Originally Posted by captdavid
What are your shots like? I have found others experiences fascinating. Thanks again captdavid


I use a ML so no longer shoot at running deer. Ever. I have, i used to, I no longer see it as a fitting end to a hunt for me. First off, its a much lower probability shot imo (at least for me). Secondly, it means I bumped or spooked a deer, meaning I screwed up. PLus, half the time you bump a deer it'll move but you can find it again. Less so if you blast a shot at it with a smokepole.

So basically no running deer unless they're wounded.

Sometimes they'll be trotting past after getting bumped by another hunter, and thats fine. A trot or spooked run/look/run/look is fine too.


I'm 50-50 still-hunt & ambush (stand) hunt. A deer slowly poking its way around or standing would make up 90% of my shots.

Originally Posted by Archerhunter

Quit giving in inch by inch then looking back to lament the mile behind ya and wonder how to preserve those few feet left in front of ya. They'll never stop until they're stopped. That's a fact.