No, not hot bodies!!!

How many can see exactly where their arrow hits on impact? What I am getting at is this........I might know or think I know the general vicinity..........Heck, I hope I hit exactly where I aimed but....we don' t always.

I have always been told and tried to practice burning the pin on a hair of a animal, how can anyone see exactly where they hit the animal.........unless they are not concentrating on that pin? Just like shooting a target, how do you exactly know where you really did hit the animal until after the shot....NOT during the shot? I think this is partly responsible for marginal hits, trying to see where your arrow is hitting while shooting. JMO.

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For me it depends upon lighting conditions and the color of my nock/vane combo mostly......I have some shots in my mind that I can still see as clear as a bell , and others where I couldn' t tell you where I hit the deer only that I was SURE the shot felt good.
The ones I couldn' t see were ususally early morning, weird light or late in the evening combined with poor choices in arrow colors....combined with 300fps speed doesn' t really help.
I shot a doe last year with my very pretty " Fall Woods" styled arrows (1 brown 2 orange barred feathers with dark orange nocks on camo shafts) looked really nice but when I shot that deer I saw NOTHING. Might as well have been a bullet.
I switched right back over to bright chartruese/white with white nocks and they show up great.

Being able to see where that arrow hit is a big help in proper game follow up , so I have officially sworn off arrows just for " Style" ........it' s all function now.[:-]

I use XX78 Super Slam' s and use the two white and a green with a green nock. I can usually see where the arrow hits...but once in a blue moon I can' t see where the arrow hits and then it' s a long wait before the track starts.

When I do everything corectly (same with practice) I can see my arrow hit it' s mark. This is kind of hard to explain but I dont " concentrate" on my pin! I concentrate on my target and my release. Maintaining eye contact with my target all the way through the shot is part of my shot sequence. When I dont see where my arrow hit it' s because I flinched , blinked , or something else out of the ordinary.

Im like BOWFANITIC and dont concentrate on my pin, that come from a lot of target and indoor shooting. If I put all of my concentration on the target where I want to hit the pin just goes there and I dont even really see it. When I follow through correctly I will see the arrow fly through the sight aperture and hit where I aimed because Im still aiming there when the arrow hits its mark.

I am with BOWFANATIC on this one. When I shoot my focus is burned in on the " spot" or hair that I am aiming at. It is impossible to focus on your pin AND your " spot" .........seeing how the target shouldn' t be moving (hopefully) it only seems logical to focus on your " spot" and let your pin float over it while you make a good clean release. It is impossible to hold a pin rock steady........the key is to get your muscles trained well so that you can hold steady long enough to allow a proper release which will then find it' s mark.

IMO it is much easier to focus on a " spot" then it is to follow a floating pin around.

I know where every arrow I shoot hits.........because I keep my bow up and stay focused on my " spot" after the arrow is gone and don' t let down until I see it strike it' s mark (hopefully) I think this is also a very useful tool in determining if your arrows are flying straight or not........you can pick up even the slightest bit of odd flight when you folow through in this manner.

Seems to work for me.........Of course I shoot white vains and white nocks too so that helps

It' s easy to see where the arrow hits when you don' t have sights obstructing your view of the target. Your total concentration is burned exactly on that hair you' re aiming at with no pin/dot/crosshair in the way.

Sometimes I see the shot impact, sometimes I don' t, and sometimes I have no clue where the arrow went. It all depends on lighting and distance.

I like this post..interesting to see the replies. If you are shooting a compound bow with sights and are shooting 250fps or better, I don' t see how you can be sure where an arrow hits on a deer 20 yards away.

I usually have a real good idea where it hits, but honestly it' s tough to tell exactly, especially over 20 yds. Wolfen' s right...the faster you shoot, the harder it is to tell. See..I knew shooting 240 had it' s advantages

I' ve had a few that I knew were " perfect" hits, turn out to be not so perfect. Never trust your eyes...they can definitely play tricks on you.