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Post by Old Ironsights on Jan 8, 2009 18:01:01 GMT -5
Can anybody beat my arrow-through-the-eyeball?
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Post by powderfinger on Jan 8, 2009 18:19:51 GMT -5
Bragging about shooting a deer in the eye?
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Post by jimd46902 on Jan 8, 2009 18:26:39 GMT -5
Thats just bad shooting.... nothing I would tell anyone else kind of thing.  |
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Post by Old Ironsights on Jan 8, 2009 19:00:19 GMT -5
No, not bragging. I admitted it was unintended when it happened.
I was just wondering what other weird things happened out there.
Sometimes Weird is fun (in the aggregate) - even if unintentional.
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Jan 8, 2009 19:18:19 GMT -5
Uh, saw one taken with a combine. LOL
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Post by bigbuck on Jan 8, 2009 20:01:14 GMT -5
Old Ironsights - We all know that you didn't mean to shoot that deer in the eye ball. I'd rather be lucky than good. Taken that doe was meant to be.
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Post by mullis56 on Jan 8, 2009 20:03:20 GMT -5
WoW I saw that too the deer in the combine! This is no kidding on my farm our cash rents our property caused over $5K in damages on his combine picking corn when he sucked up a calf that was 2 days old and had gotten away from the farmer nexts doors fence. So it could happen...
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Post by danf on Jan 8, 2009 20:39:48 GMT -5
Can anybody beat my arrow-through-the-eyeball? No.  I think our family set a property record this year though. ;D Near as we can tell, 3 of us each took a deer in the same 7 minute span...... |
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Post by Old Ironsights on Jan 8, 2009 20:46:01 GMT -5
Can anybody beat my arrow-through-the-eyeball? No. I think our family set a property record this year though. ;D Near as we can tell, 3 of us each took a deer in the same 7 minute span...... That is good... Best I've ever lucked into there was 2 shots, 2 deer within about 30 seconds... |
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Post by Old Ironsights on Jan 8, 2009 20:46:36 GMT -5
Old Ironsights - We all know that you didn't mean to shoot that deer in the eye ball. I'd rather be lucky than good. Taken that doe was meant to be. Yep. Agree totally. |
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Post by scrub-buster on Jan 8, 2009 21:51:44 GMT -5
Several years ago, I made a bad shot as the deer bolted and stuck an arrow through the hind leg just about an inch above the knee. It ran off with the arrow hanging out of its leg. I got my brother in law to help look for it. We found one drop of blood. He said he was going to make a loop down through a dry creek bed and then go to the house. Well, about 5 minutes later he came back up the hill and said he wasn't sure what had happened, but on the other side of the creek there was a blood trail 3 feet wide. I thought he was making fun of me until he showed me. Sure enough, there was blood everywhere. When we recovered the deer we figured out what had happened. When it jumped the creek, the broadhead sticking out of the inside thigh of one leg had sliced the artery on the other leg causing massive bleeding. He still gives me a hard time about this every now and then. This taught me a great lesson, no matter how bad the shot is, make every attempt to find an animal that you shoot. I think a lot of people would have not even bothered to look for it after seeing where it was hit.
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Post by bigballer on Jan 9, 2009 9:24:29 GMT -5
I had one a few years back. Had two does come in on me. The bigger of the two came in right under my tree. The way they came in I didn’t have a shot. Well she scented me when she got under my tree and made her way back north the way she came. But she started going a little east and I had a good opening to shoot through and she turned around and was facing me. She was quartering to me and I had my shot right in front of the shoulder. So I pulled back and shot. Since she was already spooked she turned real fast and took off. I thought I had a good hit and watched her run off. She ran about 50 yards and went out of site but I heard her pile up and start kicking. So I just sat there and took in the nature. Well I started thinking about the hit and then I thought wait a min I saw the feathers on the right side of her body when she ran away but I shot her on the left side. So I didn’t understand that. Well when I got to her after waiting an hour I found out why I saw what I saw. She had turned so fast with her head that I shot her through her neck and then in to her side. When I gutted her out I had a perfect heart shot. The arrow was still in her neck. I know I should have gotten pictures of that but that was the strangest kill shot I’ve ever made. Just to let you know it was a 15 yard shot so I believe everything they say about a deer being able to jump the string.
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Post by freedomhunter on Jan 9, 2009 9:52:16 GMT -5
I had a big doe jump the string late archery at 30 yards, arrow was headed right for her heart, ended up high and back. She was relaxed, but I'm sure she was jumpy that late in season. I think the bad thing was that she was in a wide open shooting lane and saw it coming.
