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bradsmith2010:
    I am not an expert,, and lots of guys have killed alot more deer than me with a bow,,
but I was lucky enough to hunt and shoot with two really great deer shots (Jerry Simmons,, and Byron Ferguson), and they taught me alot,,
on a good day,, I am a pretty good shot,, on a bad day and can shoot just awful,, and I am always working to be more consistant,, that being said,, I am going to give a few suggestions that have worked for me and hope some others will chime in and also ask questions,, I asked those guys a million questions,, they were always patient and willing  to expain there ideas too me,, Jerry kiiled the first deer in the first archersy season in Alabama in the 60's and killed over 200 deer,, and Byron needs no introduction,,
    Let me back up a bit,, Jerry used to say that to me,,,there are some key things that come to mind,,
both of them every day stressed how sharp my broad head should be,, and they both sharpened heads every day of the hunt,,
     no need to shoot unless its hair shaving sharp,,
     Jerry was not a trick shot,, but said no need to ever miss a deer its alot bigger than a rabbit,, :)
     they both like to hunt out of a tree stand and felt it was an extreme advantage with wind and sight,,
     they never hunted the same stand two days in a row, they would walk in put up the stand and hunt ,,,and bring it out after hunting,,
      they were both expert trackers,, if the blood trail was lost, they would track intuitively,, Byron found the first deer I ever shot with long bow with no blood trail,,, just walked too it,, I know that sounds unlikelly,, but I saw him do that another time as well,, he is just gifted,,
        ok about shooting,, they both liked to shoot a bow on the heavier side,, feeling like it gave them an advantage,,both had a long draw,, and good form,,
         Byron felt if you had good form and you were lined up at full draw the arrow could only go where you were aiming,, sounds easy right,,,
           
         1 Ok I think the one thing that is hard to practice is timing the shot,, at a target,, you can shoot at  your leisure,,, in the field,, the deer is dictatiing when you can shoot,,, that can throw you off,, maybe you have to shoot quicker than you pracice or hold longer than you have practiced,, that puts you in uncharted waters ,,,  so its a good idea to pracice shooting quick and also holding longer ,,,
          2.when you go out to shoot,, pay close attention to your first shot,, that is a good indicator of how you really shoot,, if you have to warm up to hit the target,, then you need to shoot closer,,
           ok I out of time for now but will continue,, all comments guestions welcome,, B

sleek:
Wonderful reading. Thank you for posting this.

GlisGlis:
please continue  :OK

Ed Brooks:
Tagging along.

Morgan:
Thanks for posting this Brad. The first shot part makes me feel better about my shooting. My first round is always my best and I progressively get worse until I am over thinking every shot and am shooting on the bad side of rotten.  I thought it was a bad sign. I’ve never shot a deer with a bow. Had opportunities, but couldn’t commit. When I used to coon hunt a lot, I found numerous deer dead from badly placed shots that probably died hours or days after they were shot. That really messed with my head. I have been a hunter all my life, but I only hunt for animals I will utilize or animals that are causing a problem. If I were to make a bad shot, and not be able to recover the deer it would bother me badly. Now that I’m making my own bows, the draw to take game with them is pretty great. I am hoping to overcome this aversion this year...

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