HoytMT2332

a doe showed up around 8:30 opening day and i shot at her at 30 yards....she dropped to her belly at the sound of the shot....i don't know why, she had no idea i was there...i knocked some hair of the top of her back...she walked away and layed down for twenty minutes....i couldn't believe it...then got up and left...

wisbowhunter2009

Did she hear or see you pull back? or maybe your bow is to loud or to slow?? Keep your head up you'll get another chance at a deer.

brang05

That sucks, man. I sympathize. Better luck next time.

wis_bow_huntr

Rule number one when shooting at deer, aim low. A deers first response is to duck when spooked. Sounds like you may have some extreme noise comming from your bow for her to drop that far. Check your equipment. Tighten anythign that may be lose. Do you shoot with quiver on or off? I take mine off. It helps.

MichaelT.

Proof positive that inside 30 yards even, that no shot is a gimmie. The deer will drop, turn, or jump even and show us just how good they are at beating us at our own game.

Keep you head up and get ready for next time.

Good luck and good hunting

Gos Bless

HoytMT2332

my bow is extremely quiet the only thing that happened is my call fell out of my pocket and hit the ground...that could have caused it..

mobow

Uh....yeah, that'll do it. If they are even the slightest bit nervous, anything will set them off. I think we can shoot the quietest bow around, but the BEST way to prevent them jumping the string is to shoot at a calm, relaxed deer. The first one I shot this year was 25 yards, and she never moved a muscle....till it was too late.

PA Hardwoods

Always aim low! Well almost always I had a deer last year jump straight up in the air when I shot at him last year. I purposely aimed low counting on him to drop and he jumped sky-high. If he would have dropped he would have been a dead buck.[:@] It was the craziest thing. But 99 times out of 100 you should aim low. Just chalk it up to a lesson learned. Seems like those deer are always teaching us hunters lessons.[8D]