Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Bowhunting The frontal shot.

Few years back I took a full frontal shot at a white tail (aprox 25 yards) He ducked at the shot and I hit him a bit high, thankfully he circled around to my left and stopped and I got a 30 yard shot into his vitals.

If he hadn't done so, I'm not sure if I would have recovered him and I don't ever plan on taking another similar shot.

You're Safariman's brother,aren't you?

Now why would you say that?

It wasn't clever or funny and didn't add anything to the discussion.

I doubt you've ever drawn a bow back in your entire life. I could look up how many times you've posted on this forum but I won't.

My conclusion is that you're pretty friggen bored.

Because, your post follows his suit of asking for advice and then schitting on everyone who gives that advice


I'got my first bow when I was around 7, was the co-captain of my High School archery team, and aside from the past 4 years hiatus from bow hunting due to concentrating on chasing Waterfowl, i've killed atleast one deer with a Bow since I was around 14

As for AT, I quit going there years ago.. You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger group of idiots on the internet.

I think a frontal shot at a whitetail especially if out of a tree would most likely end in tears. Elk and whitetail are very different in how they behave post bow shot.

Kind of like spraying a black lab (elk) with the garden hose versus a house cat!(whitetail)

Again most elk are shot from the ground, however the terrain can be very steep, so there is a lot to consider.

The described frontal shot from the treestand on the whitetail is simply a description of a deer hit far too low in one lung, with an injured sternum.

Deer with an injured sternum stumble and fall around like that.

A frontal shot from a treestand angle would need to enter right under the chin to be angling down and out through the vitals.

DD,
I think you are right, I was trying to hit the heart and run the arrow through at least one lung. I was probably too low in the chest. What you are saying is probably what happened, but no matter I have no intention of trying that shot ever again.

Yes, losing one that way imprints on the brain pretty strongly. Thanks for sharing your real experiences with real life and what can go wrong in real situations.

A buddy hit a bull straight on once. Never found it.