Re: Deer "Jumping the String"
Originally Posted by
Bowzone_Mikey
the Term "Jumping the string" in my eyes was made up by some American that put a bad shot on a critter on a Vid or story that he was tellin ... and now its an excuse for a poor shot
No it's not a made up story, but it has to do with the hunters. Deer are survival experts, that means they learn fast. Deer in most American states east of the Mississippi are very heavily hunted and in most of these states almost everybody is a bowhunter because they have a much longer bow season then here, some states have a four month bow season with a 3 or 5 day break for guns. Over generations deer have learned to identify the sound of a bow and learned to duck. Most anywhere else deer react to spooking noises by jumping straight up in the air and, or to the side but not where they are hunted almost exclusively with bows.
Here is something else deer have learned from hunters east of the Mississippi that you will not readily observe anywhere else. Looking up to the treetops for danger. When they are spooked the first thing they do is look up into the treetops. Over 90% of the hunters east of the Mississippi hunt from treestands. I never observed that behaviour in the western region of America or here. Because treestands are not that widely used here.
Last edited by huntwriter; 07-07-2010 at 06:36 PM.
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