I was looking at these pics to remind myself of what I'm actually shooting at. I don't have a 3D target, so looking at these helps me to focus when those deer are within bow range.
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To be honest is that is the exit hole that arrow would have taken out both lungs a portion of the heart in the bottom diagram. A nearly perfect example of where you would want your arrow to exit when hunting from an elevated treestand. I see nothing wrong with the bottom diagram. As for the top one with the arrow in the stomach eek.... As hunters many of us have made gut shots. To be honest when hit in the guts a deer will seldom run farther than 60 yards and lay down. If it's a morning hunt you are better off staying in your stand for 5 or 6 hours quietly and then get down. Your deer will be dead or too sick to get up within 60 yards of your stand. The majority of the time when a gut shot deer is not recovered it's because it was pushed. On an evening hunt involving a gut shot you need to get out as quiet as possible and go back in the morning. These are great illustrations and thanks for sharing Ducati.
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I never realized that the liver presents such a narrow area for a shot. When you gut them out the liver seems enormous.
I shot one thrugh the liver once. He went less than 100 yards.
I shot one thrugh the liver once. He went less than 100 yards.
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Get post, especially for the new hunters [up]
A lot more to it fellows than what you are saying maybe I think. How the animal is standing in your own situation and what it does when it hears the string or you make a sound your not even aware of and the animal moves before the arrow gets to him. Theres all sorts of variables. Even when you have arrowed enough deer in your carreer things change all the time that's why it's best to shoot as close as you can get them in to you. Those pictures are only a referance and guide not gospel.
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Looks like a gut shot to me.
Probably signifying where NOT to hit.
Probably signifying where NOT to hit.
I think it's actually trying to show the differance in shot placement between broadside and quartering. I've seen similar pictures in an article about shot placement some time ago.
As for the liver shot,it is lethal and crippleing,remember Fred Bear shot his Bears in the liver purposely for that reason.
As for the liver shot,it is lethal and crippleing,remember Fred Bear shot his Bears in the liver purposely for that reason.
Good post, it may very well prevent a gut shot or 2 this fall.
In addition to showing a bad broadside shot, the diagram also illustrates how high on the deer you have to aim from an elevated position. IMO, that's one of the biggest mistakes made by newer hunters.
The 3rd arrow is just about the perfect double-lung broadside shot, without risking getting too close to the shoulder.
In addition to showing a bad broadside shot, the diagram also illustrates how high on the deer you have to aim from an elevated position. IMO, that's one of the biggest mistakes made by newer hunters.
The 3rd arrow is just about the perfect double-lung broadside shot, without risking getting too close to the shoulder.
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You don't want to hit the stomach under any circumstance. First it contaminate the whole chest cavity including your tenderloins, It's full of contents that will quickly bloat your deer,If left to long. Besides I don't want to track or drag any further than necessary. Sounds like you want to rely on a wider cutting blade/broadhead rather than a narrower aiming point.
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