My shortest was about 5 feet.

I was black powder hunting up in this thicket around 9:00 am, when i heard crunch crunch crunch coming down this little ridge behind me.

I was tucked up against an old downed oak tree with lots of the branches still attacted. The sun was in my eyes as I watched what appeared to be a doe come'n of this ridge. With the Sun in my eyes and the branches lighting up like fiber optics I couldn't see the 6 points this fella had.

So I stand still and watch as "it" comes by my spot and I see horns. I freeze, he looks at me and then looks the other way....BOOM. I never knew a deer would piss himself, but I swear I smelled it I was so close. He walked a few steps behind me and layed down and expired.

I all so could have sworn his eye got as big as like you see a cartoon character that got suprised by something when i shot, but I'm sure that was my imigination, wasn't it? lol

My closest shot was at about 30 yards with a 30-06 dropped right on her feet. It was a big whitetail doe and she never saw it coming.

My shortest shot was on a blacktail deer in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. I was out pheasant hunting (deer tag in the pocket) and we were walking through a field of brambles and heavy thatched grass, pushing the birds ahead of us. All of a sudden a nice 3 x 3 buck got up out of a ditch infront of me at about 5 yards.

I pointed the old 12 gauge and hit him in the ribs with a 2 3/4 inch load of #6 shot. It knocked him right over and he thrashed around for a minute or two and was still. best damned pheasant hunt I ever went on!;)

Tickled a does ear with my sight, she wiggled her ear like it was a fly. Might have busted her eardrumb.........jerky.....yummy.

dna

Good night Rocky!:eek: You mustv'e wanted him bad.:D

I took a buck at about 10M this year.During our fall turkey season I had a nice 10 pt. run up to within 10 ft of me.Had I been deer hunting, a big gobbler would've run up to me instead.

Less than 5 feet. Have actually touched small deer with the muzzle a few times. Kick back and laugh as they try and figure out what just goosed them.

About 15 yards,I was in the woods sitting at the base of a tree . He walked in front of me and stopped.One shot and he didn't move for a minute -- my first thought was, I missed from 15 yds? how could this be? Watching in amazement for a minute or so he went straight down to the ground and for the count.:o

The closest I have taken a whitetail is about 15 yds, but on Muledeer, I have taken many good bucks at less than 10-15 feet!

In West Texas, and New Mexico,we do what is called PONY TRAILING! The drill is to climb a mountain early in the morning, to the top, to get above the Muleys! The mountains of the Sanoran Deasert, have what is called "PONY TRAILS" which are 10-30 foot layers of rock out cropings that run more or less paralell along the sides of the mountain face, at verious elevations. There is a narrow, flat surface, along the top of these PONY TRAILS, where you can walk quietly. To hunt these you simply walk along them and look over the side, for bedded deer against the bluff base. No matter how cold it is, the Muleys will bed on the shady side of a canyon, or west side of a mountian, in the late morning. These shots are in the 10 foot range most times! A 41 mag handgun is the top choice! However, I still carry a little Mannlicher Shoenauer 243Win with 100 gr Hornady soft points, loaded to about 3000fps, for the cross canyon shots!:)