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I just finished Kisky's video Extreme 5. It was more that apparent to me that there were several low percentage shots taken and several poor placed shots on it. I was really disappointed at the amount of comments about a good hit when clearly they were not. It just appeared that alot of the shots were rushed or just flung for video purposes.
 
Although I have not seen it,I have heard the same thing about it on other forums
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I just finished watching it about a half hour ago. Overall, I thought it was a great video with lots of truely wild, non-fenced monster bucks featured on it which is getting to be a rarity these days. However, there were several "less than ideal" hits featured on it. The only outstanding "non-ethical" shot on the video I thought was the running shot on that monster 201" buck. There were several marginal hits on the video, including a couple of shoulder hits. I didn't feel that it was too big of a deal...making hits like that is just something that happens every once in a while to everyone who bowhunts...they certainly weren't trying to hit the deer there. What is important is they put the time in and recovered the deer.
 
image, correct me if i'm wrong, but weren't you on here a couple weeks ago, ranting because someone on here was critical of one of your "personal friends" making a bad shot on film? now you are doing the same to someone else's videos?
i'm not saying bad shots don't happen, just wondering what you angle is now
 
I have not seen WE5 but Ive watched a few of the other 04' videos and Ive seen alot of miss placed arrows. Must have been the year for it. Everyone practice up and we wont talk have to talk about this next year.
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Let's get err going controversy man. Not sure where I singled out one individual on this post, oh that's right I didn't. My stance is this. It's unethical to take a shot that is of very low percentage just because a deer is on camera, and I don't care who you are. My stance on the personal friend that I defended was that it became a bad shot. We all make bad shots, but to take a bad shot is a different subject. A low percentage shot especially a running deer or quartering to you is a very low percentage shot. Now that should allow you no room for firestarting.
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I wish I had the resources to make a whole video in one season too. Maybe someday. How about you controversy man?????
 
We try to make the video as good as we can by putting 19kills on it. And when we get a kill from a subcontractor or ourselves that may not be a perfect hit. We are not going to throw the kill away. We only try to learn from our marginal hit and do better next time. These are wild deer with your adrenaline pumping and unfortunetly it only takes a deer to flinch or take a half of a step to either hit that deer too far back or high, or in the shoulder. As far as the 201" goes it didn't matter if the camera was rolling, Ryan felt at 5yds he could kill the deer and he did with a perfectly placed arrow you didn't get to see because the cameraman didn't react as fast as the deer and that is because the camera was on a arm and you have to move the whole arm. Everyone will have their opinion. I got to thinking the other day about one of my favorite videos"bowhunting October whitetails" with barry and gene wensel. When they were driving deer and shooting them running with recurves. That is up to them because they know their shooting ability. Personally my shooting ability isn't good enough to shoot a running deer but I am not going to judge someone else for it. Just my comments. Good luck to all this fall.
Don and Kandi Kisky
 
Unfortunately because of the quantity of the footage that people in the business produce and the number of people that view it, it is easier for viewers to scrutinize and criticize. I sincerely doubt that anyone involved in the footage took any shots they didn't feel would be beyond their skill level. With that being said i feel that their are times when perfect judgement can be clouded by the adreneline rush of the moment. I think there are times when anyone of us has made a decision that we were not entirely happy with when it came to a decision on an animal. I think we all know that bowhunting is a constant learning process and we can only try to learn from our mistakes.I think that we should feel thankful that there are people as talented and willing to share their footage and skills with us the viewer.
 
I can't comment specifically on the latest 'Extreme' video but I can say that all the other 'Extreme' series videos are first class. I know because my wife bought me the entire series for Christmas
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...... Don and Kandi Kisky are hardcore whitetail hunters that are blessed enough to have some great properties to hunt and they do a first class job at managing the deer herd. Their videos contain some of the highest quality mature buck footage that you will see on any video series. I have never met Don & Kandi but they appear to be honest, hardworking whitetail hunting fanatics like most of the rest of us here on Iowawhitetail. I would be glad to share a hunting camp with them anyday.
 
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We try to make the video as good as we can by putting 19kills on it. And when we get a kill from a subcontractor or ourselves that may not be a perfect hit. We are not going to throw the kill away. We only try to learn from our marginal hit and do better next time. These are wild deer with your adrenaline pumping and unfortunetly it only takes a deer to flinch or take a half of a step to either hit that deer too far back or high, or in the shoulder. As far as the 201" goes it didn't matter if the camera was rolling, Ryan felt at 5yds he could kill the deer and he did with a perfectly placed arrow you didn't get to see because the cameraman didn't react as fast as the deer and that is because the camera was on a arm and you have to move the whole arm. Everyone will have their opinion. I got to thinking the other day about one of my favorite videos"bowhunting October whitetails" with barry and gene wensel. When they were driving deer and shooting them running with recurves. That is up to them because they know their shooting ability. Personally my shooting ability isn't good enough to shoot a running deer but I am not going to judge someone else for it. Just my comments. Good luck to all this fall.
Don and Kandi Kisky

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Welcome to the site!
 
I'll admit, I happen to really enjoy watching some of these videos. I haven't seen the new one you watched but I own a few and have noticed some marginal shots. Drury has one out recently where a guy in Texas hits a nice drop tine buck in the shoulder and says what a good shot it was. I disagree that the shot was good, but they did find the buck. I've made shots like that, as well as most everyone on this site. It's part of hunting. I make every effort not to make shots like that though by shooting all year round and trying to be patient and take the most ethical shot. Plus, I hate tracking deer when my arrow didn't go where I necessarily wanted it too. I see your point about them being excited about a "great shot", as you don't want new hunters to think it's fine to hit deer high or in the shoulder, but I can still enjoy watching because I know deep down that these things do happen.
 
Now that is perfect logic and you got what I was pointing at....I was only concerned on how new hunters and other rookies would see the shots, especially a running deer shot. Would Joe Scmo say hey, I never knew you could shoot at a running deer with a bow? I just think sometime, and with EVERY VIDEO COMPANY, you just have to ask yourself is this a hunt we want to show? My 2 cents meaning no offense....
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