I use Photoshop all the time, I was a professional photographer for a long time, question for you, look closely at the deer, why can you see skyline all the way through the deer. Dead giveaway, because the two shutter speeds, and also the apertures, were different when two photos were taken, and then sandwiched together. it's the hardest thing to cover up when your are using photoshop, with two different densities of exposures.
I know that you don't know me, but I have worked with photo shop for over 15 years. And this photo was done in photoshop 7, a newer version would have taken out that skyline and would have done a better job. If it was not too different exposures, you would have the upper body totally blurred because of the motion. And the strength of a flash on a normal trail camera would not have been able to stop the motion.
As far as a compound shot, that's just a dumb statement. You can see that the arrow was behind the shoulder, it is angled towards the other shoulder blade, chances are it hit a shoulder bone on the other side, but like someone said, there's blood on the other leg, either the deer did some fancy acrobatics. Or that shot went all the way through to where the Brodhead is sticking out the other side.
Funny somebody didn't say " it's a low poundage traditional bow" wonder why. Not defending compound bows, but they are just people with different equipment, using one bow or another doesn't make us " better ".
Let's think before we say things about those that are " hunters also" if we don't stick together, it won't be good for either of us.
By the way the second thing that gives away the photoshop, is the difference in the grain, on the deer vs. the forest. The grain on the deer is tight, and the grain on the grass directly under the deer is not, dead giveaway also. A third thing, there is no shadow, and there would be some type of shadow if that was a single photo. And why is the blood pattern going up, instead of down as the deer goes up ?
Having said all that, I will tell you, I've been wrong before, but on this one has too many questions.
But also, like someone said " photosop or not cool photo"
Carl