Shot angles

[rinaldo]

I have read and been taught that a broadside and quartering away shots are the preferred shots on game. Would you take a front on or quartering on shot at game, or a Texas heart shot? If so is it limited to certain species over others.

[macka]

Hey i would take the front on shot and the quartering on but havent had any experiance with the tex heart shot. I have found if you are using a good 2 blade head that you will get enopugh penetration through bone and muscle to take out the vitals.

Macka

[rinaldo]

With the Texas Heart shot I found that you need to be shooting down towards the heart if you are below the animal shooting up its probably not a good shot. Do you think that is an accurate assumption?

[johnno]

Jeff/Rin is the TH shot limited to smaller game like goats and pigs or would it be just as effective on deer. :D :?:

[johnno]

Thanks mate :D

[PeterM]

Rin , on goats I will take both shots . The 1/4 on one is good , just aim at the point of the shoulder . This shot has served me well , ALL that I have shot like this only go about 5-10m before expiring .
Texas heartshot , I will take this shot when the animal (goat) is no more than 20m away , as I KNOW I can shoot /hit the spot. Once again NO goat has gone more than 5-10m . The advantage of this shot is that there are no bones/obstructions and it is all soft tissue right up to the chest bone .
In saying this , I must advise newbies/bad shots to NOT take these shots . You must be a good shot and be confident in your abilities .

I will deal with the criticism when it arrives :D

I can't way you would be criticized, you have explained it well and I agree, it not a matter of opinion its based on experience, and you are right the shot is a perfectly good shot in bow hunting, acutely its a better shot (Texas heart shot) for bow hunters than rifle shooters!

See ya Pete.

[maxy]

I have used both types of shots, and would do so again. I agree with coach though in that you really do need to be on the money with your shot - there is much less room for error here.
One comment though - the largest boar i have taken was with a quartering on shot. Shot was from under 15 m, and the arrow struck the boar close to where i held, about 2 inches in front of the point of the shoulder. I was whrapped with the shot and the animals was hit about 1/2 hour before dark, so after waiting for about 10 minutes we followed the boar up but lost a sparse blood trail after about 200m. Anyways, back the next morning and we ended up finding him maybe 350-400 m from where he was hit. Cutting him open revealed that the arrow had deflected off a rib and run down the outside of the ribcage for about 10 inches before getting into the chest cavity and cutting liver. I have also heard of similar things happening on a couple of fallow stags taken queartering on.
So all up, if your close and a good shot, then have a go at the texas heart, if theyre quartering on, i would wait for a better angle, but if it doesnt come then go for it!!


Johnno, I cant see why you couldnt take deer with a texas heart shot as coach said, although dont forget they move a lot quicker than goats and pigs so the chances of the animal being in the same spot when the arrow hits are greatly reduced

Maxy

[Butch]

I am from Oklahoma, and was just wondering exactly what are you calling a Texas heart shot?

In Oklahoma, a Texas heart shot is sqaure up the rear.

Just wondering if it's getting lost in translation.

Thanks, Butch

[Luke]

Geeze Coach, I wish you'd stop mincing your words mate and get straight to the point! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

LOL...hee hee....


Luke ;)

[jindydiver]

I wonÃ*t take a low percentage shot like the texas heart on any game. If a good shot doesnÃ*t present itself then I prefer to let the animal go and just look forward to when I get a chance to get a good shot in.

[PeterM]

I wonÃ*t take a low percentage shot like the texas heart on any game. If a good shot doesnÃ*t present itself then I prefer to let the animal go and just look forward to when I get a chance to get a good shot in.

I wouldnÃ*t call it a low percentage shot Jindy, if the range is close and the animal still, IMO is high percentage shot!

Try it!

And it works on deer too, I'll show ya later!

See ya Pete.

[jindydiver]

Peter

As I understood what you were telling us once before you aren't hitting them in the arse, but were shooting under the pelvis and into the pizzle area. Would this be right? I can see how an arrow could easily get up into the chest of the animal that way, but a shot to the ring had better hit spot on or there is a lot of bone to deflect the shot.

[bowriver]

Thats a good point, the shot wouldnt have to be very high to catch tail bone or spine would it? One thing i love about bowhunting tho is the fact it is very self regulatory, i've seen coach shoot and believe me he is capable of an effective sphynctor shocker so to speak. But those who arent,or who arent sure shouldnt, thats where to honesty comes in, if you wanna take a shot like that make sure you can do it, otherwise all the more ammo for anti's.

[jindydiver]

You are dead right coach. The way you shoot your compound I am sure you would have no problem hitting a freckle at 30 or more metres, but I know I can't be sure so I pass up shots like that always.
I couldn't begin to count how many animals I have had within easy range and passed on.