WHERE TO AIM with a BOW! - Shot Placement on Whitetails
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ม.ค. 2025
- Greg and Zach discuss where they aim when shooting whitetails with a bow!
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Wow, this was really good. My favorite part is "the celebration is not the same, there is a sadness involved..." that is the most Human statement I have hear a modern hunter say, and I felt it really deep in me. Thanks!
Me too. I've always felt that way when I recover a deer that didn't expire quickly.
Please gentlemen keep videos just like this coming!!! Your experience and knowledge is really helpful for a second year bowhunter like myself. Good stuff boys🤘🤘👊👊
Agreed! Would love more videos like this
Sitting here in the hospital with my day old daughter watching you guys
One caveat I always add to this conversation is from us southern whitetail bow hunters: the "when in doubt, back out" mantra is a rare thing for us. During our bow seasons (GA, for me specifically), the temperature only drops to maybe the mid 70s at night. If you are a hunter concerned with meat in any way, we ALWAYS laugh at these shows who just flippantly say "we'll back out and find him the AM." Well, that's great. Y'all live in a refridgerator, we don't. Lethal shots are paramount on our hunts or that deer is spoiled meat and/or coyote food.
It’s true for us in the early bow season here in NY. It hit 80’s-high 70’s through much of October. Terrible spot to put yourself in, tracking a gut shot deer in the high 60’s. You’ll catch yourself doing the math in the truck. I speak from recent experience. 😒
And it just keeps getting hotter
It’s like “behind the shoulder” should be “above the elbow” lol! This video is AWESOME!!!
Nothing like free lessons from The Hunting Professionals, THP 👍👍✌️.
The buck I shot last year was slightly quartering to from the ground at 10-12yds...i remember it felt like an eternity of aiming even though in reality it was probably less than 2 seconds. Adrenaline causes you to hyper focus and time "stands still". Take your time to aim guys, itll pay off. I watched mine tip over cuz of it.
Agree with shot forward in vital v. Right over the heart, through both lungs. Sharpening your broadheads if less than shaving sharp helps increase hemorrhaging and decrease clotting
I’m not sure y’all will see this comment, but figured I give a shout. I’m a now retired college athlete and avid competitor. I have had my fair share of high stakes moments, however, nothing makes my adrenaline race more than preparing for a shot. How do y’all battle your “nerves” and what allows you to stay so calm? Great video as always!
Lots of respect for you guys. Your videos have helped me become a better hunter. This video was very informative. Thanks THP
I just got my first buck on public this weekend. I used the info in this video to move my aimpoint forward and lower on the deer. He went down within 40 yards. Thanks for all the helpful tips like this.
2nd year hunting, first year with a bow. Thanks for the video!!
I want to thank you guys for posting this video, and providing all the useful information. I have always been "scared" of hitting the shoulder, and have always been taught to aim for the crease. I shot a buck last night that was quartering towards me, and I went right up the front leg and made a perfect shot through the heart. If I had aimed at the crease, I likely would've caught one lung/liver/stomach, and it could have ended up being a very long evening. Instead, it was a blood trail as if someone had taken a bucket of blood and poured it the entire 75 yards until I found the animal expired. Thank you guys for the awesome information, and the always exciting content.
A+++!!! Please... MORE of these type videos! Love when you get together as a group and breakdown hunts, covering the details.
I always learn something from every episode. Thank you for making these videos 🙏
Awesome. Good luck this season guys!
Very good video! RF would be proud. Forward placement, heavy arrows, solid, sharp broadheads = game changer. I wish I had known this stuff 30 years ago…thanks for sharing solid and helpful information with your hunting followers.
Kinda crazy you didn't know this 30 years ago. It was much more prevalent back then....
Yep! The 'Vital V'
I think I would have difficulty aiming both that low and that far forward unless I practiced it all summer. I don’t care about scoring on 3d animals anyway but people I shoot with, mostly non hunters, think I missed my shot when I aim for the vital V. I’m happy with my shots and they coach me trying to get my shot center mass. I just smile and say I’ll try harder. I practice for short blood trails not perfect 3d scores. Great video boys.
Totally agree Zach!!! Not killing the deer right away does take from the excitement a lot!
good stuff. I think another good thing to have in mind is how the deer will spin when quartered to. Ive never seen one spin into the sound of the shot. Knowing theyre going to open up those vitals for you on the drop is comforting.
Really good info guys. I shot a buck last year, nice 8 point, 9 yards from the ground, hit slightly high but still center lungs. The arrow stopped half way through. He snapped 6 inches off the fletch end on a tree. Waited about 45 minutes before I started looking for blood, but I saw the arrow as he ran off, knew it was a good hit. Followed blood for about 100 yards, then backed out. He ran 450 yards before I lost blood. Had a dog come in and couldn't find him. Looked for 3 days and never recovered him. I decided right then I needed to step up my arrow set up and my shot placement. Thanks guys for the videos! Great work! Ps, ended up with a doe 2 weeks later, same spot.
Another excellent educational video. You guys are always willing to take the time to show us how it should be done. I hope Zach is doing better and staying off his feet. Get well soon, we want to see you out there in the woods.
That was the best explanation. I’ve tried to explain to my boy shot placement, and when to shoot or not too. This explains it all. Thanks for another great video.
The education you guys continue to provide is wonderful!! Keep it coming THP!
definitely one of the best videos detailing good shot placement, been hunting over thirty years and still learning from you guys!
You guys are the best. Thank you for all you do to educate the hunting community.
Love these type of videos and how you explain your hunts I find it very educational. I am always looking for ways to help myself improve and watching your videos is a great tool for that they are very useful. Thank you.
Love all these types of videos cause you have so much footage to show examples. Appreciate you guys
I appreciate Zach sporting the Whitetail Adrenaline shirt.
Love the content! As someone who is just getting into bowhunting, this info is worth it's weight in gold. Please do more stuff like this!
I sacrificed one to stupidity yesterday.
I had to come back and pause frames of this video and have it explained to me again.
Yesterday I shot my second deer and lost it because of so many factors, but mostly all of the factors discussed here.
Thanks guys
I’m loving these off season videos, and I’m super impressed with the editing. I always enjoy watching back these old clips, and kudos to whoever is editing these and digging through the video archives!
Great content! I recently watched a video, can’t remember who it was, but they were showing how much more explosive a deer can react when it’s head is down in sort of the feeding position compared to the head straight up. I never noticed it before but they’re already in that compressed spring position like a sprinter would be. Just thought I’d share!
Man what a great video! I can’t get enough of Greg’s insight on deer hunting Dan might be the big buck serial killer but Greg is the deer terminator! He’s a machine! Good luck to all this upcoming season and be safe!🦌
This video was great for me. I have hunted for a long time but have missed high, and wounded several deer, and felt confident with the shot placement, but I also always aim center mass. It has discouraged me from getting out there as much in archery the past couple years, but I will start practicing the lower 1/3 shots more forward and hopefully bag one this year for some meat in the freezer. 🙏
Thank you for the thoughtful commentary on shot placement. I practice so much that my neck hurts some time, but I generally put the arrow exactly where I want it. Thank you again and good luck this fall.
This video was great! I just shot my first two Sitka black tail deer with a bow and got a heart shot on one and a double lung on the other thanks to this video. Great info. Thanks!
Great video, very informative. I got my first bow, and shot a doe the other day. Unfortunately, I bumped it and four of us searching for hours never recovered the deer. Watching to make sure I make a better shot in the future!
All good stuff gentleman! Just got my t-shirt that my wife ordered behind my back and I love it!
This is great info you guys are sharing. I'm a 20 yard and in guy. I have taken a deer a little farther (25 yds), but I know 20 yards is my true max. Shot angle is important to me (ground/tree stand). I too, shoot into the vital V a little tighter (and yes, I have hit too far forward before, but I have also hit to far back an those seem to be the longest track jobs). Knowing your bow and being honest of it's capabilities is probably underrated. Great Video.
There’s no replacement for experience but perhaps the closest you’ll get is by applying the experienced ones advice. Thanks guys. Keep it up. You’re great ambassadors for the sport/lifestyle.
Thanks for this video and all the other videos. Can you explain how long someone should wait before leaving the stand to look for the deer?
Interesting. I have been burned so many times by shoulder bone shots that I started aiming further back to avoid that risk(and I am having more success as a result). Is the "low and forward" placement only for folks with pinpoint accuracy or is there something I am missing when it comes to the shoulder bone problem?
I've been bow hunting for over 50 years now and I can't tell you how many deer I've seen over the years with arrows and broadheads sticking out of their shoulder. There is a lot of pressure around me. I aim for the heart. If the deer doesn't move I get them and if they drop a little you still get the lungs. I rarely have a deer go over 35 to 40 yards when I hit the lungs. There is no pinpoint Accuracy when shooting a animal. A deer can move for a variety of reasons. I shot a buck in the heart once and found him 3 hours later and had to make a follow up shot. When cleaning him there was an x in the middle of his heart from the fixed blade broadhead I was shooting. There are no guarantees just do what works best for you Good luck this season.
