We all have had deer "jump string" before but the incident I had the other evening showed just how quick a deer is.
I had a doe almost perfectly broadside to me, if anything angled to me slightly at about 16 yards. She was content and showed no sign of being spooky. I leveled the crosshairs right in the crease behind her front leg and sent the bolt on it's way.
I knew something was wrong by both the sound and by the way she ran off. Luckily she did not go far BUT... when we examined her we found that my shot hit her back in the flank and came out behind the opposite shoulder. Video confirmed that she nearly turned nearly 90 degrees away from me before the bolt struck.
I use an old Excal Exocet that shoots about 280-285 fps. If that deer had been 6-8 yards farther away from me I probably would have hit her right in the tail end.
I was testing a Slick Trick head for the first time, yes I practiced with it to make sure it flew where I wanted it to.
I was pleased with it's performance as it was a pass thru and it burried in the ground after going thru the deer. To my amazement the blades were still sharp enough to cut you after all that.
People say "Oh,deer can't jump string at that distance my bow is too fast."
All I can say is Bull S_ _ _!

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