What is to stop a deer from moving at 12 yards? If it going to move it is going to move.
Somehow I knew this would come up. Here are the numbers:
A bow shooting at 280 FPS a deer moving at 2 MPH:
At 35 yards a deer can move a little over one foot by the time you shoot and the arrow gets there.
At 12 yards a deer can move a little over four inches.
Remember I am calculating this based on constant speed (deer and arrow), of course the arrow will slow down a lot by the time it gets 35 yards. So the 1 foot measure will be greater.
If you need the calculations let me know.