All deer season it seems like every deer I have dropped a string on was wired like they were on a caffine/chocolate high. Ya'll know what I mean..the arrows going right there but they ain't there when the arrow gets there. Jumping the string; ducking, what ever you want to call it, they are getting out-of-the way of the arrow. Every shot I'm missing high. Now, I must confess; some of them have been my fault...but not all of them. Even the deer that I have gotten this year have been hit high. Well, I read some threads here on Tradgang where some others were having the same problems. Most of ya'll stated that you aim lower on the deer. I do that also. I guess not low enough though. Then I read where Terry Green aims at the very bottom of the chest on Texas deer. Makes sense to me. Well this afternoon, here comes a pretty doe slipping through the woods towards me. When I see that it looks like I'm going to get a shot, I remind myself to aim at the chest line. Yes sir, I ain't going to airmail one over this gals back. She comes in like I had her on a string. She hits my shooting lane, stops and looks the other way. Perfect quartering away angle. I focus on the very bottom of her chest, pull'er back and cut it loose. You'll never guess what happened. She didn't move a muscle. No dropping, no dipping, no squating, no nothing. She stood there like a beatiful brown statue. My arrow just missed under her chest. :notworthy:
Just when you get it figured out, look what happens :bigsmyl: and have fun.
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nervous muledeer will slide ~forward~ instead of dropping down. Then there are hybrid whitetail/muledeer.... I figure tomorrow I will find out what they do... :archer:
The hybrid whitetail/muledeer just "freeze.."
Expecting you to anticipate the ol' "duck, bob, n slide"..
They've learned that if they stand still they are safe..
Toot
I think deer hear the arrow coming and act accordingly.
I had one under my tree once. I took the shot and she made a quick U shape out of her body letting the arrow pass through the center of the U with out touching a hair.
The same thing cost my hunting partner a very large buck a few years ago. I try to shoot low in the chest, but never hold on the brisket or lower, which will still get the deer if it drops down to run. I think at least as many high hits and misses are caused by the bowhunter shooting high as by the deer dropping to run. At least that's my case. I try to shoot low on the animal, but sometime I just don't get it done.
That's why I'm still an advocate of shooting a slightly lighter arrow and gaining the extra speed that comes with it.
Sorry to hear about your miss dude!