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Tell me about the best lucky shot you ever made.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:41 am
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:41 am
I am not a crack shot. I miss a lot. In fact, for a guy that's killed a few deer (like maybe 25 or so? - I'm mainly a duck hunter), I miss a BUNCH. Have missed some easy ones too. I've also made a shot or two over the years that I still scratch my about and think "how in the world....."
So, tell me y'alls best lucky/awesome shot stories please. We've all got one.
So, tell me y'alls best lucky/awesome shot stories please. We've all got one.
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Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:43 am to TigerTreyjpg
I killed an entire family of hogs of a wheeler. 10 to be exact and spared one to catch as a pet, but the dumb arse pig drowned in a 5 gallon bucket of water.
RIP
Rocco
RIP
Rocco
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:44 am to TigerTreyjpg
Walking out of woods with climber on back. Doe comes running through woods. We are not shooting does. I think it's neat and stop to watch. Then another. Then I see huge forks. Mature buck following them. he crosses a creek. I reload rifle in time to find the spot where I'll never see him again. Follow him in scope to that point. Pull trigger. Dead buck.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:45 am to TigerTreyjpg
I havent really gotten that "one lucky shot".
But I have dropped a few geese from stupidly high levels. 3.5" T Shot and Patternmaster extra full choke...I have pulled a few out of the clouds with it.
But I have dropped a few geese from stupidly high levels. 3.5" T Shot and Patternmaster extra full choke...I have pulled a few out of the clouds with it.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:46 am to TigerTreyjpg
I hit a squirrel with a scoped .22, dead center on the head, at about 40 yards while it was running through the trees.
I have no idea how I did it. When he dropped, I looked around to see if anyone saw my amazing shot, but then I realized I was in the middle of the fricking woods.
I have no idea how I did it. When he dropped, I looked around to see if anyone saw my amazing shot, but then I realized I was in the middle of the fricking woods.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:46 am to TigerTreyjpg
mine wasn't with a gun but i threw a small rock at a bird (won't say what kind) flying right above the ground from about 20 yards away and hit it in the head and killed it dead
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:48 am to TigerTreyjpg
I knocked a coon out the top of a pin oak tree with a long neck bud light bottle.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:48 am to TigerTreyjpg
Not me, but my roommate in college shot a coot in mid flight from a moving boat with one hand while laying on his back. We laughed our asses off.
Also, we used to keep a sawed-off .410 in the boat for snakes and such. It had about a 4 inch barrel and the stock was cut off to a pistol grip. My brother and I were paddling down Jeam's Bayou when he pulled it out and dropped a squirrel from the top of a tall cypress tree. It fell dead in the water.
Also, we used to keep a sawed-off .410 in the boat for snakes and such. It had about a 4 inch barrel and the stock was cut off to a pistol grip. My brother and I were paddling down Jeam's Bayou when he pulled it out and dropped a squirrel from the top of a tall cypress tree. It fell dead in the water.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:50 am to TigerTreyjpg
I've pulled a few doubles now while turkey hunting where I killed two gobblers in a single shot.
Did the same with hogs a few years ago, killed two with single shot from the 300..
Did the same with hogs a few years ago, killed two with single shot from the 300..
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:54 am to TigerTreyjpg
Pulled up at my parents one night and saw a coyote in the back yard. Ran inside and got the .270, my dad and a spotlight. He held the light on the yote which by then was hauling arse about 150 yards away. I could barely make him out in the scope on low power and just guessed and shot. Hit him in the neck and rolled him. Didn't know until the next morning because I couldn't see. Went back inside thinking I missed and found him the next morning while hauling limbs.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:56 am to TigerTreyjpg
Bowhunting in NW Missouri the second week of December around 2007. It was -2 degrees with a foot of snow on the ground. I was hunting on the edge of a corn field and watched deer all afternoon over 150 yards away.
One lone huge doe walked down the edge of the field to my left 10 minutes before dark. I mustered the strength to pull my string back and let the arrow rip. She looked as if she had no idea what happened. I thought I missed a broad side shot at 30 yards so I strung another missile from my Mathews Q2. I was about to draw again when she walked off away from me. I watched her for another couple of minutes and saw her do the death quiver in the field about 100 yards away.
I got down and found her tracks where I shot her. It was the longest shot I had ever made at 55 yards. Clean double lung shot. I couldn't believe the distance, but couldn't tell with the backdrop of the snow in the field. I was very lucky that day. The doe weighed damn near 300 pounds.
One lone huge doe walked down the edge of the field to my left 10 minutes before dark. I mustered the strength to pull my string back and let the arrow rip. She looked as if she had no idea what happened. I thought I missed a broad side shot at 30 yards so I strung another missile from my Mathews Q2. I was about to draw again when she walked off away from me. I watched her for another couple of minutes and saw her do the death quiver in the field about 100 yards away.