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Post by hunter7x on Jan 9, 2009 11:48:13 GMT -5
This season I was hunting with an unnamed person during Muzzleloader season. A small buck came in for a 35 yard broadside shot. The shooter was using a short shooting stick with a scoped Knight MZ. At the shot the buck dropped in his tracks but it seemed to do an overly long amount of thrashing. I helped reload the gun then instructed them to keep the scope on the deer as I got out of the stand. By the time I got down he had stopped. we approached the buck and I saw immediately a huge amount of blood from the deers ears and mouth. I thought it was unusual for a chest shot. The deer had went down kind of on his belly. I rolled him over and started looking for a bullet hole. I could find no wounds what so ever in his chest. So I started cleaning blood off of his head and found the bullet hole about an inch below his ear! I asked the shooter what they aimed at and they said I was right on his chest when I shot. I asked if they had dropped the gun or banged it and not told me? No not at all was the reply. The next day I shot the gun at 50 yards and it was dead on 1"high?
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Post by Decatur on Jan 9, 2009 12:28:39 GMT -5
This season I was hunting with an unnamed person during Muzzleloader season. A small buck came in for a 35 yard broadside shot. The shooter was using a short shooting stick with a scoped Knight MZ. At the shot the buck dropped in his tracks but it seemed to do an overly long amount of thrashing. I helped reload the gun then instructed them to keep the scope on the deer as I got out of the stand. By the time I got down he had stopped. we approached the buck and I saw immediately a huge amount of blood from the deers ears and mouth. I thought it was unusual for a chest shot. The deer had went down kind of on his belly. I rolled him over and started looking for a bullet hole. I could find no wounds what so ever in his chest. So I started cleaning blood off of his head and found the bullet hole about an inch below his ear! I asked the shooter what they aimed at and they said I was right on his chest when I shot. I asked if they had dropped the gun or banged it and not told me? No not at all was the reply. The next day I shot the gun at 50 yards and it was dead on 1"high? Seems like someone made the age old mistake of staring at the rack when the shot. ;D |
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Post by vortex100 on Jan 9, 2009 12:54:38 GMT -5
I shot a 8 point in 06 in the neck! I was hunting on the ground and the buck was at about 15 yards. I didn't make a good shot, but I did hit the jugular. The buck took off and ran about 40 yards with half the arrow sticking out, and the blood trail was massive.
P.S. - If hitting a deer in the eye is not lucky, then I don't know what luck is. I'm surprised it didn't bounce off her forehead.
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Post by hunter7x on Jan 9, 2009 13:25:52 GMT -5
This season I was hunting with an unnamed person during Muzzleloader season. A small buck came in for a 35 yard broadside shot. The shooter was using a short shooting stick with a scoped Knight MZ. At the shot the buck dropped in his tracks but it seemed to do an overly long amount of thrashing. I helped reload the gun then instructed them to keep the scope on the deer as I got out of the stand. By the time I got down he had stopped. we approached the buck and I saw immediately a huge amount of blood from the deers ears and mouth. I thought it was unusual for a chest shot. The deer had went down kind of on his belly. I rolled him over and started looking for a bullet hole. I could find no wounds what so ever in his chest. So I started cleaning blood off of his head and found the bullet hole about an inch below his ear! I asked the shooter what they aimed at and they said I was right on his chest when I shot. I asked if they had dropped the gun or banged it and not told me? No not at all was the reply. The next day I shot the gun at 50 yards and it was dead on 1"high? Seems like someone made the age old mistake of staring at the rack when the shot. ;D rookie hunter so it very well could have been! |
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Post by indianahick on Jan 9, 2009 15:22:15 GMT -5
I once shot a buck in the left shoulder with a T/C Hawken. The bullet hit the shoulder blade, traveled up and thru the spinal column and the spinal cord, then traveled down the right side just under the skin until it stopped. Needles to say he dropped in his tracks and the ears went flat. Heck the shot was only about 10 yards. When reaching the buck after getting my old Baker Pro Hunter on the ground and organized I walked over to the deer and looked at it. Great shot, on the outside. Upon field dressing I could not find where the bullet passed thru. After checking it in I took it home to skin it out as I was using a different processor at that time did I find the bullet and was able to figure out its path. Went to maxi balls the next year.
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Post by danimal8876 on Jan 9, 2009 16:07:20 GMT -5
Seems like someone made the age old mistake of staring at the rack when the shot. ;D rookie hunter so it very well could have been! I've got an uncle thats a pretty good shot, with his own guns. IF I shoot it, or my cousin shoots it, we hit high and right....my cousin and I are both right eye dominant, best I can figure my uncle that owns the gun and sighted it in, is left eye dominant. That, or maybe he just gets into the scope alot different than we do. My cousin and I can swap our guns and still drive nails...if our uncle tries to shoot anything we have sighted in, he's way off. That might be the deal with your buddy shooting your Knight muzzy... |
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Post by hunter7x on Jan 11, 2009 14:50:57 GMT -5
It not my Knight its theirs. I just helped with the sighting in process as they are a novice. I dont ever sight in some one elses gun. I might get it on paper but the final zero is thier eye.
Ive seen your situation happen before also.
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