How many actually pick a spot?
 

I was just wondering how many archers actually pick a spot on the deer when they shoot. I have to admit that I don't. I know where I want to hit and put my pin here and touch the trigger. ButI can't say that I study the deer and pick a tuft of hair to shoot at.

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I hear it a lot, too....but I'm sure I don't do it.

I settle my pin....squint.....open both eyes (to make sure I'm centering the pin housing in the peep)....and expect my arrow to hit behind my pin.

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I just try to put it behind the shoulder and let the Muzzy eat!

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I don't pick a spot i just hope to hit right behind the shoulder.

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exactly

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I aim behind the shoulder and expect the arrow to hit there

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I have shot many deer without "picking a spot" but when I do, the arrow always goes to that spot. It's simply a matter of taking your shooting form and concentration to the highest level.

Training yourself to always pick a spot will improve your accuracy and we owe our game that comitment.

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If I don't pick a spot, I don't hit the target! No choice!:D

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For the newER guys out there.....that spot "behind the shoulder" is misleading (IMO). The angle of the archerto the deer (both vertically and horizontally....in the case of a quartering shot) should dictate arrow path......and the path of the arrow through the vitals should dictate entrance point in EVERY scenario.

Simply stating that we aim "behind the shoulder" can be VERY misleading to the novice archer who hasn't taken into account a deer's anatomy.

Just my .04......(.02 and .02, amended);)

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What the sam hill do you think that PIN is? That IS your spot. You just gotta make sure your spot is in the right spot before you release.

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Off your meds again Arthur..:D

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Which one is it today... The blue pill or the yellow one? :D

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Just listen to the voices in your head they never steer you wrong.

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Since I shoot a recurve instinctively I only hit thespot I look at or else I hit nothing. If I don't pick a small spot I'm just as apt to miss the entire deer.

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I pick a spot because for me, "if I aim big I miss big"...I aim small and I hit good. I zero in on a spot and fire!

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Going further into what Arthur said (which I wholeheartedly agree with).....

What do you do after you pick that spot? If you put your pin there, then......you've covered up your spot. If you just put your pin there and shoot......you've accomplished the SAME THING.

Now....in saying that.....GregH said something a while back that I also agree with. When that animal's coming in......PRE-pick a spot you think you'r egonna need to stick the deer....and focus on that spot.

But when the moment of truth comes......I place my pin where i want my arrow to go.....and the "spot" IS my pin.

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That's a little to deep for me Jeff....;)

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I do, But I also believe it is from my days of shooting a recurve you have to pick a spot when you aim. So now I am always looking for a tuft of hair or something and that is what I aim for.. Walt

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I have two pins on my site.Top one iswhere I want the arrow to go. The bottom is my "reference pin". I put the bottom pin in the arm pit of the deer. I move to the right and left if needed.

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Is that how you got the nickname gutshot? :D[8D]. I pick a spot .

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Charlie that just might be the reason....:D

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GMATT is 100% correct about the angle of the shot, it's not always right behind the shoulder...

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I don't pick a spot.Knowing the deer's anatomy, I try to invision the path of the aarow.Can Istick it in the vitals?........... from my height in the stand and angle in reference to the deer is wht I am trying to determine when the deer is within range......................I'm not looking for a "spot"[:-]

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I try to shoot the ones that don't have spots, they're still too young.

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I can't imagine shooting if I didn't pick a Spot![&:]

Dan

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LOL!!:D

Dan

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Same thing just put a different way of explaining it.

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I guess, but some have mentioned finding a tuff of hair or a dark spot on the deer to aim at when describing "picking a spot".

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I pick a spot while shooting my recurve.

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i just put it right behind the shoulder

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I'll only do that if it's the right spot.;)

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Every animal I shoot, I pick a spot. Usually a grove in the muscle or a tuft of hair.Slinging arrows at an area is a horrible habit to get into. I pick my spot on the deer after planning the arrow passage through the animal. I pick the spot on the enterance that will insure the exit is where I want it. Everyone needs to pick a spot after calculating the path the arrow will travel through the animal. If not, you are going to have some bad shots that you will get to enjoy by tracking all day.

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Who does this????

Tell me Burnie....if your pin is oriented on the deer ....in a place that you want your arrow to enter.......

Have you not picked a spot?

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From what I've seen and heard plenty of people. This site does not represent the hunting community as a whole, you know I mean?

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Lots do. When im helping someone out that is new to bow hunting, I tell them, pick a spot on the deer. When they come to me and ask why they made a bad shoot, the first thing I ask is, what did you aim at. If they cant tell me, I know right away they picked and area and not a spot on the deer. Once they slow down and pick a spot, they start killing. There is a big difference in an area and a spot. You shoot at a target, you pick a spot, ten ring. If you just put your pin on the target and let an arrow fly, you wont hit the ten ring. Same as a deer, you can put a pin on an area and might hit lung, might hit heart, you might hit the gut, you might hit liver, etc. etc. Id say picking an area is the worst habbit you can get into. Like I said, you have to imagine the path through the deer according to your angle, pick a spot on the deer that will allow that arrow to make the path you imagined and exit where you want.

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Very well put, Burnie.

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Bill Miss Alot 123 Badhit lane. Can'tfindmydeer NY.

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:D:DYour bad Charlie.

Pick a spot guys, your luck will run out if your just aiming in a general area. Its hard to do when all you see is brown but it makes you focus, slow down a bit, and you will watch you game fall in sight.

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I pic a spot when he's on the way in but that goes to Sh#$ when he finally gets to the point I'm ready to pull the trigger and let the arrow fly, more or less aim in the zone and hope forhte double lung dance

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On a broadside animal I aim at the crease behind the shoulder about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom.

If it is quartering away I try to visualize where this spot would be on the other side of theanimal and aim accordingly.