Question or opinion on deer jumping the string?

[SELFBOW19953]

Sound travels at about 1100 fps.  With trad equipment (fast at 200 fps) the sound gets there 5 to 6 times faster than your arrow!!!

[Whitetail Addict]

After re reading your thread, realized that I got side tracked and didn't really answer your question.

It's been my experience that most deer during bow season don't jump the string, but I won't shoot at a deer that's on full alert either. Tomorrow is another day. Once gun season opens, and the deer have been shot at and chased around, It's a whole nother ball game.

To answer your other question, I've always liked to pick a spot just a little lower than the middle of a deers chest. I've shot over and under some deer over the years, but a shot there gives me a little leeway both ways. JMHO

Bob

[KSdan]

Now, I have never hunted TX stress-wired type of deer.  All midwest here.  I have rarely shot at an alert deer (watch the body language- particularly ears).  I never try to stop them.  I like them slowly walking or rummaging. I have actually waited for them to start slowly walking before I shot. In 25 years I have rarely had a deer jump the string to my naked eye.

NOW- shooting over them??- OUCH!! It is called "zone shooting." That is, not picking a spot and just shooting at the entire shoulder area. My nemesis!!  Missed and high backed a couple monsters in the past 25 years because of this.        :rolleyes:      

Dan in KS

[Lady Frost]

GREAT THREAD!!  Learning so much!

[buckeye_hunter]

In the natural process of springing away from a threat, the deer first hunches down and coils it's muscles to spring away.

That's what we refer to as ducking the string. They aren't actually ducking to to avoid the arrow. They are dropping to get their muscles in the proper position to spring up and away.

With my recur properly silenced, I have not had a deer do that to me yet.

[buckeye_hunter]