What's your closest deer?

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What was the closest deer you have ever shot, and what were you using? Mine was about 5-6 yards. I was using a rem 7400 30 06

Dave.
 
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Hell, I got you all beat. 1-3 feet with a crossbow :D

I was walking out the trail from my stand, and part of my route out takes me past another guys stand (about 100 yards off the trail). Anyway, I called it quits for the morning at 10:30 Am and was walking out when I heard him release his compund. All of a sudden I head crashing coming through the bush to my right, and all I had time to do was kneel. Sure enough, a big 8 point camp flying through the hawthorns, and literally skidded to a stop 3 feet in front of me! Funny part was, I could have reached out and touched him, but he had NO idea I was even there....he was looking back behind him (there were more deer coming through the thicket). I didn't even have to aim :D
 
2 paces, so I guess it was only 1 yard from the muzzle. I was tracking a hit doe and head shot this one by mistake. Turns out the only hole in it was my "finisher". 50 caliber muzzleloader.
 
Wrong Way said:
Hell, I got you all beat. 1-3 feet with a crossbow :D

I was walking out the trail from my stand, and part of my route out takes me past another guys stand (about 100 yards off the trail). Anyway, I called it quits for the morning at 10:30 Am and was walking out when I heard him release his compund. All of a sudden I head crashing coming through the bush to my right, and all I had time to do was kneel. Sure enough, a big 8 point camp flying through the hawthorns, and literally skidded to a stop 3 feet in front of me! Funny part was, I could have reached out and touched him, but he had NO idea I was even there....he was looking back behind him (there were more deer coming through the thicket). I didn't even have to aim :D
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So you got it on the first shot?






:p
 
well the first buck i ever shot came in 13 yards from me. I had fallin through the ice into a beaver pond on the way to my spot, an old fence line between two fields, and was freezing to death (or at least felt like i was). So i got to my spot settled in and made a quick rattle and grunt, then curled up in a ball to try and keep warm. By the time i noticed he was there he was staring right at me and was so close i could see his breath. Of course my rifle was laying on the ground beside me and i couldn't get to it. The buck spooked and ran out to about 75 yards where i took him. So anyways closest buck was last year 32 yards with a crossbow, closest deer was my first deer ever and was under 20 yards, also with a crossbow.
 
oh i forgot...2 years ago i had a little spike that kept coming back to my stand. I could have shot him directly under my stand, a few times. I never did take a shot at him though, i wanted his bigger brother, but i did get a chance to practice drawing my bow on him a few times.
 
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