Jesse Jaymes
WKR
Inquiring if there are any ways to expedite becoming a better Game shot? Other than field time and reps. I am a somewhat accomplished 3D shooter. Won some shoots. But I am not really a bow hunter. I LOVE rifles and reloading. Long Range practice. Given the option I would always choose to use a rifle.
Shot a buck from a treestand last night. I made a 25 yards shot much harder than it should have been. Deer was recovered. Maybe 250-300 track. Very little to no blood at the onset. Liver and guts. Floored that was the outcome.
Looking down from the stand, the deer was much smaller in appearance than I expected at only 20-28 yards away. It wasnt a big, juicy Rhienhart at 32 yards on the flats. I was patient and waiting for a better angle. Both my 20 and 30 (as seen against the buck) were behind the shoulder and I was confident in my pin gap and hold and started with tension. Shot went off and I had zero follow through. No lighted nock and it was pretty dim.
Recovering the buck....entry was pretty much where I aimed. Lots of me is thinking that an expandable Rage SC deflected off a rib....as the arrow exited much further back from the angle I perceived the buck to be standing. Not sure that is normal or credible, but that's not how my mind processed the angle at all. Was quite confident it was with on leg forward and quartering away. Exit wound shows quartering On unless it deflected on entrance.
Other than cull hunts, hog hunts, etc.....is there any way to become a better Game shot? I can shoot indoor, Vegas, ASA and IBO stuff. It did not even come close to preparing me for this.
FYI I am not 16......I'm 48. Bowhunting isn't my 1st passion, but I fling arrows almost every day. Think this was the 3rd buck I've ever taken. One when I was 15......one in 2014....and this one. I quit the game for a long time, as Target Panic wasn't a real thing when I had it and couldnt explain to anyone why I was so F'd up and punching not even close to the target with a boat anchor type panic. (I had no punching or TP issues last night-just recall eing frustrated how small things looked from up in the stand in the dim light)
Shot a buck from a treestand last night. I made a 25 yards shot much harder than it should have been. Deer was recovered. Maybe 250-300 track. Very little to no blood at the onset. Liver and guts. Floored that was the outcome.
Looking down from the stand, the deer was much smaller in appearance than I expected at only 20-28 yards away. It wasnt a big, juicy Rhienhart at 32 yards on the flats. I was patient and waiting for a better angle. Both my 20 and 30 (as seen against the buck) were behind the shoulder and I was confident in my pin gap and hold and started with tension. Shot went off and I had zero follow through. No lighted nock and it was pretty dim.
Recovering the buck....entry was pretty much where I aimed. Lots of me is thinking that an expandable Rage SC deflected off a rib....as the arrow exited much further back from the angle I perceived the buck to be standing. Not sure that is normal or credible, but that's not how my mind processed the angle at all. Was quite confident it was with on leg forward and quartering away. Exit wound shows quartering On unless it deflected on entrance.
Other than cull hunts, hog hunts, etc.....is there any way to become a better Game shot? I can shoot indoor, Vegas, ASA and IBO stuff. It did not even come close to preparing me for this.
FYI I am not 16......I'm 48. Bowhunting isn't my 1st passion, but I fling arrows almost every day. Think this was the 3rd buck I've ever taken. One when I was 15......one in 2014....and this one. I quit the game for a long time, as Target Panic wasn't a real thing when I had it and couldnt explain to anyone why I was so F'd up and punching not even close to the target with a boat anchor type panic. (I had no punching or TP issues last night-just recall eing frustrated how small things looked from up in the stand in the dim light)
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