Re: Most impressive shot?
The third and fourth deer I ever shot were a two deer one shot. I was doing a deer mitigation hunt and we were supposed to be taking does, and it was "earn-a-buck". It was the second day of an already successful hunt and was anxious to get a buck. I was posted up in between two downed trees that had crossed over each other, over-looking a valley (beginning of winter, so leaves are gone, visibility is good).
I saw three deer come running up over the ridge across from me and started heading down the slope, from what I could see it was two does and a buck following. Sure enough, they were heading straight towards me, like they were charging me. When I saw them, I was standing, so I stayed standing the whole time as they ran straight at me, and I was right out on one of their trails. I had my 12 gauge pump with sabots at the Alert, and when they got to 20 yards still coming at me, I got it at the Ready and went condition one. The two does passed me at 5 yards, so... bang... hit the first one in the spine and the round passed through and downed the other by hitting it in the artery just behind the heart, clipped both lungs.
Wondering where the buck went, I turned and saw it had broken off about 30 yards back, sneaky bastard was a bit smarter. I took one shot at maybe 75 yards running quartering away, but missed. I would have had three deer in two shots in under 30 seconds that day, but I just settled with the two nice sized does. (And yes, I had all the required tags)
