ORIGINAL: gutshot
Burnie you mention shooting at the ten ring on a deer targetbut of all of the 3-d targets that I've ever shot I've never been able to see the ring but I know the general area that it's in. I've been bowhunting for about 30 years and have killed 40-50deer and a black bear using the method that I described. Now I have hit 3 deer that I was unable to recover. Iagree thatjust flinging a arrow toward a deer is a mistake, but I disagree that picking atuft of hair or a crease is the only way to do it.
Nope I didnt. I said when shooting at a target, not a deer target. You do look at the ten ring when shooting at a target. I just suggested to find an area/spot on a deer thats it. And I assume you are doing just that. Because if you were just slinging arrows at a deers area, you arenot picking a spot. And if you are doing that, you would not berecoveringall the deer you said.
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I don't pick a spot, I go through a process in my head though.
From the bottom of the deer, following the leg up from where it meets the body;
"Three inches up, two inches back, hold, hold, release."
You are, three inches up, two inches back. Thats a spot.