I had my brother shoot my Q2 the other day while I hid behind a truck about 5 yards down range. I was suprised that I could not here the bow go off at all. What I did here though was the suprisingly loud whistling and buzzing as my arrow flew past me. I'm sure my 5" helical feathers have a lot to do with the noise and am planning to switch to a drop-away rest and vanes next year. But how much of a factor do you guys think arrow noise is in deer "jumping the string"?

While the arrow whistling and buzzing seems like a less threating noise, it is no doubt louder than my bow itself. Also since I could here arrow noise throughout the entire flight of the arrow, from release to target, I believe the arrow noise could increase the tendency of a deer to jump the string. Any thoughts? I guess this all stems from a poor, but lethal shot I made on a 10 pt. last year. Despite dedicated practice, tight groups, and very good accuracy all summer, I shot high and spined the 10 pt. I couldn't believe I made such a poor shot. Do you think the arrow noise could have been a factor and he ducked the arrow?