Call Your Shot - Yes Or No!

ElkNut1

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It's Sept 14th, first day first hour of your elk hunt, you give a locator bugle & receive an aggressive bugle from this guy. You move in to a 100 yards with good cover & wind in your face not knowing what this bull looks like. You go into a few cow calls to test the waters & he bugles back, you give him a short warning growl & ramp up the cow calls to distress ones, he bugles back with much more emotion & you hit him with an aggressive no messing around challenge & rake a tree with authority. All you can hear is a screaming bugle & hooves pounding the ground straight at you as he approaches your perfectly concealed setup, you draw as you hear him coming, no time to re-position it's happening fast & furious, he steps out at 23 yards & bugles in your face, DO YOU SHOOT? If so which X is yours, Red or White one?

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No shot, very little chance of a pass through. I might think differently if my setup was 80# at 750+ gr.


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Nope! My Dad took that shot about 15 years ago from 12 yards, arrow went between the lungs, and got the liver, so we got the animal. We got lucky!!! I've passed on that shot twice since then.
 

Jbehredt

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If he takes a few more steps I’m just left of the red x. Just a hair. But he needs to shave off 4 yards.
 

elkguide

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I can make that shot in the yard all day long.

In the real, hunting world, I'm hopefully in a good position and since he's come this far, with a bad attitude, I'm going to wait for him to keep on coming and looking for me and when he turns, even so slightly, I'm putting an arrow into his ribcage.
 

elkguide

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And yes...…. I have nerves of steel.




Well except when one gets really close and blows snot all over me.
Then I do fall apart!
 

bsnedeker

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Heck yeah...white x all day! That arrow comes out just behind the far shoulder and takes out at least one lung, esophagus, and a bunch of major arteries. Properly done he won't go far.

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Billinsd

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Yes, white x, with a heavy arrow and razor sharp, cut on impact 125 grain broadhead out of a 70lb bow set at 65lbs. I've seen this done on a smaller bull with the Born and Raised boys in Oregon. Is this a wise shot? Not really.
 

Ross

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I have passed on this shot more than I recall and much much closer on many of them....no regrets .....this is a great shot when executed properly and we hear about those and see videos....but we don’t hear about the shots on this angle that did not fare so good for one reason or another....only the shooter can decide and live with the outcome. 7 months and counting 👍
 

cnelk

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I have passed on this shot more than I recall and much much closer on many of them....no regrets .....this is a great shot when executed properly and we hear about those and see videos....but we don’t hear about the shots on this angle that did not fare so good for one reason or another....only the shooter can decide and live with the outcome. 7 months and counting 👍


We also dont hear about the 'perfect' broadside that didnt turn out well :)
 

neil.hansford

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Nope. I'd rather pass on a dozen bulls than make 1 bad shot....and that's prime opportunity for a bad shot....for me anyway.

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Pgohil

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I'm all in! Between the x's. The bull looks to be angling uphill. White x stands a good chance of cutting the jugular, but missing vitals high. The red x is right on the line of where the sternum comes up. Just a fuzz high of the red x would be as low as I'd like to be.

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cgasner1

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Red x I’d rather have it lower so more blood comes out Incase it needs tracked 80# set up I have faith in my shooting couple years ago I had a pass thru on a bull at 102 it was second arrow and he was standing dead that arrow is gonna either come out or be really stuck


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RustyHazen

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Just watch all the popular YouTube hunting crews. There is no such thing as a bad shot. Guys nowadays will shoot any distance, any angle, nothing is off limits. And when the blood trail doesn’t end at an elk, we just shrug and say “I did everything possible” or “that’s bowhunting.” Obviously, I’m exaggerating, not everyone has resorted to this, but I think we can all agree there’s an increase in this trend.
 
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