What was your closest shot

[Nice Racks]

Anyone ever see the footage of keith mark standing his ground and shooting the bull moose at about 28 inches as it was charging him? His fletching hadn't left his bow as his broadhead was entering the bulls chest.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Muzzleloader - about 2 inches on a ruffed grouse pecking on an apple, straight down one-handed while sitting in an apple tree crotch

  once I was grouse hunting with the 12 ga but packing a .22 pistol too.  I almost stepped on one that flew up and landed on a branch next to my chest.  I pulled the pistol and capped it like it was in a phone booth.  Felt like an assassination...weird.

I thought it broke my wrist!  Won't do that again, 100 grains of pyrodex behind a 385gr buffalo ball.  Glad I did it once though.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Mine was a muzzy spike I killed ..about 3 steps but when I was about 17 and in high school I was bowhunting and this whitetail doe walked past me inches away ...No I do not wear all that scent killer crap  But as she passed I slapped her on the butt and u talk about scaring the scrap out of something !

[Pete112288]

About 10 yards on my best buck to date, came in chasing a doe, heart shot while chasing her.
About 6-8 yards on a called in coyote, came around a burm and was right there, didnt have time to switch to buckshot, left a watermelon sized exit hole with the 12 ga slug

[bolsen]

Closest with a bow was around 5 yards, first archery kill. Rifle I killed 2 bulls in high school under 10 yards in some heavy rain storms.  One was feeding under a blown down hemlock I was walking across a draw on. Scared the hell out of me.

[Tbob]

My only buck was shot at 4 feet with a bow. He was on a dead run RIGHT in front of me. Double lung pass through. He took 2 bounces and fell dead on his face! Shot a Doe at 3 yards with my bow. She hit the ground like I hit her with my car. I couldn't believe how much energy that arrow had behind it. Had a HUGE Rosie bull sniff the end of my arrow one time while I was at full draw. Never got a shot as he walked straight at me and never changed course. I was Affraid to take the straight on shot so I didn't! It was totally crazy. I was actually a little scared!! Those things are really big when they are right in front of you with nothing in between you!!  I also had a yearling deer ( spots barely visible) walk right into me one time. The look on its face was priceless. I also had a coyote walk over my feet one time while sitting against a stump.. Guess my camo was working that day!

[Taco280AI]

About 15 yards or so

[Buzz2401]

3 yards with a 7mm mag. 

[Peskadot]

5 Yards... On a 300 lbs boar hog in Oklahoma. Shot him from the ground also...

[shootnrun]

I've shot three cows 10-12 yards head on with a muzzleloader. They were easy to find 

Best shot was hitting a sow in the chest with a rock at 10-15 ft. I didnt wanna shoot her (44mag in my left hand).Stumbled upon her and her cub in the back country and she was livid. She charged us and I charged back and let the rock fly hoping I wouldn't have to squeeze the trigger. Luckily she turned away, got her cub out of the tree and they went their separate way.

[coachcw]

Less than one arrow length and I only got about 1/2 arrow of the arrow in him right in the neck . crazy thing was i was full draw and looking through my peep i had my top pin at the base of his skull and hit him mid neck ..... that was the bull i tracked for 3 hours and the grizz got . woulda been good to have a rewind on that day . second thought i could imagine going back for trip two and finding yogi on the bull that might not have turned out too good since i wasn't  carrying any side arm .

[The Gobble-stopper]

I realize I am on an archery  topic, but a friend of my Dads shot a bear at negative 6 inches. Bear attacked him and he had no choice but stick the shotgun down its throat and pull the trigger.

[RadSav]

I realize I am on an archery  topic, but a friend of my Dads shot a bear at negative 6 inches. Bear attacked him and he had no choice but stick the shotgun down its throat and pull the trigger.

I bet that was exciting!

[Odell]

 I have shot ducks and pheasant at WAAAY to close and learned from those mistakes. There is something crazy about having ducks land on you in a layout blind.

Big game, not really that close. Killed a decent buck at 17 yards with my bow. Have passed on others much closer, usually barely legal small bucks.

[GoPlayOutside]

Spike elk at 10ft with a bow, while a young calf was at about 4ft.  Had to hold my draw for minutes while the calf cleared.  All while the whole heard was surrounding me, and a huge 6x6 was bugling like crazy.  That was my favorite day in the field ever.