ORIGINAL: krisken
I quickly put in a primos video that sprang to mind where I remembered seeing a buck at full alert that droped (way down) in this video.
Although he got hit cleanly it was one heck of an attempt by the buck!.
In this clip the camera angle was so you were able to see the entire arrow from start to finish.
I just watched this seven times and I have to say that in stop motion the arrow is at least seven yards away before the buck makes his first motion to duck.
This buck was spooked and looking right at the shooter when the shot was taken!.
What are we down to now?
that buck was shot at 32yrds. they said and by the angle of the shot I would say the point of aim was at the bottom of the lung area and it still hit mid section.
What say you to that?.
I' m not sure what point you' re trying to make with that one example. I recall a Realtree video showing a buck ducking an arrow at < 20 yards. The hunter appears to shoot high, but in slow motion replay and the help of a telestrator, the aiming point was fine. The deer simply jumped the string. I don' t understand your reasoning here.
On a side note, I remember reading an article several years ago where the author stated if you believe the deer is going to jump the string you should aim at the very very bottom of its chest. Obviously, the question comes to mind- what if the deer doesn' t drop? At best you gave him a haircut, but you probably missed. That article always made me laugh.