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Old 09-19-2010 | 09:35 AM
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nodog
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Originally Posted by GMMAT
nodog:

Go back and look at the diagram I posted. At around 8yds, you'd be dead-on with your 20yd pin. At all ranges <20yds (above 8.....and until you got to 20) you'd be high.

I'll look. I did and I see what your talking about. The deer I missed was probably under the arch and not at the point where the sight and arrow met. I haven't measured the distances more than walking them off so our 20's are probably different. I'm sure that first deers back was just at the top of the arch and he might have been just taking a step down. Whatever he got away and I didn't have to drag his entire butt 2 miles to the truck so I wasn't real upset. Next year we are call in. Really looking forward top that.

What I want to see is my arrow hitting the spot. I've noticed I don't bend as easily these days and my body wants to pull me straight. Kind of hard to hold down and release without releasing my whole body straightening up so I need some help. Maybe you were talking about shooting level, I'm in a tree 20 up trying to bend at the waist.

Based on experience hitting a deer low in the lung area is a lot more deadly than high so I'm good with low. Shot at 3 deer last year all close, I hit 2 high and missed one The 2 I hit were after missing and I still was high. Tracking was long.
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