I got down and found her tracks where I shot her. It was the longest shot I had ever made at 55 yards. Clean double lung shot. I couldn't believe the distance, but couldn't tell with the backdrop of the snow in the field. I was very lucky that day. The doe weighed damn near 300 pounds.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:57 am to TigerTreyjpg
my first deer with a bow was a 40 yard shot
i was around 13 yrs old and using a bow that had a draw weight of 40lbs
i was shaking so bad i still don't know how i killed that deer......luck i guess
i was around 13 yrs old and using a bow that had a draw weight of 40lbs
i was shaking so bad i still don't know how i killed that deer......luck i guess
Posted on 7/25/13 at 8:58 am to TigerTreyjpg
All 100% pure unbridled skill when I make an amazing shot.
Except for that one time I hit a skeet out of a thrower with a .22 pistol that shoots about 100 feet high at 10 yards. That was nothing but dumb luck.
Except for that one time I hit a skeet out of a thrower with a .22 pistol that shoots about 100 feet high at 10 yards. That was nothing but dumb luck.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 9:05 am to TigerTreyjpg
The WORST shot I ever made, and still got the deer.....
I think I was about 14. I only bowhunted deer then, as now. I think I had some kind of old Bear bow. It must have shot somewhere around a blazing 140 fps. A doe came walking by, at about 35 yards out. It stopped. I drew my bow, and when I shot, I knew that I had shot a little to the left. That's if everything else had remained stationary. But it didn't. The deer started to walk again just as I released, AND, to make it even worse, it jumped forward at the sound of my bow. I knew it was a bad hit, and my first thought was "gut shot".
When I got down, to my surprise, there was a lot of blood. Maybe I didn't shoot SO far back afterall. I thought I'd probably got her somewhere around the diaphragm. Anyway, I met up with my dad, and we trailed her over the ridge and into the next hollow. Then the blood started to peter out. I found a couple more specks, then I saw her laying up ahead.
When we walked up on that deer, there wasn't a hole to be seen. But, after looking more closely, we found where the arrow had just barely got her in the hindquarter. Two more inches to the left and I'd have missed her completely. But, it cut the femoral artery and she bled out about as fast as a lung shot.
Anyway, here's to luck.
I think I was about 14. I only bowhunted deer then, as now. I think I had some kind of old Bear bow. It must have shot somewhere around a blazing 140 fps. A doe came walking by, at about 35 yards out. It stopped. I drew my bow, and when I shot, I knew that I had shot a little to the left. That's if everything else had remained stationary. But it didn't. The deer started to walk again just as I released, AND, to make it even worse, it jumped forward at the sound of my bow. I knew it was a bad hit, and my first thought was "gut shot".
When I got down, to my surprise, there was a lot of blood. Maybe I didn't shoot SO far back afterall. I thought I'd probably got her somewhere around the diaphragm. Anyway, I met up with my dad, and we trailed her over the ridge and into the next hollow. Then the blood started to peter out. I found a couple more specks, then I saw her laying up ahead.
When we walked up on that deer, there wasn't a hole to be seen. But, after looking more closely, we found where the arrow had just barely got her in the hindquarter. Two more inches to the left and I'd have missed her completely. But, it cut the femoral artery and she bled out about as fast as a lung shot.
Anyway, here's to luck.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 9:07 am to TigerTreyjpg
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So, tell me y'alls best lucky/awesome shot stories please. We've all got one.
All my deer kills have been pretty bland not over 200 yard shots so nothing special there. On ducks, had about 100 teal sneak in on my side of the blind while everyone was shooting the bull so I was the only shooter. Instead of picking out 1, I just kinda shizzed in my pants and flock shot. Knocked down 4 on my first shot. Whiffed on the last 2 just because I felt so awesome on seeing that many birds fall.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 9:10 am to TigerTreyjpg
flying chimney sweep with a bb gun
Posted on 7/25/13 at 9:18 am to TigerTreyjpg
I threw a 1' long rotted 2" diameter tree limb at a possum at highland rd park to get him off the football field. Hit him in the side of the head and he rolled over dead. If he was just playing possum he did a good job because he was bleeding out the side of his head and stayed there the entire game.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 9:28 am to TigerTreyjpg
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Tell me about the best lucky shot you ever made.
lucky for who, me or the deer?
Posted on 7/25/13 at 9:34 am to TigerTreyjpg
Riding around in the back of my brothers truck after Easter mass at the ranch. We were driving the fence line between our big ranch and our low fenced property. My brother slams on his breaks and starts yelling "shoot it shoot it" I see this thing running and know its not a whitetail so pull up free hand and drop it on the run. Didn't know what it was when I shot it
This post was edited on 7/25/13 at 9:46 am
Posted on 7/25/13 at 9:42 am to TigerTreyjpg
Killed a starling with a Benjamin, while he was flying.
Threw a boot at a yapping dachshund,and knocked him out, thinking I killed the neighbors dog for a few minutes.
Threw a boot at a yapping dachshund,and knocked him out, thinking I killed the neighbors dog for a few minutes.
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