[quote]ORIGINAL: VAhuntr

KY_BOWMAN

What you are not taking in to consideration is how nervous or "on edge" the deer is. The sound from a noisy bow will be much faster than any compound bow. Maybe someone with a physics background can give a better answer but I seem to remember that the speed of sound is over 1000 fps. I'm sure this can vary with temperature, altitude and probably many other things as well but it is still much faster than a bow! The deer do not "turn and run away" as you say, they actually drop their body or duck causing the arrow to pass over them. This can and has happened to people inside of 30 yards. I used to have a video of close calls showing this. It was pretty amazing to watch what these animals can do.

WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A DEER WILL HAVE TIME TO MOVE COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WAY RUNNING AWAY MIND YOU BY THE TIME THE ARROW HITS WHERE IT WAS AIMED AT.

I KNOW THAT DEER CAN DUCK THE ARROW AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A NATURAL THING FOR A DEER TO DO. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT A DEER IS GOING TO HAVE THAT MUCH TIME TO RUN AWAY AND BE OUT OF THE SIGHT PICTURE BY THE TIME THE ARROW GETS THERE.