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    Just because it was a successful kill does not mean its a good shot to take and brag about. Even under perfect conditions the margin for error is too high for it to be an ethical shot.

     

    You have an area the size of a baseball you have to hit. Anything outside of that and youll have a wounded deer on your hands. There are a million reasons out of our control that would take that arrow out of that baseball sized hole: a rogue breeze, a buck jumping the string, a bird squawking and scaring him. Also, there is no exit wound with a frontal shot, making it very hard to track the animal.

     

    There is no room for mistakes with the frontal shot, where as a broadside or quartering away shot offers a lot more wiggle room and less chance of wounding a buck. They also offer exit wounds for easier trailing. I believe that shot is unethical and should almost always be passed and never bragged about. Have a little self control and wait till he turns for a broadside shot. Good decision making, patience, and self control are just as important as accuracy and precision.

    This sounds just like a comment I would have made before I'd ever killed an desert deer with my bow. Lots of ethics (excuses), no successes, but that was just me. Now that I've killed a few of them, I leave the ethics calls to the guy with the tag taking the shot.

     

    Congrats on a great muley! I've got a deer on the wall from a similar shot angle. Way to get it done.

    The deer I just shot in January was actually a similar shot angle (archery desert buck down) when I grunted at him to stop in my lane he stopped broadside then quartered to me, I took the shot and don't regret it one bit. These desert deer are hard to come by you have to take what's given to you. I've lost one deer in my life and when I shot him he was perfectly broadside and I thought I pinwheeled him at 34 yards. Go figure.

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    Great buck! And great shot! Don't worry about the people that are putting you down for your shot. They weren't there and don't know exactly what happend. People have lost animals on perfectly broadside animals also. It just happens, and will continue to happen. This is the kind of stuff that keeps people from posting some great animals on these hunting sights, it's sad. Everyone has there right to there opinion but bashing people is just un called for! It irritates the crap out of me! Oh yeah and the arrow in the deer doesn't bother me one bit!

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    My 2013 deer season has come to an end but I am happy with the outcome. I shot this buck last nite right at dark. I got up to my glassing point around 2:30. As I sat there glassing the big ocotillo flat I couldn't turn up a buck. I was glassing up doe after doe and the occasional big herd of 8 to 10 does. But I knew that all I needed was a little luck and and that one hot doe to change everything. Right as the sun was starting to dip behind the mountains, I glassed up two does coming out of a thick wash and right on there butt was this buck and he was pushing hard. As soon as I saw him I made up my mind that he was a shooter. When I first saw the buck he was far and I thought there was no way I had enough time to put on a stalk. But he kept pushing my way and hung up on a little ridge, that I thought I could get to. They were about 700 yards away so I packed up my binocs and tripod and decided I had nothing to loose, I had to try. So I ran down the hill thinking there's no way I'm going to make it in time. As soon as I got to my land mark I put up my 10s in hope of finding them again and right away I found a doe and then another doe and right behind her was my buck, Bingo! I ranged them and my rangefinder read 169 yards. Ok now to close the gap. I could tell the direction they were headed and right behind me was a little wash that would put me out of sight of the deer and get me within bow range. So I crept back into the wash, as soon as I was out of sight I took off running again as quietly as possible of course, but I was also in a race against the sun so I had to go for broke on this one. Once I got to where I thought they would cross I slowed down knocked an arrow and crept out of the wash, as soon as I get about 10 steps out of the wash I see a does head pop over the ridge. Holy crap I got lucky again! She starts walking right towards me and right behind her is the buck. So I set my feet and slowly bring my bow up so I can rest my rangefinder on it. I hit the doe with the rangefinder as she goes through my lane and it reads 43 yards.I slowly let down the rangefinder,hook up my release to my loop, and slowly draw. The buck is coming right behind her and right as he enters my lane I let out a real soft mouth grunt, he stops perfect in the lane but stops and then quarters to me. I panic a little cause he is quartered to me but I know I can slip the arrow into the vitals, so I settle the pin, the bow goes off and my arrow hits right where I was aiming. The buck jumps 5 feet in the air and takes off on a death run. I sit there for a minute replaying what had just happend. Then I start to doubt myself, should I have taken that shot, should I have grunted at him,did I rush the shot? The woulda coulda shoulda starts to go through my mind. So I walk up to where he was standing and there's blood everywhere. I could see blood 20 yards in front of me and I'm color blind. So I decide to track him thinking he's going to be piled up right away. I got excited and pushed to fast and ended up bumping him out of his bed. I know better then that and I still did it. The walk back to the truck in the dark was me cussing at myself the whole way cause I just knew I blew it. As soon as I could get cell service I called my dad to tell him what had happend and he reassured me that with that much blood he didn't think the buck could go far. It made me feel better, but I was still very worried all night. I know that you should never push an animal but I got excited and made a mistake and learned a very valuable lesson. So this afternoon after rushing through work, my dad,good friend Ernie Olivas and I got back on the the trail and found him 100 yards from where I bumped him. The only catch was the coyotes got to him and completely devoured him. All that was left was bones the neck and hide. I think the cape is ruined so I don't think I can even mount him unless I find a cape. But I'm not complaining it was a very fun and rewarding January in the Arizona desert once again!

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    I'm not sure about the price, was just trying to help your little bro.

     

    If he's got $1600, I heard from a lil birdie that ziess was FINALLY coming out with a pair of 15x early next year from right around that price.

     

    I'm saving up to finally replace my old pair of ziess 15x. I inherited them from my Father and they've been in continuous use for 27 years! And before anyone's asks, no, I'm not selling them, lol.

    Cool thanx for the heads up I will let him know.

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    MY little brother is 19 years old and has been saving for a pair or swaro 15s for about a year now. I'm very proud of him for working so hard towards his goal. Im looking for someone in the verde valley area that is looking to sell a pair. Please let me know if you want to sell I'm sure he will go today and buy them if the price is right. Thank you for your time.

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