Posted: 9/2/2018 5:58:20 PM EDT
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Hi All, getting into the cross-bow game for Indiana Whitetail hunting this year. I've been fortunate enough to take some nice deer over the year with a shotgun, handgun, muzzle loader, and rifle, so decided I'd get in the archery game. I bought a Wicked Ridge Ranger on advice from a trusted friend and accomplished hunter and took it out today and ensured it was dialed in. Wow these things can shoot! After bringing up the scope just a bit to get the top line zero'd at 20, I was putting 3 arrows more or less touching.
I'll be hunting from a tree stand that I've hunted for a long time. Longest shot in the woods is going to be a max of 30 yards, or potentially several hundred into the cornfield next to me. Clearly I'm not going to take a shot much more than about 50 yards given my inexperience right now bow hunting. But I did have a question for those closer shots. How much point of aim do I need to adjust for from elevation? My stand is about 15' above the animal. I'm assuming that for the close ranges that I'm at and the relatively shallow angle that I don't need to worry too much about adjusting my aim, but want to double check to make sure I'm hunting ethically. I prefer the double lung / heart shot and generally do a good job of hitting it with the other weapons I've used. Is a just behind the shoulder shot what I'm looking for with a crossbow as well? For reference here was where I shot last year's buck with a 300BLK out of the stand I'll hunt this year and at what will likely be a similar distance to the most probable shots I'll have with the crossbow. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By OverScoped:
dont wrap your thumb around the top of the stock. |
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Originally Posted By jblomenberg16:
Good to know...I've started shooting my rifles with the thumb along the side of the comb, and that is actually more comfortable with this stock too. Originally Posted By jblomenberg16:
Originally Posted By OverScoped:
dont wrap your thumb around the top of the stock. ETA.. it probably wont rip it completely off, but you will bleed and hurt for 3 days if you dont break it. I did this ONCE. |
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Originally Posted By OverScoped:
its not about comfort.. its about the string not ripping your finger/thumb off. ETA.. it probably wont rip it completely off, but you will bleed and hurt for 3 days if you dont break it. I did this ONCE. |
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Originally Posted By buck19delta:
Figure out your ranges and holds, then put up aiming / range markers at your hunting spots. |
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The broadside double lung shot is the preferred angle for archers. I shot a big doe with a slightly angled shot last year, still double lunged her. She ran 20 yards and collapsed. Arrows aren't bullets and have problems with bone. This is in contrast to a 150yd full quarter shot I took two years ago with my shotgun, the sabot entered at an angle punched thru both lungs ended up in the front shoulder Joint. |
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Originally Posted By Arty8:
The broadside double lung shot is the preferred angle for archers. I shot a big doe with a slightly angled shot last year, still double lunged her. She ran 20 yards and collapsed. Arrows aren't bullets and have problems with bone. This is in contrast to a 150yd full quarter shot I took two years ago with my shotgun, the sabot entered at an angle punched thru both lungs ended up in the front shoulder Joint. |
Do kids still play Cops and Robbers, or are they just taught both are equally bad and given a participation ribbon after a rousing game of scoreless Everyone's a Winner Ball? - BehindBlueI's