I think it has more to do with the deer jumping the string most of the time... sometimes it jumps, sometimes it doesn't.
Maybe but most of the shows i watch if its a less than perfect shot they better work on there accuracy. They take the spine shot to make it look good on TV so that way the people can watch the animal go down not all shows do this but most of the ones i watch do. Im not saying that the head on shot was right but i think that when kids see that a head on shot will kill something it gives them a whole new respect for hunting to know that a bow has enough power to do that and also teaches them that they have to be mentally and physically ready to have confidence in hunting i know last year i went up in the stand to hunt with a recurve and i pulled back on a deer and had no confidence that my shot was going to where i wanted it to and it was a text book broadside shot. So i called it a season didnt go back out and just kept practicing shooting at the target only hunted one day
There is a difference between "higher percentage and lower percentage" and "High percentage and low percentage". It all lies in the "er" I have a better chance at getting caught in the rain than getting hit by a train... but it doesn't mean my chances of getting hit by a train are low if I live on the train tracks... Of course for me, the broadside shot is a higher percentage shot than the head-on shot... but that doesn't make the head on shot a low percentage shot... it just means it may be lower than the broadside shot. Also, I am not joe from down the street... so I wouldn't answer for him as he may have been raised shooting deer in the chest with a bow... don't know joe... but I better draw a line for him so he doesn't upset anyone else out there who may be killing deer deader than he is.
yep and it happens at 20 yards, 60 yards, broadside and head-on just the same... just like sometimes it doesn't happen. So we should all give up archery because the deer may end up injured and those against bowhunting say that it is unethical... well, they said it and they are taking the moral high(er) ground... so it must be true, right?
Instead of something extreme and ridiculous such as giving up bowhunting why not just promote high percentage shots on TV instead of low percentage shots. Would there be something wrong with that?
No, nothing wrong with it at all... but you don't promote something by bashing on someone elses morals or own personal code of ethics. I totally agree with promoting higher percentage shots such as broadside or slightly quartering away. If you want to take the high road (and let others know that you are), take it all the way...
And FWIW I don't care if Chris Brackett or anyone else chooses to take that shot. I do care when he gets on a nationally syndicated show and promotes it as a good shot. Thats all. I don't condemn him for the shot, its the promotion of it. Why not tell the folks at home to wait until a better shot presents itself? Chris may have the skills. What % of his audience has that skill set? Regardless of the amount of practice he endorses.
Every has a different ethical shots Brackett thinks the head on shot is an ethical shot unlike some people who will only shoot broadside shots. This is just like some people think baiting animals is ethical and others think its not
Very true but he might be trying to get kids to be more motivate to practice shooting their bow so that one day they can be just like Chris Brackett. Your right he is a role model for young hunters and i think he should have stressed more about the skills it is needed to make that shot or not to take the shot at all during the show
He stated himself to not take the shot unless you were 100% comfortable with your shooting ability and the conditions at the time of the shot. It is no different than someone shooting at a walking deer... and then saying "well, I would have rathered to get him to stop". What % of his audience has that skill? I don't know and I wouldn't guess but you seem to be fairly good at stating what other folks are not capable of... why don't you give us a percentage to go off of?
And Ske1etor, you are right. I shouldn't bash him. I believe what he did was wrong. Pointing that out would be appropriate. Calling him a slob was wrong. In the futere I will point out what I thought was wrong about his shot promotion. I will leave personal insults out of it.
that's what you are doing by telling people that they shouldn't take a certain shot... I understand where you are coming from but it is what you are doing...
i watched the show once and didnt really like it. didnt have anything to do with "the shot". i just didnt like the show. my two cents...
