"Jumping the string" used to be a big topic, in fact I think that ?Allen? gave it as the primary reason for developing the compound bow. Is this now a non-issue? Is a 200 fps bow fast enough that no deer can "jump the string?"

a deer can deffinitaly jump the string at 200fps. i was at my archery dealer and he is shooting 318 fps and he had a deer that "jumped the string" at 25 yrds. although i believe he said that the deer was suspicious of something.

deer don't literally "jump the string". an overly alert deer is simply reacting to the noise of your bow. however he/she would have the same reaction if the noise came from something other than a bow. so 200 fps 300 fps or whatever fps...doesn't matter, unless the arrow can reach the deer before your bow makes any noise from the shot, which is a physical impossibility.

Tis alive and well. Todays bows are fast.... but they aren't that fast. A bad hit is as bad or maybe worse than a clean miss. I always take the animals state of nervousness into consideration when I take my sight picture.

Have you guy's ever heard a bow shoot from a deer's point of view?Safely behind a object of course.All you can hear is the arrow not the bow(unlees you have a realy loud bow<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>)

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Hawgz, what we as humans hear and what animals in this case whitetails here is vastly different. There hearing is &quot;more powerful&quot; for a lack of a better term, fine tuned to there surroundings.

We have done it with our stickbows, and yes in most instances you are right, at 15 yards though there is a noise audible. No also understand a lower pitch travels farther then a higher pitch. A higher pitch travels faster. Whats that mean, some bows still have a thud to them, just low to our ears. In the case of hearing it from behind a saftey wall, this thump may or may not be adible, but rest assured, they can hear it!

I believe that jumping the string is a direct result of shooting under spined arrows that don't take all the energy that the bow creates. The energy still in the bow has to be released somewhere and that is through the bow in the form of noise or vibration. Anybody else believe this?

Sound travels roughly three times faster than even the fastest setups.
It doesn't matter whether its the bow, the arrow, or spine of the arrow. If you shoot at an alert deer, he will most likely jump the string,resulting in either a clean miss or worse yet, poor shot placement, clear and simple.

nope, it can happen to anyone, whether it be a proberly tuned bow with the right arrow or anyother bow. it has to do with if the deer is aware of your presenc, suspicious of somthing and just its overall reawction to the shot if detected. thats just my opinion.

Marc

i agree with cods on this one