Frontal shot with a bow

There is nothing wrong with a strait on frontal shot if you know you have the ability to make it in very high percentages .Yes more than once it is actually a very deadly shot and results in a very quick recovery . Practice the shots tou take and know your personal limitations because not every bowhunter has the same skill level as yourself.

Scout dont knock what you have never tried . Try it before you bash it . I have done it a few times up in MI years ago and the deer are way way more on edge over bait there than standing in a corn feild or walking down the same trail that they have walked down the last 6 months .Its all in what yoy were raised with and perceptions.

Not the same at all be fair its about ethics and if its not yours that fine that is the great thing about hunting in lots of state other than here you get to experiance fun and different things.

A few years ago I tried a shot like that on a doe wish I had never taken the shot, I spent 2 days tracking her and never got her. I was sick about it if I had known that the % was so low I probably would have just let the bow down.

In my case, that wont happen often simply because IMHO, if in close enough range for me it will probably eyeballing me and I wont ever again shoot at a deer looking at me, at any angle.

Very far away and it turns into a low percentage shot. The front end of the ribcage roughly covers about 1/3 or less (again, my opinion) of the center of what you see and chance getting BOTH lungs on a "head on" shot is about nil.

The rest of the possible results is a REAL good chance of just a leg or shoulder, or in between shoulder and rib cage. In all actuality, an angled back shot in front of the shoulder at about 45 degrees is a better option and one I prefer ( crossways on the ribcage gives me more innards to hit) more than a STRAIGHT frontal shot but again, not if they already see me.

About the only way I can think that EITHER could happen is if I was already at full draw and the deer turned towards me but was looking elsewhere........at about 12 yards or less. Wont happen often.

Oh yeah........and from a ground blind too, in my case. MUCH better angle of the dangle for a shot, I feel, but also why they would be eyeballing me LOL!

IMHO, its not about penetration alone, its a combo of probably hitting ONE lung, in a small target, in a scenario where the animal probably knows you are there and is too close to draw on.

Maybe "experts" can take shots with inky dinky targets at longer ranges and while I feel Im pretty decent, I know I also get pretty excited so high risk shots become even HIGHER risk shots so ........No thanks.

Ive seen the same on tv on a bull elk. Maybe for guys that make a living (but what shots DONT we see?) who do it enough they have lost some of the thrill (I. E. shivers, shakes, forget to breath, LOL) it's acceptable but agree it's not the best thing to show Joe Average.

They shoot critters over 1000 yards on other shows with CFRs too........Works for those capable of such, of which I (and I hope others too) realize I am not.

As in all our sport, regardless of weapon, it's about knowing YOUR limitations with what you are shooting more than it is about "CAN it work".

From the femoral artery to a double lung shot, there are MANY shots that are LETHAL........but each must decide just how repeatedly they can hit them and go from there.

Also, within our thoughts is how quickly the animal will die, the amount of suffering etc, and FEW of us don't want that to happen ASAP!

I have a book, and have read others about "shots of yesteryear" that indeed work, were often preferred by big bowhunting names YOU KNOW......but you would FAINT if I told you where they aimed.

I find the hunting world the only one where being "politically correct" is beneficial to all of us.

I know........too wordy, SORRY!
God Bless
Steve

PS. However, let us all keep in mind, TV shows are MOSTLY made to be ENTERTAINING and to SELL PRODUCTS........and are NOT, EVER souly produced as educational. Food for thought you consumers you! ;D

frontal shot on deer is NOT a shot. Too many variables come into play not the least of which is a tiny target on a hyper-twitchy animal...THAT IS FACING YOU.

Sure, its taken some game...but its LOST alot more, I guarantee it

Years ago I watched Dan Fitzgerald shoot a whitetail in the behind. Seems like he called it a Texas Heart Shot or something. I wouldn't attempt a frontal or rear shot myself but that is just me. The Fitzgerald shot got the job done though.

I did it once and the buck ran about 75 yards. I had to shoot again about an hour later. The arrow went thru one lung and in the guts.

I'll never do it again.....too much margin for error.

Your opinion....."real deer hunting"?