The perfect shot

So, umm, yeah... that's why I practice with aerial targets.

I've seen deer jump up like that after they were hit on the ground.

Amazing what photo shop can do these days. LOL.

Bowmania

Agree with Bowmania. Definitely looks photoshopped.

Either post-impact or photoshopped. Leaning towards PS, because of the amount of blood showing at entry. Well, that and the fact that I can make out what appears to be a clipping path!

And what’s with those Rompola ears???

Pretty crappy penetration in any event... but looks like a large mechanical was used, so..

Yeppers, works every time.

Save it to file and blow it up. The deer's eyes look glazed over...meaning it's already dead. And, there would be some blur if that was caught on a trail cam...unless it was at 500th of a second. And of course, it's perfectly centered in the photo. I'm not buying what they're selling. The hit was obviously good though, but my 42# bow would penetrate much better than that.

Can't put my finger on it, but i've seen that pix on the net before.

Can't put my finger on it, but i've seen that pix on the net before.

Can't put my finger on it, but i've seen that pix on the net before.

Can't put my finger on it, but i've seen that pix on the net before.

Can't put my finger on it, but i've seen that pix on the net before.

Can't put my finger on it, but i've seen that pix on the net before.

Can't put my finger on it, but i've seen that pix on the net before.

Can't put my finger on it, but i've seen that pix on the net before.

Save it to file and blow it up. The deer's eyes look glazed over...meaning it's already dead. And, there would be some blur if that was caught on a trail cam...unless it was at 500th of a second. And of course, it's perfectly centered in the photo. I'm not buying what they're selling. The hit was obviously good though, but my 42# bow would penetrate much better than that.

Save it to file and blow it up. The deer's eyes look glazed over...meaning it's already dead. And, there would be some blur if that was caught on a trail cam...unless it was at 500th of a second. And of course, it's perfectly centered in the photo. I'm not buying what they're selling. The hit was obviously good though, but my 42# bow would penetrate much better than that.

I would have got a pass thru, which I normally do,,,, ha ha

something not right with that photo................

It's not photoshopped.

I remember seeing this photo long ago, WITH accompanying video.

The guy's trail camera caught the video of the shot. Pretty cool.

Heart shot whitetail deer will often kick, and even jump like that.

Around here we call it "The Heart Shot Kick", and if/when they do it you can pretty well count on a quick kill.

Rick

Orion, slow down on the caffeine bro!

I've seen them jump like that, but it just seemed too perfect. Well you learn something every day.

Excellent shot with camera and bow. Plenty of penetration to reach through. The movement at the jump could impede the penetration as well as the far side leg bone.

The eagle pictures are stunning. >>>----> Ken

Orion, Quit putting your finger on it!

Didn't think of it but yes a flash freezes motion pretty well. Ken

Didn't think of it but yes a flash freezes motion pretty well. Ken

Orion, let me make sure I got this straight------ you can't put your finger on it, but you've seen it before? :)

I think the picture is legitimate. Nothing phony about it to me. Deer jump up when they bound away. lots of blood upon entry- yeah, blood comes out when you poke sharp things in. Bad penetration? Not hardly- that arrow is buried up in the offside shoulder- which means it had to destroy everything in between. Indeed, a perfect shot. Some of you Know-it-alls (one in particular) are actually a long way from it.

Does look like a laying down dead deer, glazed eyes, no blur in photo, perfectly centered, too much blood at entry wound at moment of shot. Location and angle of arrow entry doesn't appear any shoulder or leg bone impeding penetration, yet only half of arrow in deer. Edges of deers profile don't look quite right either. I have to agree with those above that smell a fake, I think its a phony picture.

Must've had several flashes lined up in a row to light up the whole deer to not show any shadows from the ear, arrow, and on the right rear leg. Still, that's a perfect shot.

I have tears from laughing so hard,you guys are killing me. That is a cool picture,it looks real to me.

I will say this much: if I were to hit just like that on every animal I ever shot at, I would be a Very Happy Camper.

I remember getting lousy pictures (in the days of film) when my shutter speed was too fast for the flash; often, anything less than 1/60 sec would catch the shutter mid-frame. Not sure how that shakes out in digital, but unless the smear snapped at the height of that crow-hop, I don’t think that you can get adequate exposure AND a fast enough shutter to catch that action so clearly.

But I’m not much as a photographer, so what do I know?

Some of you guys can't give credit for anything. Someone gets a great photo and you have to jump in and say it is a fake. And you may get better penetration with a 42 pound recurve but not when your arrow hits the off side shoulder....

I was just joking around in my first post, but I 100% believe it's a real photo. I've seen them do exactly that when heart shot... jump 6-8' straight up in the air, mule kick, one buck I shot almost did a front flip. He looked like he was doing a handstand when his front feet finally hit the ground. I watched him drop within 30 yards.

If the archer waits for the facing front leg to extend forward during a step before he takes the shot, it opens the chest up farther, and that's a good thing. The far side front leg though is coming back at that time and the arrow may hit the leg bone stopping it. But the damage is already done. Dead deer jumpin.

I don't know anything about this photo other than I thought it was interesting and maybe some of us might enjoy seeing it.

James

I have looked at this a number of times and read the comments and been reserved until now myself before I commented.

i can see where someone would think eyes are glassed over. I don't care if anyone says they seen this before either and unless they can show where they seen it before then it could be fake news? LOL

my only question is if this was a shot of the camera then why is there so much blood splattered that I question if the arrow just went in as the still shot picture was taken?

I have heart shot animals that din't jump like this sideways mine all jumper straight up in the air not side ways.

It really don't matter its just something to talk about is all anyways don't you think.

Plus why should we give credit to putting an arrow where it belongs in battery box anyways its expected to be done that way isn't it.

