I'm always intrigued by people's response to this one. If you are at full draw and the deer looks up at you, can you still shoot? Do you just need to aim a bit low as the deer will crouch down? Note : Obviously, if the deer is looking at you while you draw, there's a good chance they will run off. The scenario above is where you drew cleanly w/o getting spotted, but at full draw they spotted you.
This seems like a really specific question. Like I can just picture you slowly typing that question up while a deer is standing there looking up at you. I chuckled.
I have had it happen before so am just getting prepared so I have a better idea what to do this year. Last year I had a doe looking straight up at me at 25 yards. I waited at full draw for her to look away; she didn't and I didn't shoot and when my arm moved as I was coming back from full draw, she freaked and ran the heck out of there!
So you already are at full draw and you're 25 yards away? Sure if I had to. If you are going to miss, miss low then. Don't miss high.
But you have to shoot 80lbs minimum and 6 blades, not 2 or 3 blade broadheads. That's the only way to kill em in the void. Unless you have the type of property where you will find them NO MATTER WHAT.
ba ha ha, I'm going to send you a bill for my cleaning detail of cleaning red bull off my dash( I was stopped in traffic for paving while I read that) and that dude who called it the Louisiana purchase...oh lord!!!
It depends if it is a high alert look, or just looking your direction. High alert to me means they know you are there and any second are about to head for the next county. Taking a shot then is trying to force it and you are just asking for a bad hit/wound. If they just look your way and you, for whatever reason, decide you can't wait for them to turn then head you can usually shoot. I have had deer look my way at the very instance I squeezed the trigger, there is no avoiding that. I do my best to let them turn their head and even take a step. I know bows today are fast and you see videos all the time of guys doing it. But I started when bows were slow and I just had some bad experiences early on in my bowhunting career that taught me to be more patient. I let a lot of deer walk because it's not the shot I want.
I don't know but I can draw and miss one while it's looking at me 22 yards, dead broadside browsing.. I started to draw and it nonchalantly looked up at me, was about half way through the cycle so I just finished and anchored, it didn't even flinch.. I then proceeded to touch the thumb barrel of my release to my jaw and sailed the arrow three feet above it's back. Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk
Good chance that deer will jump the string. At 20-25 yards I would guess you will be fine most of the time. Aim a little low if anything. I've spined a doe in the same situation at 30 yards. Hard to get an absolutely perfect shot while hunting all the time. Good to ask questions. Experience will help. Click on link and that will explain things well for you to visualize. How To Avoid String Jumpers | Cabela's Deer Nation - YouTube
They died. Like I said, you can often get away with it. I just try not to do it on purpose these days .
That is a very interesting question. I don't have an answer. I've never noticed if the deer was looking at me or not. Once I draw and anchor, my focus is solely on where my arrow is going and I'm not planning on shooting for the head. Maybe I have developed a bad habit and need to take note of a bigger picture.
