Rob,

That sounds like a good piece of hunting there. I don't know how you wouldn't get busted in that scenario (were you 30' high?)

When people do claim the deer didn't react to the shot, do you think the deer hear the bow, but for whatever reason just don't react. I just don't believe the claims that the deer doesn't hear it. Maybe it ignores it or thinks its tree/natural noise.

If a human can hear it, a deer definitely can.