Shortest shot ever on a deer.RIFLE

[addicted]

Alright, we saw the longest shots. How bout the shortest shots. DEER RIFLE.

The bow guys pride themselves on getting close but lets see how close the rifle guys have gotten before pulling the trigger.

Mine was about 20 yards with a .223 topped with a 6-24 power scope 

[addicted]

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Let me break it down for you native westerners.... 8pt = 4 x 4,,,,,or 3 x 3 with browtines/eyeguards.

so thats how it works. i just thought the east coaster's couldnt count lol.

[ICEMAN]

Shot a blackie spike at about 12 feet once. Scared the both of us, before the shot that is...

[docsven]

I assume a finish shot doesn't count?  The last buck I shot was almost point blank, but he was wounded and charged, he also wasn't where I was looking for him

[PolarBear]

I shot my biggest "true" blacktail at less than 15 feet.  I tracked it through some nasty brush and found him bedded down with his head to the ground.  It all happened in an instance, he stood up and I shot him from the hip with my old 30-30.  He went straight back down in his bed.  He was well over 200 pounds and only a 2x3 but really wide and heavy.  I also shot a blacktail at around 10 yards with my 12 gauge side by side.  I belly crawled up to him and from over 100 yards away.

[hunterbuilder]

I shot my opening day sage brush muley last year at about 15yds with my .270. I've also shot a blacktail with a slug from a shotgun at under 10yds.

[buckmaster_wa]

A few years ago I bought a .300 win mag and topped it with a 3-9x50 LR vari X-III  scope. I practiced shots out to 400 yards and was comfertable with shots at that distance and was ready for a shot at that distance(open country snake river country). That year I shot a whitetail buck at 30 yards. I was kinda bummed actually. I wanted to see how well I could operate my new toy. But its always nice to get shots at close range. It takes a lot to screw up a close distance shot compared to a long range shot. 

[NWBREW]

I shot a nice, big 4x4 whitetail at about 18 yards......thats what he gets for sneaking up on me from behind. 

[Hillbilly270]

shot a spike blacktail at 10ft.  didn't realize he was there until i saw his face looking at me and scared the sh*t out of me. 

[JackOfAllTrades]

Both with pistol and rifle, I've taken Blacktail 2 & 3pts at less than five yds.

-Steve

[Axle]

I was on a ridge and heard a shot from farther down the ridge. It was open grass hay fields all around. I waited on the ridge to see if anything would come running up since I was in the getaway path. Sure enough, here comes this three point buck running as fast as he could. I just stood there and waited. As he ran past me at about 3 or 4 feet, I let him have it with a shot from the hip. He had one missing front leg from the knee down. That must have been from the shots I had just heard. He didn't even run like he was missing anything.

[croix]

My first blacktail was a little fork horn at about 4-5 yds with a 7mm mag.  He was supposed to come out on the OTHER side of the clearing. LOT of damage to the front shoulders.

[Bofire]

 :)shortest, 7 feet. Many under 15 yards. Black tails. creepin thru the woods in rain storms and wind, I like within 100 yards of the edge of cuts.
Carl

[Intruder]

less than 20

[mossback91]

My best buck at 20 yards with a 30-30