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youngbowyer:
Today i saw about 7 deer from my stand. They were all really spooky due to gun season but I couldn't get a clear shot. I was wondering when should i shoot, when they are coming towards me, or when they are walking away?
Thanks,Tom.

Bevan R.:
I would suggest a side or quartering away shot. Frontal shots offer very small targets.

bowtarist:
When the shot presents itself.  IMO quartering away is the best if possible.  from a tree stand there is more opportunity to move around and draw, so a good clear profile shot in your range should do the trick.  shoot a lot from diff. angles when practicing and from a stand if possible.  remember that from a stand your going to aim a little lower that on the flat plan.  when a deer comes into the range you have set for youself while sitting in that stand alll day, and it's legal and you want to take it and it appears the deer doesn't see you or is looking away or it's head is behind a tree and the path is clear, pick your spot...a small spot. Nowcalm yourself down and focus.  I'm bettin you can figure out the rest.  good luck to ya YB, dpgratz ;)

Pat B:
From a tree stand a quartering away shot is the most productive but a broadside is pretty good too. You want your arrow to go through the chest cavity and hit the opposite shoulder.
...and like Derik said, calm down, focus on the "spot" that the arrow WILL hit...and it will. Don't look at the whole deer. Pick that spot just behind the shoulder that is in line with the off side shoulder or leg. That will put that arrow through the boiler room.
Aim small, miss small!

Eric Krewson:
If you pick a spot to hit that is centered top to bottom behind the shoulder on a spooky deer you will shoot over it 100% of the time when it drops at the sound of the arrow leaving the bow.

Shoot at the bottom third of a deer, the lower the better on spooky deer. I have had spooky deer bounce their chest off the ground when they dropped at the sound of the shot, even aiming low I shot over them.

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