Fantasist Prepper?

[Scythe13]

I've seen a number of Deer shot and only one dropped stonedead on the spot.....a quartering 60 yard neck shot on a smallish red doe.....all the others ran from 10 to 1000 yards +

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not being a bow hunter or even a bowman I'd say it would have to be an arrow to the engine room(heart/lungs) and rely on blood loss as there will be no hydrostatic shock with arrows.....I reckon they might cover quite some ground before they succumb.

I have a couple of friends in America who bow hunt, and they say the heart is just behind the shoulder, so get the deer's shoulder, up a bit and right a bit. But that's when shooting from a tree stand. If you get it right, it'll be a pretty quick job. If not, then you're trailing it and checking for blood.

My concern is that people will have unreasonable plans based on films, and a romantic view of life post SHTF, and not based on reality. Even great bow hunters don't get kill shots every arrow.

My plans don't involve deer at the moment, because it's outside of my skill set. Coming across a deer caught up in a fence is the most likely chance I have, at the moment. Outside of that, I have very little deer planning. It's a lot of meat to cool down quickly, and especially in summer, it'll be riddled with fly eggs before it's even home. Bare in mind I already have cotton meat bags for game meat, which will protect against flies, to an extent.

Accepting capabilities is key to actually forging a valid plan. Creating a plan on what you 'think/know' you can do, is a fantasy plan. Creating a plan on what you have done, and can still do….now that's an ACTUAL plan. As SS says, knowing shortcomings is important.