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Mike Belt

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The last shot I had at a deer was at a broadside, standing deer at 30 yards on the nose. The deer never knew I was there. I was relaxed and at full draw and normally I will wear a baseball out at that range. This was going to be a dead deer. I shot and never touched the deer but wasn't able to follow the flight of the arrow. It stuck in the far side bank of a ditch behind the deer. I typically climb 18-25 feet up and I was in that range this trip. However I was on top of a ridge and the deer was at the bottom of it. There was about a 20 foot difference in the elevation of the deer and the base of my tree so I was actuaclly about 42 feet above the deer. Did I undershoot or overshoot?
 
well if you were 18-25 YARDS up, thats 54-75 feet. And you ad another 20 ft up on top of the ridge.

But thats about as far as my math goes, so i couldnt tell ya :D
 
I'd say you shot over . I hit a nice buck high last year under the same situation . I was on a ridge point 20' up in the tree and the deer was in the hollow about 25' below the base of the tree at 25 yards . Yes , I was bent at the waist . I think I caught one lung . I waited 1.5 hrs; before tracking and he went into a young pine thicket. Unfortunately I jumped him about 100 yards away and I never found another drop of blood.
 
One thing that helps when shooting such an incline (you may have done anyway) always aim for the heart. Aiming low may help some of the pitch problem if you are already shooting proper form. But, you may have had everything done right and simply had the fever!?!? I know I have had bad shot placement with the fever at the same time and man what a shot... I couldnt even find the arrow... LOL

Best of luck this season!
 

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