made a neck shot on a doe...didnt kill her?

[sarcasm]Obviously! And it was a totally hilarious joke, too![/sarcasm] Just give it up, bro.

So...does this mean you wont "friend" me on Facebook?

Wow, dude.....you do realize that this statement agrees with what I said earlier about the trajectory of the bullet making the point of impact 2-3" lower at 20 yards than it would be at 100 yards? When you disagreed with me and said "it doesn't work like that", were you joking there, too? Hilarious!

I appreciate the refresher on 1/4 MOA adjustments...but what does that have to do with anything? Or are you just bring that up to impress random viewers with your basic knowledge of how a scope works? You know what? Don't answer that. I'm getting bored with pointing out how retarded your statements are. I'm gonna go find other ways to entertain myself. You keep fighting the good fight.

 

2 years ago i tried a 64 yard shot on a doe with a bow. it was the last day of the season and almost dark, so i was like what the hell.
hit it and it ran like 50 yards and fell down and started flopping around in a cotton field. i had no clue where i hit it. i thought i had pulled a great shot out of my tail, then it stood up. i took my binoculars, and saw i had hit it halfway up the neck. half the arrow was sticking out the other side. i watched that deer walk around like nothing was wrong, and never saw any blood comming from either side of the neck.
never found the deer, never saw birds looking for it. found the arrow about 70 or 80 yards in the woods where i saw deer go. no blood on arrow, i could not believe it. it happens.

 

you guys are funny.

for me if i am dead on at 100 yards i am like 40inches high at 20 wait that is with a bow never mind.

by the way i can shoot an 8in 6 arrow group at 80yards top that.

LOL this thread got kind of funny

sorry i had to try to throw a little of my own sarcasm in on this one.

 

This thread is full of win! [Dualing Banjos plays in background]

To Zulu, if a rifle is sighted in at 100 yds, it will hit almost exactly at point of aim at 20 yds. The scope is usually about 1.5" above the bore line, not the 2"-3" you stated unless you have some huge-mongous objective on your scope with high bases which I'm guessing this guy didn't. 7mm-08 is a "medium range" hunting rifle. A little 2-7 with a 32 mm objective is more than enough for that gun. At most, I assume he had a 3x9x40mm. A gigantic belled, mil-dot scope (which would sit that high) would be all but ridiculous on that hunting gun.

Any way, back to my point. It would hit at almost exactly point of aim. The line of sight is dead straight, the bullet's trajectory is not. The bullet starts at 1.5" below the line of sight. In the span of 100 yds, the below starts below the line of sight, then goes above it, then comes back down and hits it. The bullet starts low, crosses the line of sight at about 25 yds, gets an inch or two above line of sight at 50 or 60 yds (depending on caliber, bullet weight, etc), and comes back down to point of aim.

This fact is one reason why they recommend you bore sight your rifle at 25 yds. The target is close and easy to center in the bore. When you walk (click) it in to the bullseye at 25 yds, you're ready to shoot at 100 and expect to be reasonably close to bullseye there too.

 

No offense to the OP but I imagine he just made a good old fashioned bad shot. Its alright though, everyone does it at one time or another. Even pros flub shots occasionally.

 

You can see in his avatar that he is the bad guy from Tombstone. I'm here Huckleberry.

 

The first chart was a cut and past fail. I redid it so it is easier to understand.

 

noneck180 those are nice looking rifles.

 

Yeah, they are. I'm sensing some serious Tikka love. I have to admit, they are a whole lotta gun for a fair price. I've had a couple. All shot well. Buttery smooth bolts and nice triggers. I never cared for the styling though and the stocks always felt a little flimsy. As I said though, they can shoot.

 

Oh about a neck shot. Just let the air out of the animal and be done.

 

While were posting pictures. Here's the cow elk I got last month, only tag I drew this year. The rifle is my brand spanking new Winchester M70 Extreme Weather in 270 WSM. A sweet rifle indeed.

 

She is! But I'm sure you know that. Everybody loves elk. I personally prefer it big time over venison. However, the best is the oryx that we have in the state here. A true delicacy.

 

Neither had I until I moved here. Sweet Mother of Jesus its good! I've still got some in the freezer. You probably get caribou. I've never had that. How is it? I was fortunate enough to take a moose in Maine though. It was excellent too. I've heard others say they didn't like moose. Mine was great.

 

My dad shot a huge 4 point in the neck a few years ago. He shot it while it was on the run. Found it the next day, still alive. He had laid in the leaves and they ended up blocking the exit hole. Allowed him to breathe a little better. Got up close to him and he raised up and ended up jumping up and chasing after me. I guess his adrenaline was still pumping and keeping him alive, we shot him 4 more times before he stopped moving. I know, sounds harsh, but we had to do it to take him out of his misery.

 

Would the fact that he was shooting from a stand affect the trajectory of the shot?

 

while were talking about best meat, im gonna throw my favorite in there. Antelope. Elk is a close second though for me from what i have had

 

yea, i am alot better shot with a bow than hitting one in the neck by mistake. i have alot of experience, and basicly if you sling enough objects at a target (arrows or bullets) , sooner or later one is not going to go where you want. that is what makes it so fun. if you got everything every time, it would not make the recovery nearly as special.

 

Grasslands antelope (rare)=

Sage brush antelope (common)=

The same is true for deer.

 

it is ok I guess, I am going crazy not shooting. We are running bobcats friday and I have no idea how I am going to shot one. Left handed maybe, or 22 pistol left handed, or I a going to let my 9 year old daughter shot them.


Gator tail is my favorite meat atleast the one time I had it cooked right. Then grouse, then blacktail deer. I bbq'd some blacktail backstrap last night that I marinated in a jack daniels mix man that was good

 

Axis deer = yummy