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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: Mongo Hunter on September 06, 2011, 06:53:50 AM

Title: Got on one!
Post by: Mongo Hunter on September 06, 2011, 06:53:50 AM: I got on a nice buck Saturday and then again Monday. Just couldent get close enough that I felt I could take the shot. closet I got was about 50yrds, BUT I now know is schedule, he will be in the freezer soon!
Title: Re: Got on one!
Post by: jackmaster on September 06, 2011, 06:59:26 AM: well good luck to ya, hope ya get him, you deserve it just for not taken a crappy shot
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Post by: buglin4bulls on September 06, 2011, 07:35:28 AM: :tup: smart guy here! same happened to me but i got on multiple big mulies but just couldnt close the deal. Good luck
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades on September 06, 2011, 08:05:37 AM: I have great respect for a hunter not willing to take a shot if he's not within the comfort and shooting skill range in given conditions. No reason to be wouding animals. Keep at it. You'll get him. Tell us all about it when you do.

-Steve
Title: Re: Got on one!
Post by: Mongo Hunter on September 06, 2011, 12:28:08 PM: Thank you guys! Yeah 50yrds, uphill, no spotter just couldent bring myself to turn an arrow loose. BUT GOD DID I MISS MY RIFLE! :) Ill let yall know, Im going Elk hunting tonight, hopfuly it will go better!
Title: Re: Got on one!
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on September 06, 2011, 01:09:46 PM: OK... I'm not a bow hunter... But, uphill, I'm imagining more than 25 degrees, (otherwise that's not a hillside), Someone quick, tell me what that equates to with arrow flight perpendicular to flat ground. 42yds? :chuckle: :chuckle:

-Steve
Title: Re: Got on one!
Post by: BULLBLASTER on September 06, 2011, 01:16:25 PM: Quote from: JackOfAllTrades on September 06, 2011, 01:09:46 PM
OK... I'm not a bow hunter... But, uphill, I'm imagining more than 25 degrees, (otherwise that's not a hillside), Someone quick, tell me what that equates to with arrow flight perpendicular to flat ground. 42yds? :chuckle: :chuckle:

-Steve
45.31538935 yards. :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Got on one!
Post by: jackmaster on September 06, 2011, 02:05:14 PM: damn and i thought i had alot of time on my hands :chuckle: :chuckle:, thats some serious math there fellas :chuckle:
Title: Re: Got on one!
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on September 06, 2011, 02:08:11 PM: I think Bullblaster knows where I'm going with this...

NOT comfortable with a shot at 50yds... But, would he have been comfortable with a 45yd shot? That's 15' less arrow flight. Even less arrow flight against the forces of gravity if the hill was steeper than I've imagined. Not a big deal to us rifle hunters, but to a bow hunter that's another pin, right?

-Steve
Title: Re: Got on one!
Post by: BULLBLASTER on September 06, 2011, 02:14:10 PM: It definitely wouldn't hit the same spot at 45 as 50. The arrow still travels the full 50 yards. Just affected by gravity same as 45 yards. The vitals (bullseye) is.same as 50 yards so its just like a 50 yard shot but using 45 yard pin.
Title: Re: Got on one!
Post by: Mongo Hunter on September 06, 2011, 04:55:05 PM: What I was implying is that when you added everything up in my eyes for me it was not worth the risk of wounding the deer. i would not have taken the shot at 45, or even 40, I'm comfortable at 30. I have hit targets at 50 but who gives a crap about a target?

Years ago I wounded a deer with a rifle right before I killed it, its a bad feeling :bash: :bash:. so since then I have learned to calm down and if I cant do it in one shot I ain't gunna shoot. sucks i had to learn that the hard way but at least I learned my lesson.

and besides bow hunting is about getting close :)
Title: Re: Got on one!
Post by: bobcat on September 06, 2011, 05:03:25 PM: Quote
damn and i thought i had alot of time on my hands (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/Smileys/default/chuckle.gif) (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/Smileys/default/chuckle.gif), thats some serious math there fellas (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/Smileys/default/chuckle.gif)
Actually, it really only takes about 5 seconds if you have a calculator. Take the cosine of 25 degrees, and multiply that by 50. That's it, that's your answer. Try it.
Title: Re: Got on one!
Post by: jackmaster on September 07, 2011, 06:52:26 AM: Quote from: bobcat on September 06, 2011, 05:03:25 PM
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damn and i thought i had alot of time on my hands (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/Smileys/default/chuckle.gif) (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/Smileys/default/chuckle.gif), thats some serious math there fellas (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/Smileys/default/chuckle.gif)
Actually, it really only takes about 5 seconds if you have a calculator. Take the cosine of 25 degrees, and multiply that by 50. That's it, that's your answer. Try it.
oh god no, when i had to take my WDM 3 test there was so much math that it gave me a serious headache, i wasnt born to do math, i promise you that.. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Got on one!
Post by: jackmaster on September 07, 2011, 06:59:08 AM: mongo hunter that is awesome that you know your limtations and arent willing to deviate, at on time in my life i was a real good bow shot, i only used an old 50lb fred bear recurve i got from my dad, i actually killed my first duck at 11 at 40 yds, one shot dead duck, dad was a proud papa of his little boy, but there is no way i could hunt deer with one because i just didnt trust myself , i hunt with a rifle use to hunt with a muzzle loader, and i can tell you this their isnt to many guys out there that are willing to do what you have done, they would have taken the shot and hoped for best, i for one hope you get him, you have earned it for sure
Title: Re: Got on one!
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 07, 2011, 07:13:09 AM: Quote from: BULLBLASTER on September 06, 2011, 01:16:25 PM
Quote from: JackOfAllTrades on September 06, 2011, 01:09:46 PM
OK... I'm not a bow hunter... But, uphill, I'm imagining more than 25 degrees, (otherwise that's not a hillside), Someone quick, tell me what that equates to with arrow flight perpendicular to flat ground. 42yds? :chuckle: :chuckle:

-Steve
45.31538935 yards. :IBCOOL:
:chuckle: :chuckle: :tup: :tup: