I was reading on another site about ham shots.... They were not reccomending it but what the thread indicated was that no one shot a deer in the hams intentionally, but everyone that did said the deer bled out within 20-40 yards.... Anyone ever have any experaince with this ? SB
I have i nicked a limb and deflected my arrow causing it to hit an eight point in back haunches I hit an artery I guess, because blood flew everywhere. He was dead in 15 yrds. I wasnt very proud but at least he died quick.
I nailed one in the ham one time on accident. I pulled my shot to the left really bad and to this day don't know why. But there was about enough blood to fill a couple thimbles. Never found him.
The spiker I shot this year. Shot deflected and hit his ham, but he circled 20yds and paused, allowing me to put one through his boiler. He was done in about 30-40yds.... I guess this was really no help
I shot one in the left hind quarter 3 or 4 yrs. ago,waited an hour trailed it 100 yards. Had to finish him off-------NOT PRETTY!
I had a 6 point come in and refresh a scrape then thrash the branches of the tree I was sitting in a few years back. I was calm and let him pass at about 10 yards then shot him on the slow walk. I saw the arrow zip threw his back right ham and exit low on his mid-section. He bolted about 15 yards then stopped. The woods were extremely quiet so I thought best about not nocking another or risk having him run a mile. He walked another 10 yards and bedded down. I watched him and he died within 30 minutes. He bled like hell as I hit an artery. I have no idea why my shot was so bad.
The Artery is a very small target. It would be foolish to try and attempt it on purpose. If it was an accident and you got lucky you might wanna buy a lottery ticket, but....................... on second thought maybe you just used all your luck up Dan
I nicked a limb and hip shot one about 25 years ago, felt my stomach turn as it ran around the tree with the arrow sticking out of its hip. When I got down to check for blood I jumped the buck and heard it crash again in a dried up creek bed, walked back to my Jeep, drank me a cup of coffee and smoked me a cigar, when I got back to the deer it had expired. Fred Bears secretarys son Chuck, shot one long ways down the lower part of the hind leg, the Bear razor was stuck in its hoof and it bled out. Nice wide 8pt. But like Dan said, its a very small target and to attempt it on purpose would be foolish.
Make no mistake about it...I'm not advocating ham shots....but there was alot of posts saying the same as you see above....I just was suprised by it. SB
What's happened is quite a few guys have hit the femoral artery feeding the back legs; it splits at the pelvis and runs down each leg just as it does in humans. Hit it on accident, and it'll look like someone's throwing paint out of a bucket... but like Dan said, it's a small target and one not readily identifiable as to where to aim for...
I've never done It but I've been on a good number of blood trails that were ham hits. The artery Isn't very big but It has a few small shoots that go off of It too and I think that's why every ham shot trail I've been on has ended with a dead deer and lots and lots of blood. So In reality It's a fairly good sized area (big artery and veins) In a way. Not a shot I'd take either SB but a shot I'd love to take on a wounded deer when tracking.
My first shot at a deer hit a limb and deflected down into his back leg. I tracked him for about 2 or 3 miles, and over about 6 hours. I ended up spooking him up about 3 hours later and saw him run off, he had no issues jumping a fence. We never found him. About 3 weeks later on the last day of the season we were walking back from our stands and saw a deer with a little hobble walking across the field. I'm 99% sure that it was the one I hit. I didn't like seeing him with the little hobble, but knowing that he's still alive and able to jump fences and get around made me feel a little better about it. I always thought that I would avoid taking a shot where a limb could effect my shot. Guess I overlooked the adrenalin that hits you and how easily those little branches blend into a deers body when he is in some shadows.
