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01-30-2002 | 10:04 AM

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RE: A deer can duck an....arrow??!!

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I also thought that for a mechanical engineer as the author is, the assumption of some of the reaction times was cheesey to say the least.
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The figure the author used for reaction time was very small. Eliminate it completely and there is little difference.

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He also doesn't take into consideration the "distance buffers" factor. The farther the shot-the less likely a severe reaction. Pop off a balloon next to an unsuspecting person's ear and try the same from 40yds out. Who jumps more? Why the more nervous person of course....<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

I don't see where any of that makes a difference. Once a deer reacts by dropping to recoil for the jump, how can he drop any faster than the acceleration of gravity?

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Read the caption under the pic at the end of the article, it pretty much contradicts much of what was written within...<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

This is the caption:
"When only close shots are taken a deer doesn't have sufficient time to react to the sound of the shot before the arrow arrives. However, at common distance around 20 yards a faster arrow definitely produces a greater likelihood for hitting the vitals when shooting at alert deer."

What he's saying is that close shots (like 5-10 yards) a slow or fast bow doesn't matter. The deer is dead if your aim is good. At 20 yards, those few inches saved by a faster bow, means the difference between hitting the vitals and just wounding the deer. Falls right in line with the article from what I can tell.

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