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Given my abilities right now the shot should be in the yellow allowing leeway incase he jumps string.
Quote from: lamrith on May 18, 2014, 10:40:46 AMGiven my abilities right now the shot should be in the yellow allowing leeway incase he jumps string.My study of what happens when a whitetail deer "jumps the string" has revealed that they typically lower the front of their body straight down about 2' as they collapse their front legs in preparation for using all 4 legs to spring forward. I have seen this scenario time and time again by putting the shot on hunting shows in slow motion, and I find that the arrow on the lung shot attempt usually ends up passing right over the top of their front shoulder when the deer ducks. If the shooter is aiming very low (to hit the heart) they often hit the spine. Just something to think about and pay close attention to when you see video of a deer jumping the string. I should add that I haven't seen enough of this scenario with mule deer to make a positive judgement of how they normally respond when they jump the string but elk seem to be enough of a lumbering creature that, unless they are really on edge, don't seem to react fast enough to jump the string much.
Quote from: kentrek on May 18, 2014, 02:07:48 PMThat fact that I've had to actually think about means I should be shooting....then go buy an Idaho deer tag I am the opposite, if I have to think and justify rather than being a "non brainer", not a shooter.
That fact that I've had to actually think about means I should be shooting....then go buy an Idaho deer tag