Where to Aim: Best Shot Placement on Deer (834)

[@WyattBiel]

You’ve addressed this concept in other videos, but this presentation was extremely well done. I’m forwarding it to others. Thank you for continuing to publish excellent content. Best of luck to you and your family this deer season.

[@trentsipsy2871]

Great one Grant. Seeing these SLO Mo shots makes it all clear what can happen.

[@praisethelord4222]

Always been a gun hunter, first time bow hunter, thank you for this.

[@josephstephens3852]

Great content Dr. Woods as usual. Appreciate your efforts to educate hunters on shot placement.

[@myuserid25]

Super well done with video and illustration. I appreciate the pro hunting terminology you use the dialogue such as filling the freezer and talking about design. It is very important to think that we need to address the majority of the voting public that does not hunt and will be swayed by us. Definitely will watch again and share with others.

[@johnathonarnold9070]

exciting to see all the shot footage! Worked hard to lower my aim point with this in mind and it paid dividends last year. the slow mo has shed a lot of light on why sometimes what I see on the dead animal after the hunt doesn't match what I thought I saw with my eyes lol

[@andyw237]

Excellent video! I had to learn the hard way about deer dropping at the shot. Videos like this really help put things into perspective.

[@skeetsgaming3049]

Hey grant! I’ve been watching you since I was a little kid I would love to see your deer wall in a video and breaking down the story of the hunt and deer I think it would be very cool to share the memories over the years not just for me but for everyone including new fans much love from Kentucky!

[@rfb7117]

Grant, this is the BEST video I have ever seen on shot placement. Thanks for sharing it with us, your video is incredible!!! God Bless, your friend, Bob

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Bob!

[@user-wisrcounty]

Awesome video dr. This is a video everyone who hunts needs to see!

[@timeintheoutdoors]

Absolutly grat video! Thanks for making this. I also enjoyed your last one on shot placement; this one was just as good. Keep up the good work!

[@talon769]

I love this channel!! God bless you all!

[@craigwagner327]

Good video as always from Grant 🦌

[@MaggMagg-pq9uw]

Great tutorial , thank you !

[@wrobo6122]

Great information, thanks for sharing

[@UtHolmans2008]

Thanks for sharing. I’ve been watching your channel and since 2010!

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@robertmccartin2025]

Great information and presentation! Thanks!

[@ploverriver5426]

Refreshing to hear the word "created," rather than "evolved." Great video! Slowmo shots were amazing to see.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks for the encouraging words!

[@garygill1211]

Excellent Grant!

[@MiketheMeister]

Excellent lessons, thank you.

[@CowboyJunkySC]

I noticed in the ground blind there was nothing on the string to help quiet the bow. If you put string silencers on it you could really reduce the deer’s reaction to the shot. That noise reduction is much more valuable than the few FPS you lose.

[@jayrobertson232]

Yes, and No. Like he said in the beginning, the deer he’s hunting are pressured and as a direct result, nervous and jumpy. What he’s doing here is saving a lot of bow hunters from disappointment and deer from non-lethal injury.

[@ws6transam513]

Went out this morning. Watched a fawn feed and 2 little 4 pointers click their antlers together a few times.

[@ejsocci2630]

Great video thanks

[@johnsadler8637]

Dr. G, I have heard hunters say to wait until a deer’s head was up before shooting so it can’t use the head’s mass coming up to help the body move down. Slow motion suggests the drop is much smaller if the head is up. What is your experience about this? Dr J from St Clair County. You might remember me from email discussions about 10 years ago.

[@efcherry]

I hunt 15 -20 yards away form my target most times. Should I aim at the bottom still or is it close enough not to worry about it? (pulling 70 , shooting grimreaper, and heaver arrow)

[@tonywoconish6695]

🗣️aim low still. Grimreeper are awesome !!!! 🤠🇺🇸

[@DefensorFortis]

Can you find an aerospace engineer to make silent fletching or fins? That would be a nice project however it's way above my education.

[@mattatomattahto]

I actually looked into this. Like everything in archery it's a game of tradeoffs. High velocity makes air separation, turbulence, and drag which makes noise but it's also how the vanes stabilize the arrow. There are some vanes that supposedly fly quieter, but I imagine that has some tradeoff on rigidity. Modern compounds might just shoot too fast to be silent.

[@virgilholmes6688]

Great information as always. Assuming that you use a 20 yard pin and a 30 yard pin as appropriate, do you use a slightly different aim point at 30 versus 20 yards?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

I don't - I aim the same at all distances.

[@KN-vh5xp]

Amen

[@scottking4035]

where did you get the portable target holder

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Scott - A friend of mine built it for me. It's VERY nice!

[@FrankPhillips-jv3vv]

C is the spot because he I'll drop on release.

[@benjaminroberts7194]

Does shooting a crossbow change your aim? Do you plan for less reaction time and adjust your shot

[@GrowingDeerTV]

I wouldn't - given the accuracy of crossbows! Deer can still react even at the speed of crossbows!

[@owenmuir8748]

Yessuh

[@ClintonSmith-op5gb]

Why are your arrows barely penetrating? And that bow is so loud. Good advice but whats your setup

[@jamesmartin7282]

These bag targets even stop my 405 fps crossbow arrows.

[@ClintonSmith-op5gb]

@@jamesmartin7282 im not talking about the target. I was talking about the deer

[@bertnichols6335]

Looks like to me that the arrows are hitting the shoulder blade

[@johnnewcomb5162]

You don't have to have a complete passthrough hitting the heart and the more they run the more they are getting cut inside compared to a complete passthrough. He is hugging the shoulder and getting plenty of penetration. I have learned that lesson against a friend that shoots 55 compared to my 72 full passthrough shots. They travel less and usually die in sight with his shoulder heart hit. Blood trails have to do with shot placement also with complete passthrough shots you might not have much blood unless the shot is perfect.

[@coreyedwards187]

First, pass-through is great but not a necessity. Second, Dudes gettin up there in age, I doubt he's pulling a very heavy bow.

[@bobbydenezza7795]

If your bow is quiet when you shoot, the deer likely won't duck your shot. If your bow is loud when it shoots, sure but not if it's quiet.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

arrows make noise when in flight.

[@bowdeer5074]

Shoot traditional. Bow makes very little noise if any. Ive never had a deer react to the string. Have they taken a step? Yeah, only because it already was going to. Yes,the arrow travels slower and I have to be close. But have never seen a deer react to my string like the ones in this video.

[@ClintonSmith-op5gb]

Ive had reactions but not this dramatic. Im sure they were cherry picked videos. And everyone knows a deer moves but yeah not like this

[@jimmaupin6721]

In the state of IL all the fawns are taught to move like the Matrix……

[@ClintonSmith-op5gb]

@@jimmaupin6721 😂😂😂

[@ClintonSmith-op5gb]

@@bowdeer5074 unless a deers head is down the movement isnt enough to cause issues if you aim for the vital V. I am for the heart, this fella was banking for double lungs. Never even spoke about a heart punch

[@GrowingDeerTV]

I enjoy using Trad bows!

[@longdrawarcher4857]

I am not a great shot, but boy was there a lot of deer that were back of the lung/ liver shot in this video. If you were showing these clips as examples of what not to do then I’d understand. I mean at 6:18, that deer was absolutely shot liver/stomach. I don’t make perfect shots all the time either, but man it seems like you guys aim behind that crease. Aim for the v, and start putting animals down faster. Just don’t turn into a jackass like pigman and promote shooting center mass. Yes I know I’m being a Karen, but sometimes things need to be said.

[@trevorpierson5372]

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