When things all come together like it should the result is quick recovery but if not it could be a sleepless night what do ya think. Every been there I sure have.

I would say the perfect shot is one that kills the prey quickly regardless where the shot ended up. We know the ideal double lung and passed through but in this game of inchs things just aren't always perfect.

RymanCat must be feeling better.

He's stalking comments looking for opportunities to say "Fake News" again. Glad you're feeling better Glenn. :-)

This picture was a frame capture from a video.

If you look closely, you can see that a lot of that blood looks as if it is in an upward flow, and not all is actually on the animal.

That is because the frame capture is of the animal returning to the ground "after" the jump, and not in the upward direction of the jump.

Like I said - I remember when this was first posted (several years ago), along with the accompanying video. I watched the video several times. It was pretty cool.

Rick

To me, it looks like the blood droplets several inches to the right of the arrow aren't on the deer, they're flying in the air with the deer in the background.

I too have seen blood come spraying out of the wound almost instantaneously, arrow in/blood out.

Any Real Killer has surely shot enough deer through the heart to have seen them jump like that before ;^)

I almost had a video for you that day Glenn. I had a video camera in the stand with me the time I shot a buck in the heart and he jumped straight up in the air and mule kicked. A buddy of mine was in a tree 10-15 yards behind me and he saw the whole thing. I tried to get him to carry the camera that night but he didn't want to. I didn't want to either ;^)

Not feeling better yet I wouldn't say I wish I did. A tad stronger than last week which was super bad and snowed in with little heat was so cold in house had to wear all my wools and bundled up like I was outside.

Go to neuro tomorrow. Haven't been able to drive in 1 month jut to weak barley stand up and not without cane to lean on. This is very difficult dealing with it.

Where did you find that pic? Is there a link?

Have any of you--blurry pictures- game cameras are not that good- wrong shutter speeds-multiple flash posters seen the Bald Eagles in flight pictures? Fantastic pictures well worth a look at the thread. You can see the feathers on the flapping wings. A crow and an eagle in the same frame. >>>----> Ken

I don't understand why the person didn't nock and shoot a second arrow while the deer was in the air.......Amateurs!!!!

Ken - a LOT would depend on the quality of the camera, I'd think. The good ones adjust shutter speed to the available light, so those shots of the eagles taken in good light can come out crisp like that...

But that's just about photography... nothing to do with the shot in question, necessarily.

The jumping deer pic has been floating around the internet for roughly 15 yrs now. Its definitely Photoshopped, the original owner of the "pic" admitted to it years ago. Its is a neat pic though. If a person was going to do it now with the better photoshop programs out there, the quality would be much better and it would be hard to to tell the difference.

OK then.

This one may very well be a fake, but it definitely reminded me of the one I am thinking about.

The one I am thinking about is/was almost exactly like this one, and most certainly real.

Like I said, it's been a while since I saw, and watched the video.

Rick

Thanks Matt. I used to fancy my self a wildlife photographer. 35 MM SLR with lens out to 400 MM,doublers,all the filters,remote shutter release,and tripod. Then things went digital and all my equipment was worthless. I am just not up on it anymore. Fake or not most of the reasons for saying so are wrong. >>>---> Ken

Color me hard-headed, but to me it's real. My thoughts are that 1) the deer was arrowed somewhere TO THE RIGHT OF THE FRAME- the deer reacted by jumping straight up, or "mule-kicking". The picture is actually the deer COMING BACK DOWN. Ears, tail, legs and body all suggest this. 2) the arrow, regardless of what it was shot from, is lodged in the offside side shoulder, the reason for poor penetration. Nevertheless, a fine shot. 3) Blood- Is it uncommon or impossible to have that much blood at the point (or very near to) the point of impact? No, it is not. SOme blood trails take a few yards to get going- other times it is immediate. In this case, it seems immediate. I'm not a forensic expert or a crime scene investigator. I've just done a good amount of hunting. I hate to seem argumentative, but to me the picture will pass for authentic. I don't even know why I care to defend what I think about it, Maybe it's because I'm at work and not super busy. THat must be it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDsjbtz6jAg&t=287s

I'm not sure if that link will work, I've never posted a link before. However, this is a guy from GA. pretty well known around here. Same situation as the OP's picture---- deadly arrow, mule kick, and copious blood at impact. THe only difference- Chris' arrow went on through. THis a great video. I hope the link works.

hahaha LQTM! yeah, but only once every third year.

Well said Sawtooth. >>>----> ken

That is an old photo

In that case, Ken, I’m going to have to profess Ignorance… Sounds like you know a lot more about photography than I do. I’m just a guy who got a number of slides back with half of the frame blacked out by a shutter that was too fast for my flash on the old K-1000…

Probably my fault for shooting Kodachrome 60 for most of the time, but the color was just too good to pass up!

I have seen blood like this several times as well when I was close and had good light to see but this just looks flukie. If it has been around this long then that explains the poor camera shot quality.

It really don't matter anyways does it just something to talk about.

Wait a minute though what about an ass shot you know the Texas heart shots? LOL

Which Texan dreamed that saying up.LOL

[[[ Wait a minute though what about an ass shot you know the Texas heart shots? LOL

Which Texan dreamed that saying up. ]]]

Most likely wasn't a Texan. Just some Texan wannabe.

I give you "Tex Gribner". 8^)

Rick

“Most likely wasn't a Texan. Just some Texan wannabe.”

JMO, it was quite possibly a Coloradan - we’re raised from birth to despise and ridicule All Things Texas. And kicking Denver’s @$$ in the Super Bowl didn’t help anything....

LOL...

All in good fun. Well, not the part about the Super Bowl, but other than that, it’s nothing like the MN-IA border war....

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