Buck Hollow Sporting Goods - click or touch to visit their website Midwest Habitat Company

Shooting Low?

baggin_bucks

baggin_bucks

Active Member
Do any of you aim a little lower on a deer when you shoot one with a bow, I watched a show the other day that suggested shooting low so if and when the deer jumps the string the arrow hits the spot you would normally aim at. I had never heard this?
 
I always aim where I plan to hit.....if you try to anticipate where the deer will go, you have that chance he may not react as you would expect and a final result of a poor hit.

Pick the base of the heart as a shot, if he ducks, you are in the lungs, if he jumps, you hit the bottom of the heart, if he lunges forward, you have a lung hit..
 
Shoot him at twenty yards or less and he'll probably never have the chance to jump the string, especially if he is unaware of your presence. Ditto to what Shredder said.
CRITR
 
Put the pin where you want to hit! If you antisipate the drop and it doesnt drop you have some serious problems
smirk.gif
.
 
Limb Savers, string leeches, heavier arrows, lots of FPS. Quiet and fast. What kind of bow you shoot Shredder?????
 
With today's quiet bows and silencing accessories I virtually never have a deer react before the arrow gets there as long as it is unaware of me to start with. Another point to keep in mind is that the vitals are a lot closer to the bottom of a deer than to the top so it pays to shoot low to start with. Half way up a deer you are level with is very close to the top of the rib cage. A third of the way up and right behind the front leg on a broadside shot is tough to beat and should result in a very short blood trail.
 
The topic of arrow placement is one that has bugged me since I started shotting 3D's last year.

I've always shot at deer in the exact placement that Old Buck described. In looking at a deer anatomy chart that is correct.

Does it bug anybody else that many of the 3D targets have the 10 (or 12) ring up over the should blade? When I'm 3D shooting I always have to make it a point to aim for the scoring points instead of the actual "kill zone". I'd hate for that to come back to haunt me one fall!!!! Turkey targets at 3D's are notoriously bad for this as well.

Something to keep in mind!
 
I believe that use to be true when bows were not as fast as they are today. With the new fast bows even a 40 yrd shot is quick to find it's mark. I have heard of deer jumping the string but out of the several dozen whitetail I have harvested not one ever had done this, but again I shot a Matthews
smirk.gif
smirk.gif
 
bukket,

That is why when I shoot a 3d I never keep score. We just pretend we are hunting and try for good kill shots not worrying about where someone decided to put a scoring ring. I hope everyone realizes that those rings are not necessarily where you would shoot an animal. Even if they were in the correct location it would only apply to a particular body angle such as broadside or quartering away.

What would really be cool would be a 3D target that when you walked up to it you could look at the back side and see your arrow and all the internal body parts. How about someone coming up with targets where you could do the above and then get a certain number of points for a heart shot, a certain number for a double lung, a different number for a single lung, negative points for a gut shot etc.
grin.gif


Old Buck
 
Ok, Good I wasn't planning on shooting low anyways, I was worried that if the deer DOESN'T jump the string then I've placed a bad shot. So you guys just set the deal thanks for the help. Also I plan on not shooting anything over 20-25 yds since it is my first year with the bow. I plan on hopefully shooting a doe this weekend for meat and then waiting it out for a mature buck (hopefully)
 
Good Luck BagginBucks - you'll be hooked. The tough part is gonna be waiting to go recover your deer after you hit it......WAIT for it....wait for it.......

Buddy of mine was so excited and ran up to a nice 8 pt he had shot. Buck probably would have bled out and died where he fell, but my friend ran up too soon and pushed him off....oh, they recovered him.....later after the coyotes had their buffet. (sad for all involved).

Let us know how you do. I hope to fill one of my doe tags this weekend too.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom