Closest shot on game?

JerryBobCo

Why not?

I had a 6 pt. whitetail buck walk up on me once.  It was so close I almost couldn't see it through a 4x scope.  It was probably no more than 10 yards away.

bullsi1911

40 yards.  Just kept on getting closer, and closer and did not give a shot until it was that close

Linefinder

I'm guessing around 80 yards. First deer. Didn't have LRFs back then, and the terrain was too rough to accurately pace.

earlyagain

Mule deer doe, 10 feet.

Jayhawker

10 feet...with a bow, right out the back door of my hide...

Ernie Bishop

Under 20 yards

Great Outdoors

We have lots of opportunities here, my closest was jumping a big doe out of her bed and shooting her in the head from 1 foot with a slug- she scared the crap out of me and it was almost a self defense shooting, we do lots of deer driving and as a stander I have poked smaller passing deer with my shotgun barrel. 
Just a few weeks ago I had a 100lb spike buck look into my blind window about 2 feet from my rifle barrel- I heard him walking and the rifle was at the ready, he got a pass.

mitdr774

Maybe 25 yards at a jackal with a .35 whelen driving a 250gr at 2500 fps.

wddodge

Do varmints count??  I plinked a groundhog with a 12 ga from about 5 ft one evening out behind the barn.

Denny

NN

10 feet with a deer.

Diver43

A few years back i shot a large hog from about 6 feet.  He came out from under some palmeto trees and scared the bejeezes out of me.

jaywapti

The last muley buck i shot in Colorado ,I was on a jeep trail high above Idaho Springs, got out of the jeep to glass some open fields below me,when i turned to get back in the jeep i saw a doe and buck bedded down against some pine trees, they just looked at me as i got my rifle and stepped across the trail and shot the buck, they weren't more than 25 feet from me.

JAY

Bigslug

Had a dove fly almost down the barrel of my Mossberg this last opener.  I think he hit the ground less than ten yards away.

Otherwise, 70 yards on Bambi.

jbp-ohio

I once caught a squirrel by the tail and twice had a wabbit run between my legs. However I let them get  near 10 yards away before shooting so they didn't get gutted by so many #4 pellets....

I let the squirrel go. It was young....

Six-Gun

I shot a squirrel with a bow inside of 10 yards.  Black bear with a smoothbore flintlock at 12 yards is a close second.

Zee

Does a knife count?  I’ve killed both deer and pigs with a knife. 

Otherwise, a contact shot with a pistol on a pig. Meaning, I tackled the pig, drew a pistol and shot him. 

Diver43

Zee said:

Does a knife count?  I’ve killed both deer and pigs with a knife. 

Otherwise, a contact shot with a pistol on a pig. Meaning, I tackled the pig, drew a pistol and shot him. 

Wish you had a video of that.
How big?

earlyagain

Zee, you're extremely tuff!

A few seasons back I grabbed a downed elk by the head to cut its throat. Im very lucky I wasn't injured, and I let go and resorted to my reloaded Hawken rifle.

Im not doubting your experience. When I grabbed that elk, her power was overwhelming to me. A hog or deer must be nearly as strong.

snake284

Sitting on a tree stump wearing total camoflage and skunk scent had a small buck come out about 15 yards up the clearing. I shot him in the shoulder. He ran about 50 yards and I found him just across a small creek. I had one closer then that, like 5 yards out the door of a blind, he was a 10 point. I shot him out the window of the blind but never found him.

Zee

Diver43 said:

Zee said:

Does a knife count?  I’ve killed both deer and pigs with a knife. 

Otherwise, a contact shot with a pistol on a pig. Meaning, I tackled the pig, drew a pistol and shot him. 

Wish you had a video of that.
How big?

Maybe 150-175. 

The one I wish was on video was the one we killed with a tire iron. Think I’ve told that story before. 

Zee

earlyagain said:

Zee, you're extremely tuff!

A few seasons back I grabbed a downed elk by the head to cut its throat. Im very lucky I wasn't injured, and I let go and resorted to my reloaded Hawken rifle.

Im not doubting your experience. When I grabbed that elk, her power was overwhelming to me. A hog or deer must be nearly as strong.

An elk has considerably longer legs. That’s the danger. Same with deer. Aside from the horns, the legs will beat the crap out of ya. 

Pigs are short legged. Once they are on their stomach or side, they are easy to keep down. Just stay away from the teeth. 

bullsi1911

Zee said:

earlyagain said:

Zee, you're extremely tuff!

A few seasons back I grabbed a downed elk by the head to cut its throat. Im very lucky I wasn't injured, and I let go and resorted to my reloaded Hawken rifle.

Im not doubting your experience. When I grabbed that elk, her power was overwhelming to me. A hog or deer must be nearly as strong.

An elk has considerably longer legs. That’s the danger. Same with deer. Aside from the horns, the legs with beat the crap out of ya. 

My buddy that roped a deer and had it beat his *** can attest to this.  As he said, it stomped a mud hole in his butt

Ernie Bishop

Zee said:

Does a knife count?  I’ve killed both deer and pigs with a knife. 

Otherwise, a contact shot with a pistol on a pig. Meaning, I tackled the pig, drew a pistol and shot him. 

Always looking for an excuse to cuddle...

jbohio

Hower high my tree stand was.  15 feet? A buck came out of the thicket, quietly.  Before I got sorted out, he was right underneath me.  I sent a 385gr sabot slug, via 12 ga, right between his shoulder blades.  Center punched his heart, out through his brisket..  Best blood trail ever, for the 30 yards he made it.

Linefinder

My Dad killed a whitetail with a pair of Channel Locks.

I'll never be the man he was.

Mike

CHIRO1989

Linefinder said:

My Dad killed a whitetail with a pair of Channel Locks.

I'll never be the man he was.

Mike

Used as they were designed or used as a hammer?

CHIRO1989

Probably 20-30 feet.

snake284

NN said: 

10 feet with a deer.

You killed a deer with a deer? Dayem!  You're gonna have to tell me that story face to face at the next SE Shoot.

Jayhawker

I tried to kill a deer with a tomahawk.....deer kicked my ass..

You ever grab hold of something and wonder " What the hell am I gonna do now?".

jbohio

Jayhawker said:

I tried to kill a deer with a tomahawk.....deer kicked my ass...

Hehehe.  I'd like to hear that story sometime.

Ernie Bishop

Zee said:

Does a knife count?  I’ve killed both deer and pigs with a knife. 

Otherwise, a contact shot with a pistol on a pig. Meaning, I tackled the pig, drew a pistol and shot him. 

Which pistol?