| From: 1/2miledrag
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| Date: 01-Oct-18 |
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Totally agree. I always shoot a couple before heading out on a hunt.
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| From: Ken Schwartz
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| Date: 01-Oct-18 |
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I make time everyday to put a few arrows down range! Always hoping for the big score while hunting .
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| From: Bowmania
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| Date: 01-Oct-18 |
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Hey LT, you're stealing my thunder. Kind of my subject for this Monday.
LOL, great minds think alike.
Bowmania
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| From: 76aggie
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| Date: 01-Oct-18 |
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Ye speak the truth lads.
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| From: Homey88
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| Date: 01-Oct-18 |
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Amen to that.
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| From: GF
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| Date: 01-Oct-18 |
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And to this good advice I will add....
I’ve been having a great time this summer walking in the tracks of Dire Wolf; shooting regularly from 65-80 yards out and mostly between 20-40.
But the thing is…
Even though I only very rarely make an effort to judge my gaps, I’ve dialed my eye for those longer ranges to the point where I’m shooting “over the spine” almost every time I take a crack at a 3D animal from what I would normally consider to be a realistic and reasonable hunting distance.
Now, the last deer I shot was hit just like that; I wasn't off by much; a half inch lower would've severed the spinal cord and anywhere from 2”-6” lower would’ve been textbook, with the inch and a half in between offering pretty fair odds of a quick knockdown hit to the body of the spine. As it was, I ended up topping the off-side lung at a steep angle (owing to a very short shot from a tree-stand). It did a fair amount of damage but could easily have been a long night or a lost deer had she not offered a fantastic follow-up opportunity.
So I’m quite certain that I don’t want to do that again when it can so easily be avoided.
Anyway, it’s definitely time to invest some time and attention in those “boring” close-up shots.
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| From: Nemophilist
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| Date: 02-Oct-18 |
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I practice all year, even during the hunting season. Besides having targets outside I have a 20 yard range set up in my basement so I always get to shoot a few arrows before I head out to hunt.
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| From: Skeets
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| Date: 02-Oct-18 |
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I always have a judo point and a SGT while hunting. Besides shooting at home I might shoot 10 to 30 shots at stumps etc while hunting. I don't worry about spooking deer. They think I'm nuts or hunting something else. Sometimes they let me walk right to them. Besides, I'm having fun.
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| From: Longspurs
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| Date: 03-Oct-18 |
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Always carry a couple stump shooting arrows in the back quiver I shoot on the walk in to my stand ( I hate 4 wheelers) I usually take a shot or two while sitting in the stand when things are slow. Never in all my years of hunting have I had a deer spook from an arrow shaft stuck in the ground near my stand. I do know a guy that claims his best shooting is the first shot he takes that day???, an he refuses to practice before hunts. He's also missed the last 10 deer he has admitted to shooting at so go figure
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| From: Bowmania
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| Date: 03-Oct-18 |
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GF, you bring up an interesting point. I've been practicing at 35 and neglecting shorter distances - 10-12. Yesterday I pulled a 40 yard target to 12 yards. I missed the first two shots. The reason was the way I held my head. Next shot I put a snuffer in one of those inch and a half spots on a Rinehart block.
Skeets, what a SGT? Some sort of cocktail?
Bowmania
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