New pics/shot added page 6. Would you take this shot?

[Steve Jr]

I wouldn't take that shot, I would let him walk and see if he gave me a shot I was comfortable with.

[Tedd]

I'll try another shot scenerio tomorrow and post it.

[Sixby]

I don';t need to kill a deer bad enough to ever take that shot unless it is in a survival situation. In that case I would take any shot with even a slight possibility of a kill or a cripple I could track down. I have seen the ridge on a scapula stop arrows right there. Of course on that shot you probably only get one shot and not three good ones. What happens on that shot , movement at all of the deer. imperfection for any reason on your part and you have a wounded animal that can go miles.
So No.

God bless, Steve

[old_goat2]

Yes with a rifle or shotgun with slug;-) Otherwise with a bow I'd wait a bit

[doubleo]

Nope!

[Fletcher]

I'm not taking it, either.  Foam doesn't have bone and heavy stuff to shoot thru, but that shot on a deer does and.  Even if you manage to get thru the heavy stuff into the vitals, an exit hole is unlikely and the blood trail will be poor at best.  I've lost a few deer and I don't like it; it's not worth it to me to take that shot.

[Tedd]

Again, not trying to argue. Just discuss... I did figure most of you would say no, don't shoot. And this is not a shot I want to take but one I have been presented with way too often recently. Certainly we can pick up any bow hunting magazine currently on the rack and find a writer telling us this is a bad shot. I'd like to know what criteria are you basing your response on. Have you taken this shot? Was it with a tuned setup and quality traditional broad heads?

[BWD]

No.

[KSdan]

No. Those are in shoulder blade.

[Kevin Winkler]

No, not at that angle.

[huskyarcher]

Not with a bow. Cant win in that situation

[Sixby]

I'm making my response on experience of over 50 years of bowhunting, What I have personally experienced and what I have seen. I don't need a writer to tell me what or what not to take. Anyway it would not matter what someone else says about how many deer that they have killed with that shot. I would not take it.

God bless, Steve

[Orion]

Tedd:  As I explained, I wouldn't take that shot because the top leg bone and scapula are protecting almost all the vital area.  Your shots, IMO all would strike the scapula, particularly if the deer reacted just a small amount to your shot.

I haven't taken a shot like that, though I've certainly had opportunity to do so, but over more than 50 years of hunting, I have hit a few deer in the scapula, usually shooting a 55-60# bow, well tuned wood arrows and 4-blade Zwickey deltas, once with an aluminum arrow and replaceable blade 4-blade broad head.  Shooting from above out of a tree stand, not once did my arrow make it through the scapula. It's just a low percentage shot.

Sure a heavy bow, arrow and broad head might plow right through the leg bone or scapula, particularly on a small deer, say 120-160# or less, but that's not the way to bet IMO.

[shreffler]

Is it possible to kill a deer with a sharp broadhead and a perfectly placed shot (and a lot of luck) from that angle? Sure. But in 99% of situations, I would wait. As i think most people would with a stickbow.

[Orion]

One more observation.  If you've been faced with this shot a lot, maybe there's something in the way you set up (re the most likely direction the critter is expected to come from) that you might be able to change to get a different angle as the critter passes by. In your pix, for example, I'd set up perpendicular to the trail, not tangential to it.

[Charlie3]

I'm confident my 640 grain grizzly tipped arrows traveling at 190 fps are capable of killing from that angle, but I have no reason to take chances. Let him take a few more steps then shoot. We are bowhunting, not spraying automatic rifle fire to keep the veil cong's heads down. Be judicious with your shot choices.

[RLA]

Same shot, you can see the entrance & the exit in the white belly hair

 

[RLA]

He didn't slow down long enough for a lot of debate

[Carpdaddy]

Wait! With a trail that worn he is bound to come on by.

[Carpdaddy]

"Same shot" then how did you hit him on the right side? Lol; just kidding around, good shot!