YOU'RE AIMING WRONG! Deer Shot Placement - Archery Deer Hunting Tip
4 Video Views·Feb 28, 2026
Learn how to properly aim at a deer when archery hunting. Shot placement is critical when deer hunting with a bow and arrow. Deer will "jump the string" or "duck the arrow" 95% of the time which leads to misses and deer hit high in the back with no recovery. The lungs are lower than you expect, which leads to the myth about "No Man's Land", which does not exist. Take it from me, I hit a deer high last year and didn't find him. I know better, yet in the moment mental mistakes do happen. Watch this video so you don't make the same mistake!
Today we're talking shot placement and I'm going to walk you through a hunt from last year
where I hit a buck and didn't get him and I'm going to use it so that you don't make the same
mistake. Well it was the middle of the rut and I had a small buck cross through at the beginning
of the hunt and then I had two button bucks come in early. The next thing you know this big buck
comes walking right towards me. He came in and was about 20 yards away from me just feeding on
acorns forever. I was sitting there I was getting the camera ready I was feeling really good
and then I needed him to take one more step and I was going to be able to stop him
and get a get the shot off and he ended up speeding up and going right through that lane
which made me have to let down change the camera and get him stopped again. When I stopped him
watch what happens.
I thought it was a good hit all the way up until I got down and looked at the sign and when I saw
the arrow it was a lot of muscle a lot of fleshy material not a lot of blood. Looking closer let's
see what happened. If you look at the highlight aiming center mass at this deer which I was doing
doesn't leave you any room for error when the deer drops and 99 percent of the deer that you
shoot at with a bow and arrow unless they're at point blank range are going to drop in some form
or fashion. So although I was aimed center mass by the time the arrow got to him it had hit him
right in the back strap. So what you should always be doing is aiming for the heart of the deer which
is the lower third of the body. Let's take a look at what that looks like in the same scenario.
In this case we're going to take the mid-body aim point and drop it down to the lower third
and now let's see what happens when he drops. You can see that even after he drops your arrow
hits center mass so if he doesn't drop you hit him in the heart if he does drop you double lung
him. So there's no reason to aim center mass you should always be aiming for that lower third of
the deer. I could sit here and show you countless reels of deer doing this exact same thing here are
just a couple. So at the end of the day I was highly disappointed it was a real bummer anytime
that you hit a deer and you don't find it. We did later get a picture of him on a trail camera so we
know that he's still alive and I hope you could learn something from this video and the next time
you're out you aim low and it leads to success. Hope you like this video hit the like button
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