well, yesterday at about 8am i had what i think is a stud of a 2 1/2 year old buck walk past me on the ground at 17-18yds wide open.  i was able to hold it together just like i had done this before.( i hadnt)  
i picked a spot in the middle of the deer right tight to the shoulder. i mouth grunted it to stop- it did, and i released....
that buck dropped so fast and so far that the arrow stuck in a 4" dia tree right exactly where the deer was 1sec earlier..

after starin at the tree for the next 3 hrs i walked over.. its was only 24" or so of the ground. so im 100% sure i didnt just fling it over the deers back. i watched it duck the arrow..

im not upset, because it was awesome just to have my first shot with the recurve.. but my qusetion is should i have aimed at the bottoom od the deer so he ducked into it?? do any of you do this??

gaff

Nope...but next time, don't alert him to your presence. Shoot him walking.

Anxious to see the answers here that follow. After shooting over one that I think definitely ducked, I will be shooting for the heart next time. That heart is pretty low in deer, and hopefully I will end up with a double lung. I know lots will say just look where you want to hit, but our Oklahoma deer are quite adept at jumping the string!

What Biggie said.  The objective is to reduce the variables in your shot, and throwing in a sound that the deer didn't expect added one. If you aim low and still grunt, you're just as likely to shoot under him as anything.  Some of them duck, some freeze and some get out of Dodge so fast you'd swear they were never there.  Control what you can; don't try to control what the deer will do because mostly it won't be what you want him to do.

I've had nothing but bad luck grunting to stop deer.

But it works on tv  

Yep, I never try to stop em unless they are leaving my effective range. Atleast you got the shot man! Very cool....and it is way better than a bad hit.

What Biggie said....

Unless you are hunting hard hunted spooky deer, I wouldn't.  Either wait for it to stop on its own, or shoot it walking, if it is moving slow.

It does work on TV, but they are usually aiming for a duck too.  

I try to never stop one, unless it's just moving too fast.  If I do shoot at one that I've grunted at, I aim as low as I'd possibly want to hit and kill it...just in case it doesn't duck.

Hey I aimed lower third and no grunt Saturday and still shot under her when she ducked...and after pacing it off she was a yard closer than I thought...At least you have an excuse...lol

I wouldn't have grunted and alerted the deer to something in the area. A walking deer is making his own background noise himself.

everybody misses! missed three time this year. finally shot a doe sat evening

I would have shot him walking like Biggie said.  That being said, I had a buck duck the string and shot over his back last year and I did not try to stop him.  I did shoot him walking.  Problem was he was walking on an old logging road and was not making any noise.

Ya' win some and ya lose some.

God Bless,
Nathan

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But it works on tv