From the looks of the doe I assume you were from a ground blind? Do you practice sitting down in the chair you use? I would say that shot on the doe was money for the way she had to of been quartering away. But as everyone else said aim small miss small.
I also try to practice sometimes by imagining that a deer is walking in, try to get my heart pumping some adrenaline, and then imagine putting my sights on the deer, following it for a bit until it turns, and then releasing into my target. Sometimes I find that I have a tendency to jerk a certain way if I am not working to slow my breathing, heart rate, and simply go through my shot process...
I'm wondering how far away the deer is when you shoot. Many deer will move in response to the sound of the bow.... both down and forward which can end with a gut shot. If this is the problem, you need to keep your shots on deer at a shorter range.
I try not to shoot past 30 but i dnt film hunts so there no tellin how much they duck and turn. My bow seems really loud to me and the doe could have jump the string a lil Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
that arrow in the doe is pretty flat or almost upward. You must have been in a ground blind maybe low of the target. Getting in a tree will make gut shots less likely. Was the deer at that much of an away angle when you shot? If you watch deer that are eating or still, they usually don't take off straight forward, they turn one way or the other when they start to run.
I agree with what some of the others have said about practicing with a 3-D deer target, but don't just practice for score...shoot from different angles and see where you need to aim to get double lung shots. Keep at it. Awesome buck by the way!
Ok oddly as it seems yes i was in a tree only 15 feet tho i think. I couldn figure y it was so flat either and the doe didn seem that angled to me and that pry y i was so sick when i shot because i new were it entered i new i was in a tree and i didn know she was that quarterd. When i was tracking tho and when i shot there was no arrow so I figured it stuck in the other side Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
I really suspect you are having deer "jumping the string". It can happen even at 20 yards where you completely miss the deer. It can even happen in a calm, unsuspecting animal. The flat trajectory of the arrow through the deer is further evidence of string jumping (just think about the animal dropping its forequarters, and moving forward a few inches.) You may need to limit your shots to very close shots for a while until you figure out how to limit the string jumping. Quieting the bow can help. If you are hunting over bait you may need to wait for 5 minutes after they show up so they can settle down. Or just wait until you get a closer shot.
Ya i wonder if that isnt what happened my bow seems to make a lot of noise to me and i jus dnt wana put more money into it cause i want a new one next year. But i wonder it that aint what happens Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Maybe set stricter rule for your shots. E.g. 20yds broadside. But that wasn’t a bad shot on the doe Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
