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ORIGINAL: smokepolehall
yup, those deer are very quick to react, just ask awshucks and his 2 last year jumpimg the exomax! sometimes even tho we think a deer is relaxed and make our shot. they are not, some minute scent or noise they hear or the arrow vanes/feathers giving off the sound
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I'll repeat the story even though it still makes me sick a year later. I was shooting an Emax chronied at 328 fps w/ my setup. At a UFFDA hunt in Mo. on 1600 acres. 1st jumper was a spike the owner wanted culled at 32 yds. I was being filmed at the time. I held mid chest and the arrow sailed over his back, cameraman thought I hit the one behind it in the leg. There were 4 deer total strung out when I took the shot. I didn't see the one come in behind my targeted deer and later review showed as did the recovered arrow a clean miss. This was on a Sat eve.
Next am, I whacked a turkey at 30 yds. That eve I was in same blind as am and had a nice doe at 30 yds sniffing the turkey feathers. I held about 2" up from the bottom of her brisket behind front leg. She got under the arrow w/ ease.
Needless to say I was distraught. The common explanation others have given me is even though they appeared relaxed, being on a preserve and near blinds, they are more alert than they appear.
I'd of bet some real $ on 30 yds being a sure thing at 330 fps. I got by light, learned a good lesson w/o dinging either of the deer up.
Jumping the string
])can make a deer drop a 3rd of its body hight in less the a blink of a eyeso I too am a beliver in the string jump theory somewhat but then again there is the angle of deer to stand that also plays a big roll in the shot too(as we all know[&o])...
