Aim low or right on target

[TxAg]

When shooting deer, do you typically aim a bit low or right where you want to hit?

This is in regards to the deer's reaction to the shot.

[Onlyaspike]

I try and aim for the HEART which sits in the lower 1/3rd of the chest, then if it does react to the shot I still hit the lungs.

[Huntingnut]

If i tried to aim low, thats probably where I'd hit.Like Onlyaspike, I tend to hold for the heart/lower third of the deer.My biggest problem is not picking a spot at all in the heat of the moment.When that happens, I shoot high every time.

[Orion]

I aim right where I want to hit, low.  It's not a one or the other.

[RC]

I aim for the white hairs in the crease of the leg. Gives me a spot to focus on and the deer around here are gonna squat some everytime. I can count on one hand the deer I`ve shot under in nearly 30 years. I ain`t got the fingers and toes for ones I`ve shot over.RC

[Javi]

since I shoot instinctive I have to look where I want to hit.... where do I look? at a spot in the lower third of the kill zone when hunting from the ground.. I rarely hunt from a tree or tripod but when I do I generally split the kill zone, always with a mind to where the arrow will exit..

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I aim on the lower side, the reason is if the Deer ducks the string I still get a Double lunge shot.

I do like the double lunge/Heart shot since that brings them down quicker in My book.

[TxAg]

Originally posted by RC:
I aim for the white hairs in the crease of the leg. Gives me a spot to focus on and the deer around here are gonna squat some everytime. I can count on one hand the deer I`ve shot under in nearly 30 years. I ain`t got the fingers and toes for ones I`ve shot over.RC

This is about what I was thinking...you explained it well

[Friend]

I attempt, when possible, to aim for the heart.
The further a deer is out, the lower I aim.

[Hoyt]

Last yr. was the first yr I've hunted with a recurve in over 40yrs. I never had a problem shooting over deer back then, from a tree stand. I aimed where I wanted to hit..heart.

Last yr. I shot over 9 deer all inside 15 yds...shot under one. I thought I was aiming where I wanted to hit every time..but in reality I don't think I was aiming period..think I was just pointing the arrow at the middle of the animals. This yr I will aim at the heart, right up against the elbow.

[Ric O'Shay]

Hold to hit the lower 1/3 of the chest. From a tree stand, the arrow looks as if it is pointed to the ground. Anything higher and I'm going to shoot over. I speak from experience.....   :rolleyes:

[Rob W.]

At 3d shoots I tend to shoot a lot of 8 rings that I'm happy with because I tend to aim for the crease. They need to move the 10 down there. When it comes to live animals seems like my arrow always ends up higher than I plan.

[bolong]

lower 1/3

[Night Wing]

The lower 1/3 of the chest. If the deer doesn't drop down (duck) from the sound at arrow release, the arrow gets the heart and if the deer does drop down (duck), the arrow takes out both lungs.

[cacciatore]

At the heart Ramon,at the heart!

[Wudstix]

Usually focus on the white tuff of fur behind the front leg from the ground.  Elevated try to focus on the spot.  Seems to work with the "Flinch" or "duck" most Texas deer have developed.

[fmscan]

Go for the heart, if low, clean miss, if high lungs. Thats my intentions, doesn't always work out that way.

[TxAg]

Just reading over the replies again. Looks like the poll results are split right down the middle.

[hammer08]

I look where I want my arrow to go, which is the heart.

[Stone Knife]

I shoot deer that are close and I look right were I want to hit them, I don't anticipate any thing or aim to try to make up for poor form.