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#22 ·
shot through horns could been a deer sneaking in close, and guy was shooting between the blades as the deer lifted his head.
many ways other than the shot being too far for that hit.

as said before ALOT of speculation going on.

congrats to the hunter that successfully harvested him
 
#29 ·
gregtpal said:
They were claiming u have to tag a rotten deer u find long after u failed to recover must b tagged & bgh basically called the guy who posted a game law violator for not tagging
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Thanks why would any one tag a deer U find I read this whole post and as far as that game warden i came in contact with just used common sense most likely his boss might have disagreed, The Majority would not of acted as he did, I will be right back there is a road kill i just found i have to Tag. :)
 
Discussion starter · #30 ·
Moral of the story:
Know your abilities and don't push them past the limits just cause the rack is big. Don't think cause you can shoot 300 yard 2" groups from a bench means you can do the same freehand. You need to test your skills without the bench and then cut yourself off past your effective range.
If this deer was in the guys effective range he would not have hit it in the antler. (Weather it was 50 yards or 300 yards.. whatever distance was out of his effective range)

Don't try and slow down a deer for another shot, try and do a vital shot and put it down for good with the first shot.

Misses and wounds happen, but we gotta do our very best to talk ourselves out of taking shots we know are a bad idea just to up the Odds from 0% by not shooting to 10% by winging a shot at a nice buck. At that point the odds of a wound are way higher than a kill, and that's not good.
 
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JerseyJay said:
Moral of the story:
Know your abilities and don't push them past the limits just cause the rack is big. Don't think cause you can shoot 300 yard 2" groups from a bench means you can do the same freehand. You need to test your skills without the bench and then cut yourself off past your effective range.
If this deer was in the guys effective range he would not have hit it in the antler. (Weather it was 50 yards or 300 yards.. whatever distance was out of his effective range)

Don't try and slow down a deer for another shot, try and do a vital shot and put it down for good with the first shot.

Misses and wounds happen, but we gotta do our very best to talk ourselves out of taking shots we know are a bad idea just to up the Odds from 0% by not shooting to 10% by winging a shot at a nice buck. At that point the odds of a wound are way higher than a kill, and that's not good.
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Actually, when big game hunting, it is not uncommon to anchor an animal and then finish off with a follow up shot(s) just saying, like big Brown bears, Cape Buffalo etc. When I hunted Brown bear in Alaska, I did a spring hunt on the beaches of Admiralty Island. The beach was 50 to 100 yards wide. By anchoring him with a shoulder shot, it would almost guarantee follow up shots and the bear never getting off the beach. I had one get off the beach on me one time and we never found that bear not to mention I felt like I going to have a heart attack tracking that thing. On another trip, the anchor shot assured that bear never regained his footing allowing me 2 more shots to do the job. Probably not the case here.
 
#35 ·
tcook8296 said:
Actually, when big game hunting, it is not uncommon to anchor an animal and then finish off with a follow up shot(s) just saying, like big Brown bears, Cape Buffalo etc. I don't think this is the case here though
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I always finish my large bucks off with a load of buckshot to the head. lol
 
Discussion starter · #36 ·
MASTER BAITER said:
How does anyone know if it was a far shot? Maybe the deer moved right at the shot, maybe it was a young kid, maybe it was the tooth fairy. Bunch of speculation.
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Far shot is a guess... from lack of penetration of buckshot.
Far shot for slug is a guess as well from a shot nowhere near vitals
If it was a young kid, I blame the Guardian who should be sitting with the kid. Teach the youth hunters to let a deer walk if the shot isn't a high percentage kill.
If it was the tooth fairy I think we got more to worry about.
 
#40 ·
When in doubt
.shoot it in the face...smdh
 
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