Re: Aiming for the drop (bow) and where to aim (rifles and bows)
You are absolutely right , the term jumping the string is missleading. I mean , try this , stand in one place and try to jump just two feet ahead of yourself. What is the first thing you do ? You crouch to tense your muscles , then push , and release to get where you want to go. Whitetail deer are incredibly alert and fast at doing this. A lot of times turning or spinning at the same time. That is why we as Bowhunters should be limiting our shots to reasonable distances. I just recently watched a video of some hunter shooting a great Mulie buck at around 70 yards ; he made a decent shot , but you could tell it didnt have much energy to penetrate enough to do what was ultimatley required. His justification was, " i had been practicing at that distance and was confident of my abilities". Shooting at a game animal is WAY different that shooting at a bale of hay. Guys like this give us all a bad name. How many of his certain of a hit animals were never found?
Burns me up! I gotta go before i say something i might regret.
B.
Grandpa used to say, "ya know, when you point your finger at someone , three of your fingers are pointed back at you."