Really good video. I've always been one to shoot head down thinking surprise is most important. Looks I might be wrong.

Interesting stuff. I've never heard it put like that, but it makes a lot of sense.

Thanks for posting.

Definitely head up. But not a fan of the aim low method. If they deer doesn't duck, (and inside 20 yards, they rarely do) a lot can go wrong. Very small target at the bottom of the chest cavity. 1" forward and that knuckle can stop the arrow. 1" low or shooting with any down angle and you might barely clip lung, single lung, or miss low. A few inches rearward and you get into stomach. The stomach comes way forward in the bottom of the chest cavity. Head up, aim halfway up the lungs, pretend the heart doesn't exist, broadside, keep shots a reasonable distance, and things rarely go bad.

I've always aimed for the little V / pocket the leg and shoulder make.

Head up, 100000%. Look at the difference in these 2 deer, head up doesnt duck nearly as much

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Head up on a nervous deer, head down if they're calm, but a head up deer can only move their torso as fast as gravity will let them. Head down can swing their head up and lever their torso down quick.

That said, I never aim low, the lungs go way up and way back in a deer. A high lung shot is usually a dead deer within 40 -50 yards if they run hard. Much better outcome than a single lung or bone impact

95% of the time head up. They would have to be extra calm and other things for me to launch an arrow at head down.