Who has had a deer jump the string in the last couple years with a modern bow? I can't see it guys! You must read the game and know when to shoot. If you are shooting a bow that send an arrow 280 fps and you have bow noise whats is going to happen?
Who has had a deer jump the string in the last couple years with a modern bow? I can't see it guys! You must read the game and know when to shoot. If you are shooting a bow that send an arrow 280 fps and you have bow noise whats is going to happen?
Patience and perseverance have a magical affect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
John Quincy Adams
I do agree the newer bows these days help cut the ducking of the arrow down some but many TV shows still show footage where they draw a line at the base of the chest and by the time the arrow goes by the top of the back goes below the line. So it does still happen. I would say in the majority of instances though it was an alert deer or it was dead silent. That's also why many recommend shooting at the lower 1/3 or hold low on a deer because of it.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
- Thomas Edison
well newer bow or not, the speed of sound is still 1200 fps, and a bow at 280 fps, is still many times slower than the speed of sound, thus a deer can hear the release and it coming , if its alert enough or fast enough to react, and any can and do! its why its still mentioned like it is all over the place!
and yes in the past 5 yrs I have personally had a calm deer duck an arrow on me, and it was at just 20 yrds,never thought it would, but it did, simply amazing how a deer can do that!
over the 30+ yrs of bow hunting I have had about 8 deer duck/drop at the sound of a arrow being released, some had even complete misses, a few bad hits, and some still managed to get lucky and hit vitals and recover
and I have over 50 kills with a bow, so no rookie here
some times it just happens, some deer are just way more in tune I guess
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