North 40 Life Magazine | Página 13

#4 (for this shot placement, bird must be standing or walking straight away from you not in full strut) There is about a 22" line you can shoot for it starts for the base of his head down to where his tail feather starts. This is a good shot to take at a bird because you have the biggest target to shoot at. You have a better chance to get your arrow into his chest cavity. Anywhere in that line is the end all shot. WALKING AWAY ALMOST STRAIGHT AWAY SLIGHTLY QUARTERED AWAY SHARPLY QUARTERED AWAY Side Note: After you have made your shot on your bird sometimes its ok to go sprinting out of your blind to get your bird just depends on where you hit him at. If you made a shot that broke his legs I would typically run after that bird and grab him before he gets too far away because they can still move pretty good when they are wounded. If you get a complete pass threw on your bird and he slowly walks away it’s probably best to sit out and let that bird expire. There are some cases you can blood trail a bird, but if you wound a bird and knowing you put a good shot on him back out and let the bird do his thing. 