 20 feet broadside with 225gr Nosler Partition from a .338 Win Mag. Both dropped like lighting hit them. We like getting close to our game here in the thick bush of Ontario and eastern Canada...not shooting them from a mile away like some of the flat lander's west of us.
alberta tactical rifle
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- calgary alberta
Charging lioness at about 10 feet and rapidly closing.
A 9.9 on the arse pucker scale!!
A 9.9 on the arse pucker scale!!
About 35 to 40 growth rings per inch, 70-80 inches long, nice & straight, good sapwood. Got quite a bit of more challenging stuff as well, lots of osage, a bit of mullberry and vine maple. some other stuff. Wonder if there are any more bowyers here?. If so, we need a new thread.
Until moving to Canada I did most my dispatching with my bare hands, up close and personal like. Those cotton tails can put up a pretty mean fight I can tell ya.
Last year will splitting wood in March with my brother and step-dad we saw a snowshoe hare still very white. We were taking a load of wood back with the ATV's. We had no snow so it clearly stuck out like a you know what. We stopped to look at it and my step-dad jokingly said "I bet you can't catch with your bare hands" we all laughed.
So I started to walk towards it slowly and unbelieveably I was able to get within a few feet of it before it decided to leave.....it run across the trail and up into a crevise into a little rock cut.
My brother said I can catch it.....we laughed again. He went up and around the top of the ridge/rock cut and was on his belly about 2' directly over the hare..... we directed him there as he couldn't see it below him. On the count of 3 he quickly grabbed the hare by the neck and held on tight! We laughed are asses off.....he brought it down for us to look at and it hardly moved at all. I told him to ease up a bit on his neck cause I thought he was choke the bugger to death and so as he eased up......it took both rear legs and drop kicked him in the guts! He dropped and it ran away.
I swear on my life this story is true and would never have believed it had I not seen with my own eyes. Apparently those daft bunnies think nothing can see them.....nobody told them when the snow melts there a beacon in the woods.
18 inches
18 inches with my browning 257R, into the left shoulder of a 10 point typical whitetail beast. I was waiting beside a large pine tree for my hunting partner to catch up so that we would be even again, without one of us getting out front too far. as I stood there I heard noise coming from a stand of brush on my left. there was a small draw between me and the buck brush. as I watched for my partner, this huge buck came out of the buck brush and ran right towards me through the draw. I only had time to drop my rifle to my hip and pulled the trigger as soon as I saw his nose on my side of the tree. he folded up right there with a large exit hole where his heart once pumped.
it was my first animal to have powder burns on his shoulder area.
18 inches with my browning 257R, into the left shoulder of a 10 point typical whitetail beast. I was waiting beside a large pine tree for my hunting partner to catch up so that we would be even again, without one of us getting out front too far. as I stood there I heard noise coming from a stand of brush on my left. there was a small draw between me and the buck brush. as I watched for my partner, this huge buck came out of the buck brush and ran right towards me through the draw. I only had time to drop my rifle to my hip and pulled the trigger as soon as I saw his nose on my side of the tree. he folded up right there with a large exit hole where his heart once pumped.
it was my first animal to have powder burns on his shoulder area.
