Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

I was sitting about 25 ft up in a huge pine tree. Had deer all around me and underneath the branches. Decided to try shoot one almost directly underneath me about 6 feet out from the tree. My arrow went over the top of the deer by a foot. How, or why? Do I need to aim really low on a shot like this?

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

try practicing a few shots in your yard. i can not say for sure that i have had a problem like that. i shot a deer Saturday at 3 yards and hit perfect. i only use one pin. but then again i practice from a tree at all those distances, so it might just come 2nd nature. just try and see what you need to do.

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

Bend at the waist,dont just point the bow down without bending the same %

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

Your form is very critical on those shots. If you do not bend at the waist you can hit high.

With correct form though those shots can easily be missed low.

it is a shot that needs to be practiced.

On another note - the target is very small at that angle and IMO is a low percentage shot. Always better to let them get out and away from the tree

Good Luck

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

From my experience of practicing that type of shot, i have to aim really low. Almost like i am shooting right beside the deer instead of right at it.

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

Bend at the waist.....your arrow will hit the same spot it' s supposed to.

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

I practice that shot and if you bend at the waist as has been suggested you should hit right where you place your pin.

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

do you by any chance have a string loop on your bow ? because if you do when you shoot at extreme down angles your arrow will actually lift up off the rest because there is no down pressure with a string loop big advantage shooting on flat ground but not on the down hill!

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

Hey one thought, If I remember right RobPAbowhntr or whatever his screen name was ROB to most of you. He wrote a post like this a while ago and I think it was last year before the season started and it stated that you use your next pin but I could be wrong here. But that would make you shoot higher even so. But I know like the others said bend at the waist as form is very important.

And also like another said wait till they get out a little farther from the tree for a higher percentage shot.

Brian

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

Three days ago I took a similar shot. The result was one lung and heart!


Like others have said bend at the waist and you will have no problems.

Oh and this shot was made with a string loop.:)

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

I did the same thing last year. My am was to high. Practice practice

good luck

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

I love this forum! I' ve been reading on it for around a year now and I' m still getting all sorts of new information. I both have a loop and missed a semi-steep shot the other night. Point is I didn' t know about the loop problem. Interesting. But how does having the loop keep pressure off the arrow rest. Or how would not having it put pressure on the rest?

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

If you tilt your bow with good form it should not make a difference. I want ssomeone to clarify this.

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

I did the same thing. But I took a patch of fur off a buck. dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang dang. I' m still a little sore about it.

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Last season I missed a doe that close. I couldn' t believe it. I used my binoculars to look at the arrow and the nock must of been cracked because it was missing. I called her back to 10 yards and missed again. I was cursing myself. When I found the arrow, it was turned sideways on the ground. The only thing that I can guess is that I hit a little branch that I didn' t see.

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RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

I wouldn' t attempt any shot without practicing it first. No room for guesses in the deer woods.

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

My guess is that you have never practiced shooting straight down before. Heck I haven' t either. You can bet your sweet a$$ I will real soon though. I am going to learn from your hard luck.

It' s good to miss rather than wound it though.

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

wait till they walk away and get a good shot at 10yds ...straight down shots are not optimal in my opinion.

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

You don' t tilt your bow. You bend at the waist, keeping your bow arm straight in front of you. The bend in your waist is how you aim the bow, not by dropping your bow arm to aim.

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

that' s not an optimal shot. i agree with the other posters. you should' ve let the deer get away from the tree.

having said that, i missed a big six point a few year back that was actually scratching his ass on my tree. since then i have practiced looking down the shaft of my arrow for that shot rather than looking at a pin or sight.

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

I feel your pain, I rattled in two of the biggest bucks i' ve seen on stand in the same rattling sequence and missed them both low. Within a week i was practicing the shot in my backyard with a 3-d target and realized what a difficult shot it really is. Ohh yeah i haven' t had another big buck within 50 yards since those two.

RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

It' s simply a matter of form and gravity: shooting straight down requires bending at the waist and also a matter of gravity...shooting straight down, there is none except straight down. Therefore when sighting in your bow during flatter trajectories, gravity has more of an effect. Straight down shots have no gravitational pull on the flight of the arrow. Sound right?

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RE: Missed deer at 2 yards. How???
 

My experience has been at close range 1-5 yards my arrow is still on it' s upward flight up to approx. 10yds. Reason being my sight pin is about 4-5" above my arrow rest. Try comparing 2 yds to 10 yds and see what happens. You owe to the animal to wait till it is out from directly under your stand, vital area is greatly reduced compared to a broadside or angling away shot....just my 2 cents...Boss [:-]