Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Hunting
Elk Hunting
Cow elk caliber
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="bballard" data-source="post: 2412369" data-attributes="member: 25875"><p>Not trying to impose my opinion on anyone, but here is a little story from deer hunting with some friends last fall. We all had any deer tags and hunted for bucks the first few days of the hunt. I did not find a buck that I was interested in taking, so I decided to fill my tag with a nice medium sized doe for the freezer. This doe gave me a 75 yard standing broadside shot, which I promptly took by sending one through both lungs. The doe did not go far and there was no wasted meat to speak of. When I got back to camp, one of the guys in the party gave me crap several times for not "head" shooting the doe and asked why I didn't. I told him that I just generally don't do that because of the possibility of wounding or missing. The very next day this guy was hunting with my brother and came across a doe that he was going to fill his tag with. The doe was about 50 yards away looking at him. Well, he tried his "head" shot and ended up blowing half the doe's face off. It ran in a big circle and made a rather agonizing noise as you can imagine. He ended up shooting it a couple more times to finish it off. I am glad I was not there to witness this. After hearing the story from my brother back at camp, I made sure I told him that this is why I don't do head shots. He didn't have too much to say then........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bballard, post: 2412369, member: 25875"] Not trying to impose my opinion on anyone, but here is a little story from deer hunting with some friends last fall. We all had any deer tags and hunted for bucks the first few days of the hunt. I did not find a buck that I was interested in taking, so I decided to fill my tag with a nice medium sized doe for the freezer. This doe gave me a 75 yard standing broadside shot, which I promptly took by sending one through both lungs. The doe did not go far and there was no wasted meat to speak of. When I got back to camp, one of the guys in the party gave me crap several times for not "head" shooting the doe and asked why I didn't. I told him that I just generally don't do that because of the possibility of wounding or missing. The very next day this guy was hunting with my brother and came across a doe that he was going to fill his tag with. The doe was about 50 yards away looking at him. Well, he tried his "head" shot and ended up blowing half the doe's face off. It ran in a big circle and made a rather agonizing noise as you can imagine. He ended up shooting it a couple more times to finish it off. I am glad I was not there to witness this. After hearing the story from my brother back at camp, I made sure I told him that this is why I don't do head shots. He didn't have too much to say then........ [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Hunting
Elk Hunting
Cow elk caliber
Top