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<blockquote data-quote="Survivor" data-source="post: 1324844" data-attributes="member: 14692"><p>Hate to admit this but I was hunting as a guest on his lease in SW OK. and he wanted me to shoot a doe to thin the herd. This was rifle season by the way and an early morning hunt. I spotted a doe which looked to be 200 yards or so away. I went to the prone position and cranked up the scope to its highest setting and made the shoulder shot which dropped the deer on the spot.</p><p></p><p>I prepared to shoot again just in case but the deer never moved. As I got closer to the deer which was actually only about 75 yards from me I could see it was quite small and had buttons on its knobs on his head. </p><p></p><p>So I had killed a button buck instead of a doe because the light wasn't that bright and I was unfamiliar with how far the landmarks were. The deer looked further away because he was so small.</p><p></p><p>Great thing about bow and Xbow hunting is that the range will always be close, so although it is possible to shoot a button buck the odds are more in your favor of seeing if there are any knobs or not on it's head. It is great that OK is allowing Xbows in place of regular bows now. </p><p></p><p>I have an Excalibur Exocet recurve Xbow with Varizon scope on it and love it. Good luck guys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Survivor, post: 1324844, member: 14692"] Hate to admit this but I was hunting as a guest on his lease in SW OK. and he wanted me to shoot a doe to thin the herd. This was rifle season by the way and an early morning hunt. I spotted a doe which looked to be 200 yards or so away. I went to the prone position and cranked up the scope to its highest setting and made the shoulder shot which dropped the deer on the spot. I prepared to shoot again just in case but the deer never moved. As I got closer to the deer which was actually only about 75 yards from me I could see it was quite small and had buttons on its knobs on his head. So I had killed a button buck instead of a doe because the light wasn't that bright and I was unfamiliar with how far the landmarks were. The deer looked further away because he was so small. Great thing about bow and Xbow hunting is that the range will always be close, so although it is possible to shoot a button buck the odds are more in your favor of seeing if there are any knobs or not on it's head. It is great that OK is allowing Xbows in place of regular bows now. I have an Excalibur Exocet recurve Xbow with Varizon scope on it and love it. Good luck guys. [/QUOTE]
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