Leg Position and Shoulder Blade Location

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

See the difference from when there is weight on the leg compared to rusty's first picture when she was lifting her leg

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[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

These are two deer that I shot this week. Both a slight quarter to shot. I have never taken any quartering to shots but both of these hit heart and the farthest made it about 65 yards. If the pics are too much mods you can erase them. 

Looks like you got lucky on that 1st entry.. if rage was sideways you would have knit hard bone..
Looks like a fawn too.. their bones are softer than a mature deer.

Congrats on the harvests, but I'd probably not try that again

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[Tbryant]

6 minutes ago, JerseyJaysTaxidermy said:

Looks like you got lucky on that 1st entry.. if rage was sideways you would have knit hard bone..
Looks like a fawn too.. their bones are softer than a mature deer.

Congrats on the harvests, but I'd probably not try that again

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She was a good size doe. That shot went through and the broadhead poked through the opposite side. I'm no fan of shoulder shots, prefer quartering away shots the most, but for some reason (not trying to toot my own horn) I have never had the dreaded no penetration when I've hit shoulders in the past. 

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

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[Nomad]

I don't know Bro, that second yellow dot is a little far back . IMHO.

[hammer4reel]

Ryan the first set is def what you want to wait for,

The bottom deer is IMO not a good shot to take. an inch either way is failure in the making.

and as Jay had stated that angle is only going to get you one lung and the liver.

Some of those deer can go a long ways before going down.

 

One step further forward and the percentage of a good shot goes way up

[hammer4reel]

3 minutes ago, Nomad said:

I don't know Bro, that second yellow dot is a little far back . IMHO.

And a little high if shooting from the ground 

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Ryan I believe your room for error is half in the liver and gut

 

My lungs are proabbaly a little small but they continue behind the liver as well..

 

 

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[Nomad]

I would wait but if I had to shoot,  I would put it right there, with a high power cross bow or compound with deep penetrating broadheads.

[hammer4reel]

Jay I like your set of photos, The adage that being forward or back is better is BS. as you have shown well, depending on how the deers weight is loaded on that leg means way more than forward or back

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

This white circle is more the room for error...imo.

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[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Jay I like your set of photos, The adage that being forward or back is better is BS. as you have shown well, depending on how the deers weight is loaded on that leg means way more than forward or back

That's some of what they grade and teach at taxidermy competitions.. how to accurately alter stock forms to make them more anatomically correct. Load on a leg needs to be shown otherwise the mounts look stiff and not natural.

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[Nomad]

i hunt bukshot...

[Pathman]

You guys have all become “close to the bone obsessed!” I blame it on JH!😂

The lungs are bigger then you think, and go farther back into the rib cage. The way you guys are diagramming your POA you’d think the lungs end at the back of the front leg!!! 😳🤨

[supr78nova]

I'm loving this thread. I think we could all benefit from more educational topics such as this. Less lost deer and blaming XYZ broadheads for poor penetration on bad angle shots. Keep 'em coming

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