finally walks out in front of your stand. He is in that 35-40 range. You have a bow that is fairly quiet and average speed. You are a confident shot at 40 yards when standing at the range. Now, its happening. He is standing within bow range in the 35-40 zone.

A: He hasnt spotted you yet and is just browsing offering up multiple shot angles and doesnt know you exist.
B: He is walking and you have to grunt to stop him and now he is looking right at your direction.

In both A and B do you play for the buck to drop. Meaning you aim slightly below the belly in hopes has he drops and the broadhead finds the kill zone or do you aim where you would in the back yard and let her fly?

I am curious what you do in either situation.

In case 'A', I would aim just like in the back yard. The sound of your bow going off will make him 'alert', probably not jumping your string too much.

In case 'B', I would aim low. The grunt made him 'alert', his next move will be jumping your string.

Also a big part depends on how many fps you are shooting.

i have never had a deer jump thestring.My mathews legacy shoots 275 fps and is dead quite.the arrow connects before he even knows anything is wrong

Sound travels four times faster than the fastest arrow (1116.4 fps at sea level). His nerves only take a millisecond to react. He will react, one way or another. I would aim at his heart, if he drops down to jump you get a lung shot, if he stands still to listen you get a heart shot.

At that range, if the deer should take a step as you release, you have a gut shot. Wait for a better shot. To much can go wrong at that range that you have no control over.

I agree with kansaswiderack, there to many uncontrolable variables that can be magnified with a long shot. I personally will not shoot past 30 yds when in the field. I am a very capable shot out to about 60 yards at the range, but there are just too many things that can go wrong. Like the deer taking a step or that little twig you can't see but that will deflect your arrow enough for a bad shot.

Oh,.... you poor misinformed boy. You just haven't hunted long enough and you're believing too much of that hype and PR that Mmmmmmmmmm.... MMMMMMmmmmm..... MMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm...(well,..you know who) puts out.

First scenerio I would probably wait and see which way he goes. If it looks like he might come closer I'll wait. If not I shoot. Second scenerio, I don't grunt to stop any deer. I shoot if it's a casual walk. I just apply the lead and let it go. A walking deer doesn't jump like one standing still. I doubt most of them pick up the bow sound as danger until it's too late. If he's stepping out with purpose I'm not even raising the bow.

i have stopped and shot all my deer up to 40 yards. I have shot 9 deer now with my bow and have never had any of them even come close to even flinching. Your prob just jealous of the mathews

If the deer isn't alert, they aren't likely to jump the string. Like davidmil, if I think the deer is going to come closer, I'll wait. If not, I'll take the shot applying the appropriate lead -- also like davidmil, I don't grunt deer to a stop.

If the deer is alert and suspicious, I'll purposely aim at the bottom of the kill zone. If it doesn't drop, I've still got 'em. On the deer that I've taken where this happened, the deer have dropped into a perfect kill shots.

I practice out to 60+ yards. I did so just yesterday and was getting pretty tight groups out to 60. I limit myself on real deer to 40 yards taking one last year at that range. It was in a field and walking. After I shot, it went about 50 yards and fell over without even kicking.

YUP... that's it... I'm jealous.[&:][8D] I've shot deer with recurves and an assortment of compounds. I shot about 9 times as many as you and yes... some of them have dropped. I suggest you check those glasses.[8D][8D]