Outfitter Doug Miller poses with me and my antelope. Doug and I were both surprised that I scored within a couple of hours of hunting, because it rained during the night and was still drizzling as we drove to the blind.

I was the cameraman, and Publisher Jeff Waring was doing the shooting. We sat motionless while peering through the oblong hole in our Double Bull blind. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop from 20 yards -- if we made the slightest sound, these Texas whitetails would spook, and they would avoid our hunt area.

I looked at Jeff, slowly pointed, and spread two fingers, alerting him two deer were coming in from our left. A slight nod of his head acknowledged their presence. The targeted doe turned broadside, and as he grasped his bow and slowly came to full draw, I whispered, "Aim low."

The doe stepped around and quartered toward us. Jeff continued to hold at full draw, but when seconds melted into minutes and he still didn't have a good shot angle, he mustered some muscle, gritted his teeth, eased the string pressure, and controlled the bow as it lurched down.

A few minutes later, the angle was perfect, so he yarded his bowstring to his face.

"Aim low," I coached again, but before he could squeeze his release trigger, a buck entered our feed area and pushed the does out of sight. He let down again.

Another 10 minutes passed before the does stepped back into our view; a few minutes later, they were standing broadside. Jeff drew, anchored, and squeezed his release trigger. His arrow zipped through the doe -- she spun right and dashed out of sight on a dead run.

"I can't believe it -- I hit her high," he blurted out in disbelief.

"Did you aim low?" I questioned.

"Yes, and I took my time."

We reviewed the footage and, indeed, he had hit the doe just under the spine. After reviewing it again using the camera's slow-mo function, we saw that the doe had dropped just before the arrow struck. It was only 14 yards, so it's hard to imagine that deer can hear the bow come down, react to the sound, and drop 10 inches before the arrow strikes -- but they can.

Videotaping kills and being able to watch video footage frame by frame has taught me that almost every animal will move before the arrow reaches them. And it doesn't matter if you shoot a stickbow or a compound -- it happens.

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