RE: This is why its called hunting and not getting!
I personally don't think anybody or there comments are wrong on here. Every deer is different and place that same deer in a different spot say with the wind blowing away from him or lite rain maybe they just don't hear the shot as fast. I know we shoot year round we never stop shooting and some of the guys I shoot with are awesome shots on targets. But when it comes to deer they are different shooters, weather it's buck fever or something else they just can't hit the broadside of a barn when it's a deer. But they can shoot targets out to 50 yards and hit a5 inch circle everytime. So deer, hunter and conditions are all right answers. I have shot deer at 40 yards several times but I switched from a recurve to a compound when I got real serious about hunting big bucks because I was only confident out to 20yards with my recurve so I wanted the extra, and the funny thing is since I switched to a compound I have killed 5 biggins and not one has been over 20 yards.. Walt