Just wondering what you guys aim at when shooting whitetails center lungs high low etc. just wondering I have shot over a few and hit some high I thinking I am gonna aim low 1/3 of the heart this year they always drop it seems at the shot
I try for the heart, this way if they drop, I get a double lung.
broadside or slightly quartered away I am a straight line to the opposite shoulder - armpit if I have an extra moment. I do try and wait for the deer to step forward or move the leg closest to me forward and I wait until they lean on it. Deer do not ever jump the string - Robertson Stykbow Longbow is deadly quiet. I have a method of aiming to correct any shooting high from a treestand
I aim for that little tiny hair Around center mass trying to get a double lung.
depends on shot angle and the level of alertness in the deer. usually lower third is good.
I usually aim for the deer, that is unless my subconscious looks at something else. This usually ends with a miss. Lol! I couldn't help myself, please don't take this as a smarty answer. I am laughing as I post because I was being a smart a**, but laughing at myself because it is the truth. I just can't keep it together. I have shot em in the horns. I have hit trees. You name it. I have really been conciously practicing on just aiming this summer. I believe it has been a productive process. Good Luck!
Usually lower 1/3 behind the crease about 2 inches. Either get heart or lungs if they drop
Antlers. :knothead: :dunno:
QuoteOriginally posted by JSMOFFITT03:
I aim for that little tiny hair Around center mass trying to get a double lung.
Took the words right out of my mouth! :-)G
I think about the spot on the backside where the arrow will exit. Helps me keep center of chest from various angles. I've got a natural tendency (and heavy arrows) to hit slightly low - and that seems to be an advantage. My goal is to pierce both lungs. Sometimes the heart gets in the way.
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QuoteOriginally posted by m midd:
Usually lower 1/3 behind the crease about 2 inches. Either get heart or lungs if they drop
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Apart from angles. . . think straight up the leg, elbow, 2-3 inches above that. I impose a 1.5"-2" black dot on the spot I want to hit. Keep focused on that black "button" until the arrow hits. I practice that way on all targets- always shooting a black button. Its natural when the deer shows up.
Right above the heart.
As low as the angle will allow. God Bless
Lower 1/3. That way if the deer drops I still have a solid hit and usually easy tracking.
I only have hunted Midwestern deer. I aim where I want my arrow to go. Most of the time on a broadside shot I am just up the front leg and slightly off of it. Works well for me. All deer react to the shot before the arrow gets there. But I think this happens less with larger bodied Midwestern deer. I never knew what string jumping really was until I hunted in Africa!
I pick my spot about 1/3 the way up the deer right in the shoulder crease. If it doesn't move I get a double lung and heart shot. When they duck I still get a solid double lung hit.
Right behind the elbow on a broadside shot. Back of the ribs half way up on 1/4 away. Most of the time shots come quickly on deer and I can pick see those spots up well. Hogs & bears I seem to have more time.
I try to hit them about right here. I'm like jon, I shoot where I want the arrow. Most of my shots are inside 18yds. Seriously Brian, you know where to shoot a deer. you got a fast rig and you can out shoot 95 percent or more of the the folks on here. good luck and send me a pic. Don
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Thats perty simple.
At the last second your eyes are drawn to horzional line of the deer back AND YOU RELEASE.
QuoteOriginally posted by Spurs:
I usually aim for the deer, that is unless my subconscious looks at something else. This usually ends with a miss. Lol! I couldn't help myself, please don't take this as a smarty answer. I am laughing as I post because I was being a smart a**, but laughing at myself because it is the truth. I just can't keep it together. I have shot em in the horns. I have hit trees. You name it. I have really been conciously practicing on just aiming this summer. I believe it has been a productive process. Good Luck!
Spurs,sounds like you are blacking out, turn around count to three pick a spot and shoot DrMO
Check this out... Arrow shot placement (http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=084174)
I can't aim.blackout is my middle name. Need to do some yoga or something in the tree to settle down.
Great thread Charlie.... :thumbsup:
Broadside, lower 1/3 of the body. This shot takes out both lungs even if the animal ducks.
got to remember to breath...wont blackout any more...hahahaha
I also aim low for the heart incase of the drop
I'll let you know after my first trip out with trad gear Saturday morning!
Kingsnake :archer:
Im with Brittman, but pick a spot, be it a hair, a shadow , dark spot whatever.
Aim small, miss small ( most of the time). :bigsmyl: