I did a video of arrow flight on my channel, and I came to the same conclusion as you. I believe drag on the broad head and vanes of the arrow is actually what causes the drop. I believe the shot of the bow grabs their attention, and they respond to the arrow because they can hear it coming at them like a batter can hear a baseball coming to home plate.
Killa knowledge bradda we had 4th week 2024 this year I shoot at a buck around 62 yards perfect shot but buck wen duck me he drop super low and turn so I believe the arrow was the reason why it duck me but cool knowledge bradda keep it up Hawaiian
HI Ryan...interesting topic. I bowhunt blacktail deer in CA and have witnessed similar behavior myself and with others of deer dropping or lunging away from arrows. Your explanation makes perfect sense to me. Hoping to try hunting the Lanai Axis deer one day in the future. Mahalo.
Awesome pursuit, viens do yend to bring all the noise in flight, i think a stiffer spine (to slow down the string) like new stiff shocks will control the string motion and reduce sound, then try to go with minimal broadhead, minimal vein and thin arrow width
I had a whitetail sit and wait for the arrow to come in. He didn't try to jump until it was too late. I think it was the sight of the arrow and not the sound. There was plenty of time if he was reacting to the sound. However they can't see detail very far so the smaller object coming at him didn't seem dangerous until it got close.
Every animal has their own personality traits. Yours may have just been not concerned with your shot, meaning it may have been completely unaware of your presence, thus it caught him off guard, or it was just a dumb deer.
@@6saturdaysaweek We were definitely making eye contact for about two minutes. I was far enough away he couldn't really see me in detail as it was the last few minutes of legal light. So he froze until he could understand the threat.
I'm 67 been shooting a bow since I'm 7 yrs old.I don't shoot arrows with plastic vains.4 inch rt wing feather fletching.They weigh less than one vane(foc) even when damaged they still fly straight.Tear a plastic vain they whistle and don't fly straigh.
A great build I’ve had good luck with is the max stealth set a 2 degrees straight offset. I use this setting because I believe a 3 degree helical has to create more sound? On Carnivore shafts. I’ve always used two or four blade fixed heads. Never felt like even trying a mechanical as logically it adds another variable-not functioning. I only draw about 62#’s at 28” so my arrow speed is around 260. The best thing I learned many years ago killing whitetail deer is to aim low on the body. While spot/stalk and being more or less on the same plane the aiming spot doesn’t look so low but from one of my tree stands ( the bow is normally around 24-25 feet up) shooting down the angle looks almost like I’m aiming way low. I believe too many aim higher than the shoulder for that double lung hit which is a recipe for a spine hit or miss. And there are literally thousands of bow hunters than have no idea of the true anatomy of the shoulder, elbow and clavicle location. Thus they aim high thinking they won’t hit a bone.
Google…the shocking science of string jumping by Chuck Adams…these days I am a Traditional bow hunter (stick bow) and understanding bow/arrow noise when hunting whitetail deer is essential! Some articles will say a WT can hear at 54,000 hertz others say 60,000…humans 20k hertz…research has found that WT react more to high pitch noises than low base noises…for my setup I’ve found the perfectly tuned and balanced arrow is your most accurate, efficient, penetrating and quiet arrow…my Trad bow inside of 30 I’ve found for WT to be the most effective-I’ve hit a number of WT through the scapula with my Hoyt Hypertech bc they ducked the arrow…I’ve found that a solid fixed blade with no cut outs is significantly quieter-even quieter than my mechanical’s out of my compound…your absolutely correct about vein height…I shoot a 5” aggressive helical 3 fletch feather’s with a 585grn arrow out of a 63# big Jim Buffalo with either a two blade solid or 4 blade solid fixed blade-I’ve found it to be extremely deadly…swift silent and deadly…I’ve gotten complete pass thru’s on my last 3 WT
I did go search that since you mentioned it. Good stuff! I might have to concur on the frequency of the sound thing as well. My trad arrows are actually quite loud compared to my compound, yet I definitely had far less axis move on the shot when stickbow hunting. I just don't get um because I just flat out miss more with the stick haha! Perhaps the faster higher speed "hiss" is more threatening to them than a lower pitch sound of my slower trad arrows.
No disrespect but to help you with this topic I posted a video a year ago on this (Arrow Noise: Why Deer Duck the Arrow) and my broadhead video I posted a month ago it is 95 percent vane noise. Good video. Again no disrespect not promoting my cringy videos just giving you affirmations of this topic
more helical angle, more sound. In general, I would only fletch between 1-3 degree. Anymore I don't see any advantage and just more arrow drop at distance. I use 1degree on micro diameter and around 2 degree on anything larger.
I'm old enough to know when someone is speaking from experience, and you clearly are. Thought you had some great content here, anecdotal experience that could probably be measured in a lab--but it would not be as credible as your testimony.
