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I don't think you should take a bowshot at a running deer. Sometimes, you just have to let them get away.
If the deer were already injured, however, I can see making an exception to that rule.
Not for me. I only take a sure shot for 2 reasons
1) I like for whatever i am hunting to die as quickly as possible. Spend to much money on good equipment, arrows brodheads practice etc to throw it away
2) The terrain i hunt in is rough kicks my butt every tim i go so I dont want to track an animal up nd down mountains thru trees only not to find it or leave it wounded.
Found an elk this year, had been dead a few days. Someone shot high and far back. Good wound channel but none the less still there. I got curious and walked around in a circle for a while and found zero blood
This is in the bow hunting section, so I assume you mean this in that context. The answer is ABSOLUTELY NOT. Only slow walking shots can/should be taken with ANY bow no matter how fast.
I can watch an arrow fly from a bow and there is a perceptible lag between release and impact. A lot can happen. Deer can move or change directions very quickly.
I don't want to hear anything from anybody about "it's all about what you're confident in doing". That's a load of bull. Byron Ferguson misses moving targets sometimes. Targets that are predictable in their motion/trajectory. Deer are not predictable and don't follow a trajectory. Y'all are not Byron Ferguson. Get me?
Don't mess around. Respect the animal. Make sure, clean kills every time. Anything less is unacceptable.
I would not unless he was was walking a pace i felt capable of timing.
I have heard that if you are going to take this good practice is to fill a tractor tire with foam start rolling it then shoot at a target on the foam while it is mobing
Do not loose an arrow at a running deer. That would be very unethical.
I will never take a runing shot at a deer with a bow, and that's final.
NO I WOULD NOT SHOOT AT RUNNING DEER. I WOULD STOP THEM WHISTLE OR SAY HI TO STOP THEM. I DON'T THINK I WOULD EVEN TAKE THE CHANCE ON AN INJURED ANIMAL. IF THE ANIMAL IS STILL RUNNING THERE'S A CHANCE IT MAY SURVIVE BUT MAKE A BAD SHOT MAY ONLY INJURE IT WORSE SO THAT IT HAS NO CHANCE AND YOU STILL MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER IT.
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I don't think you should take a bowshot at a running deer. Sometimes, you just have to let them get away.
If the deer were already injured, however, I can see making an exception to that rule.
This is in the bow hunting section, so I assume you mean this in that context. The answer is ABSOLUTELY NOT. Only slow walking shots can/should be taken with ANY bow no matter how fast.
I can watch an arrow fly from a bow and there is a perceptible lag between release and impact. A lot can happen. Deer can move or change directions very quickly.
I don't want to hear anything from anybody about "it's all about what you're confident in doing". That's a load of bull. Byron Ferguson misses moving targets sometimes. Targets that are predictable in their motion/trajectory. Deer are not predictable and don't follow a trajectory. Y'all are not Byron Ferguson. Get me?
Don't mess around. Respect the animal. Make sure, clean kills every time. Anything less is unacceptable.
Not for me. I only take a sure shot for 2 reasons
1) I like for whatever i am hunting to die as quickly as possible. Spend to much money on good equipment, arrows brodheads practice etc to throw it away
2) The terrain i hunt in is rough kicks my butt every tim i go so I dont want to track an animal up nd down mountains thru trees only not to find it or leave it wounded.
Found an elk this year, had been dead a few days. Someone shot high and far back. Good wound channel but none the less still there. I got curious and walked around in a circle for a while and found zero blood
Do not loose an arrow at a running deer. That would be very unethical.
I will never take a runing shot at a deer with a bow, and that's final.
I would not unless he was was walking a pace i felt capable of timing.
I have heard that if you are going to take this good practice is to fill a tractor tire with foam start rolling it then shoot at a target on the foam while it is mobing
NO I WOULD NOT SHOOT AT RUNNING DEER. I WOULD STOP THEM WHISTLE OR SAY HI TO STOP THEM. I DON'T THINK I WOULD EVEN TAKE THE CHANCE ON AN INJURED ANIMAL. IF THE ANIMAL IS STILL RUNNING THERE'S A CHANCE IT MAY SURVIVE BUT MAKE A BAD SHOT MAY ONLY INJURE IT WORSE SO THAT IT HAS NO CHANCE AND YOU STILL MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER IT.
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