The Frontal Shot!

[Aron Snyder]

So who would take a frontal shot and who thinks it's unethical?

 

[RosinBag]

I good with it, but there are factors to consider which need to be on your side.

 

[Beastmode]

Personally for deer I will if conditions are right. Elk not me.

 

[CaseyU]

+1 what rosin said

 

[shaun]

I say hammer down

 

[rutfest]

I would do it under right circumstances.

 

[armyjoe]

Absolutely I'd take a frontal shot. Under 30 yrds and good conditions = dead animal.

 

[ohhiitznik]

I'd take a frontal shot if it presented itself. Out to about 50 yards I'd be comfortable with it.

 

[Jared Lampton]

yes but everything has to be perfect. killed my first bull with a frontal @ 12 paces.

 

[justin davis]

Oh yea. Frontal is a very deadly shot. I have done it a couple times with great success.

Personally for deer I will if conditions are right. Elk not me.

Why? My opinion is elk are bigger than deer. Bigger hole to slip the arrow in.

 

[Ryan Avery]

Oh Boy, this should be good! I have shot 3 bulls with the frontal. Two dropped dead within a hundred yards. One I never found.

 

[Trout bum]

Inside 20 yards. Clear path. Calm breath. I'd shoot. 20 yards is a good cutoff distance for that shot for me. Anything further than that and I would pass.

 

[Beastmode]

Bigger target but some damn tough bones up front. The way the ribs start on the front of an animal aren't super arrow friendly depending on the frontal angle. A good broadhead will blow right through these on a deer, an elk it should but strange things happen. I feel more confident blowing through these bones on a deer. Not confident =Me not shooting simple as that.

 

[TRIPLE]

I'm always down with full frontal!

 

[Ross]

I will pass, create another opportunity or angle and sleep well at night.

 

[Craig Van Arsdale]

I'm ok with it. I know where to shoot and as long as the stars are aligned i will take the shot (don't think i would do it beyond 25-30yds though). I also shoot a lot of KE and MO so i feel i have a little leeway if i hit bone.

 

[123 4/8 P&Y]

I love these threads!

 

[sk1]

perfect circumstances im down with this shot under 30, part of those circumstances include a calm relaxed animal not on alert.

 

[ORbowhunter869]

My very first year of bowhunting I passed on a 5x5, frontal at just under 20. Should have shot--but didn't feel comfortable with it at the time. Now would be fine with it, at 20 or less. Everyone has their own comfort zone.

 

[Swede]

Under the right conditions at 20 yards, I'll take it. The big problem with longer shots is with the time the animal has to move.