WOW!! You guys nailed it with this one. I agree 100%! Awesome Video. Keep the content coming!!
Heading out now, thanks for the peptalk. I didnt really need one, but im feeling extra sharp right now.
Great video. Very glad you point out the placement of the ten ring on 3d deer targets. Fine to practice hitting them, but know where to aim on real, live game. We owe that respect to the game. Again great video, good visual examples. 👍
Great information. Ethical kill really just makes you feel better. It is a life after all! I have always shot low, for this very reason. They will drop to run. Then you are still in there kitchen with your shot. Good stuff! God Bless
Sweet! Informative and great “live”examples!
THP Helped me get my first ever turkey this year. Looking to get my first deer this year with some help from THP again!
Vital information. 😏 This info you guys and Troy put out is gonna help a lot of hunters if they use it. 🤙🏼
Very informative! Especially for someone just learning.
Such good content. I cant wait for this season. Thanks guys
ABSOLUTELY WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR!! GREAT SUBJECT
This was really helpful for me. It explains why my targets have been dodging arrows like they are in the Matrix!
This video was so incredibly helpful. Thank you!
Very informative guys good job!
Great one! I shot a few bucks in the liver, one I clipped the lung but still couldn’t find it, it really caused me a lot of stress, lower closer to the shoulder from now on. Thanks!
Any chance you can do a podcast on finding the right tree, I find my self taking like 15 min standing around looking for the right tree, sometimes I’ll set the first stick up and then look over and say I should set up in that tree and then I have to move all my stuff again.
On the SD buck, I would of aimed in the pocket between the shoulder & brisket. Just a little right of where he hit the deer Double lung/heart and just ribs bones in the way. Great video as usual!👍
I’d love to hear how you guys get past buck fever! How you stay calm and execute the shot without losing focus
😂 if you watched their deer hunts from last season, you'd see they don't.
Love it, definitely will put this to use this fall!
Very good video guys. I think the improvement in camera quality and being able to slow shots down has helped immensely in understanding how deer react to the shot. When some of us first started watching the Monster Buck videos it was hard to tell exactly what was happening at the shot. It seemed liked the recovered shots were behind the shoulder, so that’s where we aimed. Now that technology has improved it seems the best aiming point is exactly where you discussed. We can now see the proof.
I learned just how low you can hit a deer during the 2022 season. Using my 350 legend sighted in at 100yrds. I had a buck 148yrds away standing in a bedding area locked down on a doe. I knew the bullet would drop but I had no idea how much. Aiming at the shoulder with a perfect broadside shot I squeezed the trigger. Gun fires and the deer jumps out from the bedding into the open field. Sitting there thinking why on earth this deer isn't running I quickly considered a follow-up shot. Reaching for the bolt to put another round in the chamber I watch my first ever split brow tine 8 point drop on the spot. Walking up to the deer I find the entry hole 3 inches up from the bottom of the deer. While field dressing the deer I found the bottom point of the heart was blown out and the bullet remained in the chest cavity. I learned a lot that night and will definitely remember to factor in bullet drop more as well as energy loss on longer shots.
This hunting story is much longer than what I wrote and is one I'll be telling till the end of time.
No man, that was a good, very good discussion segment
Where’s the turkey videos?! They hit a brick wall? You’ve created a pile of redneck addicts and now we’re all suffering from withdrawals! Haha. Love you guys
So glad you mentioned the 3d targets
Great video and information guys!!! I wish that all hunters were able to pass on poor shots. Lighted nocs are a total game changer. Keep the videos coming....
This is a good learning experience. I had thought I did everything right last year in aiming low at a buck from 30 yards away. I hunt with a crossbow though and what I learned is the deer don't hear the shot before the bow is there, so I hit the brisqiet of the deer. Blood looked good on the arrow, until I found white hairs and fat on it and almost no blood anywhere for a trail. Next year I'll hunt it like a hunt with a rifle instead of a compound bow. If you could do a video on shot placement using a crossbow, that'd be great!
Awesome video! Maybe in the future you guys could do a video on your favorite strategies for ranging shots.
That was informative. Greg is a heck of a shot as is Zack. Four months or so and it’s on like Donkey Kong!
