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Texas Heart Shot
NOCK NOCK:
I have only did this 1 time. Think I was in my late teens.
I am in no way advocating this type of shot, nor will I probably ever take it again.
It saddens me that not one person asked "why" I took this shot, Just went straight to bashing :( :( :( :(
To think that some will say hey "say it on H-W" I'm gonna take that shot is just silly.
270Shooter:
--- Quote from: KFhunter on August 24, 2013, 09:17:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: 300rum on August 24, 2013, 08:31:00 AM ---I would take it all day long with a rifle, I haven't seen it not work with a rifle.
With a bow, it just doesn't seem right for me. But, then again, they don't die of heart attacks.
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300 ultra mag in the pooper :yike:
I'd hate to be your butcher
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i don't see how it's much different than a gut shot, either way it will destroy the stomach/ intestines. There are a lot of animals that get gut shot every year and if taken care of properly they are fine to eat. Is it a high percentage shot? No, does it work sometimes? Yes. I probably wouldn't take it unless I needed to hit one again after a first shot that didn't get the job done.
Smossy:
--- Quote from: NOCK NOCK on August 24, 2013, 09:18:46 PM ---
I have only did this 1 time. Think I was in my late teens.
I am in no way advocating this type of shot, nor will I probably ever take it again.
It saddens me that not one person asked "why" I took this shot, Just went straight to bashing :( :( :( :(
To think that some will say hey "say it on H-W" I'm gonna take that shot is just silly.
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Why nock nock :'(, why would you do such a thing :dunno: What did that poor, innocent, fragile, delicious, tasteful creature ever do to you? :IBCOOL:
Smossy:
--- Quote from: 270Shooter on August 24, 2013, 09:23:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: KFhunter on August 24, 2013, 09:17:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: 300rum on August 24, 2013, 08:31:00 AM ---I would take it all day long with a rifle, I haven't seen it not work with a rifle.
With a bow, it just doesn't seem right for me. But, then again, they don't die of heart attacks.
--- End quote ---
300 ultra mag in the pooper :yike:
I'd hate to be your butcher
--- End quote ---
i don't see how it's much different than a gut shot, either way it will destroy the stomach/ intestines. There are a lot of animals that get gut shot every year and if taken care of properly they are fine to eat. Is it a high percentage shot? No, does it work sometimes? Yes. I probably wouldn't take it unless I needed to hit one again after a first shot that didn't get the job done.
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All I can think is...
BOOOM :bfg: Gotta poop.
7mmstalker:
Last year my wonderful wife made a 50 ish yard shot on a blacktail doe. I was sure she connected when we saw a bunch of hair on the ground behind where it was standing - broadside. As it had not gone down at the shot, but sort of trotted away in an irregular and hesitant manner, we felt sure it was going to bleed out and lie down. We were in fairly open cover and could see it continue to put distance between us.
A light rain and fading light making bloodtrailing impossible, pushed me to urge her to close the distance and try for a second shot. The Texas Heart Shot was on my list of "never do it" techniques until that moment. I urged her to consider that a wounded deer could suffer a slow death otherwise. She put the next shot in the center of the 8 on the doe's backside and when we approached the area, there was no longer any worries about a blood trail, the bushes were red from bottom to almost three feet up. the deer was piled up less than 20 feet from that spot.
Disclaimer:
She was using a 50cal muzzleloader.
I nor anybody I hunt with would take that shot under any lesser conditions, never as a "first shot" with any weapon.
The second slug was found in the severely damaged pelvic bone and the (femoral?) artery was severed ,- no entrails were touched!
Definitely not the way we want our hunt to unfold, but under the circumstances, making a judgement call to follow through seemed the obvious choice.
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