[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/arrow-placement-on-quartering-deer\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/arrow-placement-on-quartering-deer\/","headline":"Arrow Placement on Quartering Deer","name":"Arrow Placement on Quartering Deer","description":"If you asked a group of bow hunters how they would prefer an animal to be standing for an ideal...","datePublished":"2016-07-28","dateModified":"2018-10-24","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/author\/hagosto\/#Person","name":"Hector Agosto","url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/author\/hagosto\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7bfedbdc5ef3ed8f8df91eb37e1ffbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7bfedbdc5ef3ed8f8df91eb37e1ffbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Legendary Whitetails","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/logo-legendary-whitetails.png","url":"http:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/logo-legendary-whitetails.png","width":522,"height":226}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FullFrame-1-e1465843036184.jpg","url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FullFrame-1-e1465843036184.jpg","height":675,"width":1200},"url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/arrow-placement-on-quartering-deer\/","about":["Hunting"],"wordCount":488,"keywords":["Archery","Hunting","Tips"],"articleBody":"If you asked a group of bow hunters how they would prefer an animal to be standing for an ideal shot, 98% of them would probably say slightly quartering away. Standing broadside would be second, but the overwhelming choice would be slightly quartering away, with the emphasis on slightly. \u00a0A steeply quartering away animal has a very small target.To demonstrate, hold your phone in front of you as if you were viewing the screen. Now, keeping it on the same horizontal plane, rotate one end of the screen away from you, notice how the horizontal surface area you can see gets significantly smaller. \u00a0If this were a deer, any miss 2 inches the right or left can now end up in the hind quarter or front shoulder. \u00a0Compare this to a broadside shot where a miss 2 inches to the left or right will\u00a0still hit the vitals in most instances.When you stop to think about this, this is why a slightly quartering away shot really makes sense for bow hunters because the animal is exposing more of its vitals.\u00a0 The main reason for this is because the front side shoulder is now forward, thus, opening up more of the lungs, heart, and diaphragm to be sliced by an arrow. The biggest obstacle for a well-placed arrow will always be the front shoulder.\u00a0 The front shoulder is large enough and strong enough to stop a blazing arrow in its tracks and all you\u2019ll be left with is a short blood trail and a sleepless night.The worst part about hitting a buck or any game animal in the shoulder is that it wasn\u2019t necessarily an awful shot, and more than likely, an inch or two to the left or right could have made all the difference.\u00a0 Anything behind the front shoulder is pretty soft and an arrow will zip through relatively quickly, hence why most bowhunters prefer a slightly quartering away shot.\u00a0 In contrast, a quartering too shot is very difficult because due to the angle, the front shoulder is basically covering up the entire vital area making an extremely small target for any shooter.In the video, professional archer, David Houser, demonstrates how and where you should adjust your aim\u00a0on a quartering animal. Basically, on quartering game, you want your arrow to come out in the off-side shoulder.\u00a0 In order to do this, you\u2019ll want to adjust your aim back towards the mid-section depending on the steepness of the shot, thus, lessening the chance of hitting the front side shoulder. A well placed shot will angle up through the vitals and lead to a very quick and ethical kill."},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Legendary Whitetail's Blog"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/arrow-placement-on-quartering-deer\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Arrow Placement on Quartering Deer"}}]}]