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Why do so many people still shoot animals too far back behind the shoulder?
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Training
In my humble opinion its starts with training.
In preparation for the hunting season people shoot at 3D targets to get use to the sight picture of an animal.
Look at the Rinehart Targets as an example. The kill zones are very far back on the 3D animal. If you train to hit these kill zones it is also the same place you will aim for on a animal when you are hunting because you do it instinctively.
If these kill zones are moved to the correct place for a broad side shot it will help but where do you aim when the animal is quartering away?
How do you train for a quartering away shot?
Gerhard
In my humble opinion its starts with training.
In preparation for the hunting season people shoot at 3D targets to get use to the sight picture of an animal.
Look at the Rinehart Targets as an example. The kill zones are very far back on the 3D animal. If you train to hit these kill zones it is also the same place you will aim for on a animal when you are hunting because you do it instinctively.
If these kill zones are moved to the correct place for a broad side shot it will help but where do you aim when the animal is quartering away?
How do you train for a quartering away shot?
Gerhard
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lame excuse! it is the responsibly of the hunter to know the antamony of the animal in question, if ya don't know where things are inside your education is not complete.Gerhard said:
I train for quartering away shots by knowing where the internal vital organs are and then figureing out the entrance point to get the arrow to pass through as many vital organs as I can. entrance point will change with the quartering angle.
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I agree with you 100% that the hunter should know where the vitals of the animal is.
Like I said if you are used to shoot a 3D target far behind the shoulder and that Impala or Kudu walks in everything goes on auto pilot and the shot goes where you are used to practise.
There are many shots on video and DVD where you can see the arrow flies to far back.
Gerhard
Like I said if you are used to shoot a 3D target far behind the shoulder and that Impala or Kudu walks in everything goes on auto pilot and the shot goes where you are used to practise.
There are many shots on video and DVD where you can see the arrow flies to far back.
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I think it has alot to do with not sticking with the spot they're aiming at. If they would follow through with the shot and let it happen instead of peeking and pulling the shot to see if it hit they would be btter off.
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Most people really don't know where the vitals are. They have never looked at the book, "THE PERFECT SHOT". So they think the vitals lay at one place (because that's what they have been told by whoever and then they pass it on.) It blows me away. You have to really study each animals anatomical layout, they are not all in the same place, then you have to train your mind to shoot there. You may see in a book that the heart is 1/3 up the body right above the leg and you'll most likely will still shoot behind the shoulder. Why, becuase you have trained your mind to shoot there and it's a habit.
Read "THE PERFECT SHOT-North America Game and Africa Game" and it will blow your mind.
Read "THE PERFECT SHOT-North America Game and Africa Game" and it will blow your mind.
Most people want to stay away from the shoulder IMO, many have hit it in the past and not gone thru......So they train themselves to shoot just a bit back in case. I've also heard that African animals anatomy is slightly different than our own whitetails with the heart/lung area being more forward in the chest....not sure if this is correct or not.......
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Not True
There are only slight diferances between certain animals but on the whole African and American animals vitals are in the same place.MMMB said:
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