Maybe a similar video about where to hit turkeys? I took two shots this year that felt good and seem to cut feathers yet the bird just stood there after the shot and walked away. Close shots too 15-20 yards. Its amazing if you are off by an inch on a turkey compared to a bigger target like deer.
Can you guys make a video on when to not eat the meat. Like after you back and and come in the next day. What’s yaks take on not keeping the meat. Thanks
i shot a doe this year that appeared broadside but was very slightly turned. I aimed straight up the leg lower one third and hit two inches forward on a slightly quartering away. I give her a couple hours and went and got my dog. She was dead, but upon inspection, the arrow never entered the cavity.
Have you guys done a video on the sound an arrow makes when it's hitting long versus gut. I believe you guys talked about it briefly in a video while back but I think that would be a cool idea for another educational video. the reaction to dear gives after a shot and the sound it makes on impact
What's up guys. Loved the video. Very good subject to discuss. I've also changed my approach to shot placement. I've always aimed a little low, but not as far forward as I am now. Thanks to your videos I've learned quite a bit that I didn't know. I think this season is going to be prosperous one.
Awesome content! Gave me several things to work on for the fall You guys are the BEST!!
Public land challenge this year. Has it been discussed yet or any info on who, when and where? Thanks.
Very informative! Thanks!
Great content!! Video and audio explanation 👍
Great content guys! Great message!
Would enjoy a video based on setups in relation to sign, trails, food, water. I have my own ways, but would like to see y’all’s as well!
2 years ago my daughter shot a nice 10 pt through the heart. It ran 40 yards and we watched it pile up, but there was almost no blood trail. Last year, I was filming a guy and he shot a buck through the heart, almost cutting the heart in half. It walked a few yards, then trotted off, dying about 100 yards away. That deer didn’t bleed much, either, and the track job was actually a little tricky. Yes, a heart shot is lethal, but I’ll always go for double lungs.
Great video - very informative. Thank you.
Thanks for breaking down some real time shots for us.
Awesome video guys, thanks for sharing
Good work dudes....get well fast Zak!
Good stuff dudes. Jolly good. Thank you. And i agree fully with your tactics.
I’m glad I watched this because I gut shot a deer last year because I feared for ever that if I hit the leg or shoulder (this has been told to me over and over) it won’t pass. I basically found after actually looking at my shot and see where I aimed and how the deer dropped and turned even off by a few inches I was at the gut. The last shot I made that dropped a deer quickly got broken off immediately by the leg but dropped the deer quickly. After hearing this and seeing these shots I fear less and feel you should trust your gear and place it low and further forward.
Lots of good information to think about, I'll see if I can put it to good use this fall..😂😅
So, are you guys aiming for the intrance or the exit ? I read a book about bow hunting that was the best way to aim for the exit. By orienting the vitals to be in the line of the arrow. Because the deer may never give you a broad side angle or picture perfect?
can you elaborate a little bit on. where to aim from shooting from an elevated position??? I feel like I have heard so many different things. Should you. aim low?
Do you think exit site is an important factor to consider when you have a hard quartering away shot? I fell like knowing where the arrow’s “in body” flight path makes a difference as well.
Loved this! Do you guys have one for elk?
shooting forward I think is key but I think you also have to talk about time where it hits the shoulder. Heavy arrows can help but examples would be nice. It has to happen.
My first shot on a deer was a week ago. I hit behind shoulder with a fixed blade. At 12 yards. Never could find the deer. Needless to say I’ll be aiming much further forward from here on out.
After hearing RF discuss jumping the string and his indication that the fletchings were the more probable culprit causing animals to jump before impact, I had to stand down range and listen to a couple shots. Those fletchings sound like a pissed off Hornet buzzing past. The twang of the bow almost goes unnoticed by comparison. These animals can easily hear the fletchings ripping the air and the only way to interpret that sound is a threat.
There's an old saying that will help all bow hunters, aim for your exit hole, not your entrance
NICE! I'm an old hunter, and I've never heard that.
Awesome video guys!
In my experience, the lungs are a priority to the heart. Behind the shoulder in the vital V will achieve the quickest kill.
A wide cutting broadhead in the V region with sufficient energy to create a pass-through is the ticket.
Can I still shoot tight to the shoulder if I’m not shooting heavy arrows
I have a decent bow, plenty of speed, so not sure why this works for me but after getting ducked on 28 times in a row when I started bow hunting, I started putting the pin 2" below the deer center vitals and I've drilled em every time since.