More important than head position I believe is the deer's alertness when you release. Are they standing there relaxed eating corn or are they on or have they been on high alert. The picture sequence is a perfect example, you can clearly see she is in an alert position.
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You just shot too high...
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this, there is no bow that has the technical spec's to beat a deer. The only chance aim low and shoot them when their relaxed. I think a lot of folks just aim mid ship and take out half of the deer's body when shoot. I aim just above the white line and it never surprises me how many the arrow actually enter highOriginally posted by Rack Ranch View PostComment
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I shot a doe opening morning at 24 yards. I put the pin low on her heart right behind the shoulder and squeezed the release. I thought it was a perfect shot, her head was down and had been eating corn for 20 minutes. When I found my arrow, no blood at all, just a little a hair and meat. 2 weeks later, I got a picture her on the TC entry point was right behind the shoulder but about 6 inches higher than where I aimed. Also, I was puzzled why she didn't have a exit wound.
Well, Saturday evening she came out, I let her eat for a while and put my pin at the bottom of her body behind the shoulder. Release, I knew it was a good shot, and I heard her crash. I was still surprised she made it 150 yards because I ended double lunging her.
Anyway, when I was cleaning her, I found the exit wound. It was basically dead center on top of her back. So basically, she dropped & rolled for the arrow to go in about 5" from top of back and come out the top without hitting her spine. I was shooting from ground level.Comment
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The doe I shot opening weekend twisted where my arrow entered the bottom of her lung, through the heart, and out at the top of her neck breaking her spine. Dropped her in her tracks. I am hunting from 15' up on a ladder stand and shot was 33 yards away.Comment
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