The Frontal Shot!

[wapitibob]

This picture shows the bone structure and position.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Well now you guys are just getting caught up in semantics, would it be better if I stated it was a 95% or better shot? Maybe I should say it is a very high probability.

 

[wapitibob]

Nothing wrong with taking any of the 3 shots in the pictures I posted, from my perspective. I'm 57 and started bowhunting when I was 15. We were never tought about the advantages of frontal shots and at this stage in my life, that shot doesn't automatically enter my train of thought.

 

[fulldraw1972]

20 yards and under there will be an arrow flying thru the air from my bow.

 

[In God We Trust]

Can't do it. Not judging anyone else either. I just know how crappy it feels to wound an animal and not find it. I felt sick for a month the one time I wounded a bull and couldn't find him. They are tough animals but wounding one makes for a miserable elk and I have to much respect for the game I hunt. Like I said not judging anyone else, enough of that crap goes on without us attacking each other.

 

[Schleppy]

After seeing all the info on this I would take the frontal shot at 20 yards or less on an elk. I originally voted no becasue I was relating this to deer and I still wouldnt take this shot on a deer because the area is alot smaller than an elk. I also do most of my deer shooting from tree stands so I'm used to waiting for them to turn, even with a gun.