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| Shoot or No Shot 2026 – Episode #2 |
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| WapitiTalk1:
Date/Time: Early September 2026/5:15 PM Location: Somewhere in the elk woods Hunt Pressure Status: Minimal Hunt: Solo hunt; 25' up in a tree stand Tag: Archery season; any branched bull After game camming this active wallow since early August, you finally get to hunt it! You've worked your way in to your established fixed stand working the prevailing winds properly, and have climbed up and settled in around 4:30 for the evening sit. You've seen this guy on your trail cam images quite a few times when checking the card and have titled him "ninja bull". He always seems to hit the wallow from various directions, usually in the afternoon/evening, sometimes wallows, sometimes just sniffs the edges, and then is outa there pretty quick (never seems to stay long). OK, at 5:15 this guy walks onto the scene and stops where he is standing now. Of course, you're at full draw. It's 35 yards from your tree to the rotten log where the yellow dot is. I'll tell you that the ninja bull is not going to be any different this time than when you've seen him on your cam pics. He's gonna only be in the wallow for less than a minute and will give you three various angles to potentially shoot at. What you're seeing now is where he stopped after he walked in; this is angle #1. Are you shooting at this time? YES or NO. If you're touching off an arrow, show us where your POI is and which yardage you're using. I'll run image/angle #1 one for a bit then move on to #2, and then, #3. |
| Kingofthemountain83:
I can't shoot a bow to save my life... I have 2... But I have a Ten Point Viper S415 crossbow that I'll play along with... I've practiced extensively with it out to 70 yards... It's a tack driver and know it shoots flat enough to use the 40 yard reticle from 0-40 on deer sized vitals... Knowing he's under 35 I'd put the 30 yard reticle on him and split the front legs with the 100 gr 3 blade Muzzy on the 400 gr arrow... Betting it would stick out the lower side... Maybe even pass through... I don't know how far he'd go... But it'd be a hell of a blood trail to him... |
| High Climber:
I’m waiting. That’s a tough angle at any yardage. Not steep enough to go in front of the leg bone and too steep to get both lungs unless you thread the needle… a bull like that and a guy may be shaking a little :chuckle: |
| Longfield1:
I agree with waiting, only way i would shoot that shot is the exact spot where Kingofthemountain83 pointed out but only if i had 600+ grain arrow with single bevel broadhead. Too much bone in that area. I would dial to 30 yards. |
| Pathfinder101:
I think there's a lotta lung behind that shoulder blade, even at that angle. The good thing about that angle is that you don't have to worry about hitting that dead-zone. Even a shot that goes high will still take the arrow down through the lungs. |
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