Kilboars
WKR
Question:
When still hunting with a friend or friends, how do you decide who gets the shot?
The reason I ask is because I bow hunt with guys that have more experience than I do and if it's a draw they would always get an arrow off before me. Meaning I need 5-12 sec to steady my shot on an animal and they need 2-7. They also are just quicker at making that decision to shoot or not. I'm getting more experience every year but so are they.
Last year I was Mule deer hunting with two friend and we jumped a decent 3x2 buck that came up from a draw, I signaled to the others and we all froze. The buck was staring right at us so I didn't move but I saw my buddy next to me knocking an arrow and draw back, I quickly grabbed my range finder and whispered to him "81 yards, 81 yards" with that an much larger 6x5 come up in front of the first buck and I then said " closer buck at 75 yards, closer buck is 75 yards" with that he released an arrow and smoked him. We were all Jacked. It was the only game the four of us would take him that year and were just amazed at how quick it all went down. Moral of the story was my buddy had the experience and mindset to act quickly to get an arrow knocked and I was frozen worried about spooking it. I was in awe and very happy for him and gives me much credit because he had guessed the first deer at 65 yards and it was 81. But he also said he felt bad because he thought I should've taken the shot because I saw it first. I keep telling him "he!! no" I was asleep at the wheel and had he not acted we would of come home with nothing. He showed me how things happen quick and you need to react quick. Lesson learned.
Point being if it was decided that I would shoot first that morning or who see it first shoot it then we would not of shot that mule deer.
Option 1: choose a day or 1/2 day per person?
Option 2: whoever gets the first opportunity?
Option 3: whoever sees the game first?
Option 4: non of the above:-/
When still hunting with a friend or friends, how do you decide who gets the shot?
The reason I ask is because I bow hunt with guys that have more experience than I do and if it's a draw they would always get an arrow off before me. Meaning I need 5-12 sec to steady my shot on an animal and they need 2-7. They also are just quicker at making that decision to shoot or not. I'm getting more experience every year but so are they.
Last year I was Mule deer hunting with two friend and we jumped a decent 3x2 buck that came up from a draw, I signaled to the others and we all froze. The buck was staring right at us so I didn't move but I saw my buddy next to me knocking an arrow and draw back, I quickly grabbed my range finder and whispered to him "81 yards, 81 yards" with that an much larger 6x5 come up in front of the first buck and I then said " closer buck at 75 yards, closer buck is 75 yards" with that he released an arrow and smoked him. We were all Jacked. It was the only game the four of us would take him that year and were just amazed at how quick it all went down. Moral of the story was my buddy had the experience and mindset to act quickly to get an arrow knocked and I was frozen worried about spooking it. I was in awe and very happy for him and gives me much credit because he had guessed the first deer at 65 yards and it was 81. But he also said he felt bad because he thought I should've taken the shot because I saw it first. I keep telling him "he!! no" I was asleep at the wheel and had he not acted we would of come home with nothing. He showed me how things happen quick and you need to react quick. Lesson learned.
Point being if it was decided that I would shoot first that morning or who see it first shoot it then we would not of shot that mule deer.
Option 1: choose a day or 1/2 day per person?
Option 2: whoever gets the first opportunity?
Option 3: whoever sees the game first?
Option 4: non of the above:-/