Hunting Thread!

[Rocky998]

Nice dear!! Congrats!

You didn't really shoot them in the spine, did you??? I just caught that in the above message. I don't know how a crippled dear would run at all. Why not shoot the heart or lungs (or head) for a quick death instead of crippling them? That seems awfully cruel. If they were accidentally shot in the spine the gun was not sighted in right, risky shots were taken, or someone is simply a bad shot lol. Four shots at the second doe before hitting it??

I shot my buck this year in the heart and he dropped. My buck last year in the lungs and he didn't make it 100ft. The year before doe in the head and she dropped, and before that, another lung shot to a buck didn't make it 100ft. My point is, a shot to the vitals (heart, lung, or brain) is MUCH quicker and less painful than crippling them and you kill them with one shot.

Yah... That sounded really painful and like a cruel death in my opinion...

 

[NearMeBettas]

Yah... That sounded really painful and like a cruel death in my opinion...

Yes, and it's not even death. A shot to the spine won't kill it just cripple it and you will have to shoot it again.

 

[Rocky998]

Yes, and it's not even death. A shot to the spine won't kill it just cripple it and you will have to shoot it again.

I would imagine so

 

[FishandBirdLover]

You should help! You shoot the dear, you help process it.

Not actually, but I wish lol. You have to buy a license. The Youth license are relatively cheap being under 10 dollars depending but the bonus is much more expensive hitting around $20.00. Then you also must think of the time involved in sitting out in the stand.

I love helping to process the deer. We used 3 out of 5 tags (My family party hunts) so hopefully my 2 cousins get something. I will shoot another deer if it shows up at our place, though.

 

[FishandBirdLover]

Yes, and it's not even death. A shot to the spine won't kill it just cripple it and you will have to shoot it again.

No, it went through the deer and hit the spine.

 

[Rocky998]

No, it went through the deer and hit the spine.

Oh ok. So it killed it quickly then hopefully?

 

[FishandBirdLover]

Oh ok. So it killed it quickly then hopefully?

Yes, it kills them but it keeps them from running. My dad shot one last year but didn't hit the spine so we had to search for a long time to find his deer.

 

[Rocky998]

Yes, it kills them but it keeps them from running. My dad shot one last year but didn't hit the spine so we had to search for a long time to find his deer.

Well no. What I mean is did you do an instant-kill shot the first time?... Cause that is really bad if they are still running after being shot. Sounds kinda cruel

 

[FishandBirdLover]

Well no. What I mean is did you do an instant-kill shot the first time?... Cause that is really bad if they are still running after being shot. Sounds kinda cruel

Mine dropped right down but my dad shot his deer fatally the first time but he has learned to keep shooting until their down so he hit it's spine the 2nd time within a few seconds

 

[Rocky998]

Mine dropped right down but my dad shot his deer fatally the first time but he has learned to keep shooting until their down so he hit it's spine the 2nd time within a few seconds

Ahhh ok.

 

[NearMeBettas]

I love helping to process the deer. We used 3 out of 5 tags (My family party hunts) so hopefully my 2 cousins get something. I will shoot another deer if it shows up at our place, though.

Oh, nice! What do you make out of it? We do burgers with the scraps, tenderloins and backstraps are steaks, a few roast out of the hind quarters, jurkey, and salt and dehydrate.

 

[NearMeBettas]

Mine dropped right down but my dad shot his deer fatally the first time but he has learned to keep shooting until their down so he hit it's spine the 2nd time within a few seconds

I see..

 

[Rocky998]

Oh, nice! What do you make out of it? We do burgers with the scraps, tenderloins and backstraps are steaks, a few roast out of the hind quarters, jurkey, and salt and dehydrate.

That sounds absolutely delicious....

 

[NearMeBettas]

Yes, it kills them but it keeps them from running. My dad shot one last year but didn't hit the spine so we had to search for a long time to find his deer.

Ehh... If you get them in the vitals they will either drop or run 100 ft or so. I don't get the whole spine thing, if you miss the spine (and the lungs below) you will be in the dead spot, and the dear will live. If you aim behind the shoulder you've got the lungs and heart and a larger lethal shot zone. To each their own I guess..

 

[NearMeBettas]

That sounds absolutely delicious....

It is lol. The burger just needs to be mixed with some beef burger and you can use it in pretty much everything (chili, cheeseburgers, hotdish, meatloaf, etc.) I think the jurkey and salted dehydrated stuff is da best though lol.