Texas Heart Shot

[kentrek]

How many on here can 1-say exactly where that artery is and 2-hit a target that size every time. 2nd or follow up shot....maybe.

Anybody have good pics of the target size a bow hunter has when attempting this shot ??

[boneaddict]

I can 100% say I have never and will never take it, even with a rifle.   I have let multiple animals walk because that was my only shot.

[npaull]

Some confusion here - talking about two different shots. Texas heart shot is in the femoral artery in the ham. The other is trans-anal into the abdomen severing mesenteric vessels. Both shots are horrible because there's just no room for error. Yes either is deadly if you make it, but two inches off and you've just got a horribly wounded animal.

[dreamunelk]

The femoral artery are approximately .5 inches wide.  If you miss and go through the body cavity you have a good chance of hitting something important and it going down quickly.  You also have a chance of the animal not going down for a long time and therefore losing it or it no being consumable.  Take a shot in the heart/ lung area as we have be taught and that animals is going down. 

It puzzles me that people would take a low percentage shot or risk losing meet just because it is the only shot they have.  Score another for the anti-hunters.

[Smossy]

Thats in the butthole no? How would a butthole shot be your "only available second shot" lol
I wouldnt even be taking pictures of that.

[brianmtsinc]

NEVER for a first shot... and I don't think even a second shot... but I can picture a scenario where a bad first shot can sometimes force hunters to make different decision than they would normally make, and if they felt that shot was their ONLY possibility for a SECOND shot, I would not fault them. 

[boneaddict]

It puzzles me that people would take a low percentage shot or risk losing meet just because it is the only shot they have.  Score another for the anti-hunters.

 


That's being nice.

[Bigtine96]

My god....

[Goldeneye]

This is a poor shot that just is not one that should be taken.  A bull or buck is just not worth it. If your off just a tiny bit with a rifle your going to ruin a lot of meat on the hams or the backstrap.  If your off target with the arrow, you now have an animal with a ugly wound that might not slow him down for a long time..   

[Hunterman]

I've never been that hungry, or trophy horny to shoot an animal in the "back-end", my dad taught me better. He also taught me not to talk smack about a shot someone takes. Especially if I was no where near it. I know people who have, but that's cool for them. One of my friends has a hell of a buck.

Hunterman(Tony) 

[MLBowhunting]

As a second shot to help bring the animal down I have taken that shot. 

[Jonathan_S]

With rifle:  No, I'd sooner shoot for the neck.  It would destroy so much meat anyway.

With bow: No, no, no, no

[mountainman]

Never!! Let the animal walk and you get to go hunting another day!! Too low a percentage shot every time!

[NOCK NOCK]

How many on here can 1-say exactly where that artery is and 2-hit a target that size every time. 2nd or follow up shot....maybe.

I CAN

[jackelope]

You've got a 1/2" target to hit that isn't in the exact spot on every animal every time that can and will move. Sorry but I doubt it.