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Video surging 11x the video's usual pace

Samson's Whitetail Mountain puts a bow shot up for judgment

The four-day-old hunting clip is drawing views much faster than usual, alongside a fast-starting upload asking whether another shot missed.

Why this story? The video is running at 34,244 views a day, 11 times its usual pace (3,096).

Was that arrow in the right spot ??? #deer #hunting #av #bowhunting #realtreeWas that arrow in the right spot ??? #deer #hunting #av #bowhunting #realtree

"Right there," a hunter whispers as a large-antlered buck stops beside a tree. The camera holds on the animal; an arrow strikes, and the buck kicks and runs through the woods. From behind the camera comes another whisper: "Nice shot."

That brief encounter is getting a fresh burst of attention on Samson's Whitetail Mountain. Posted four days ago, "Was that arrow in the right spot ??? #deer #hunting #av #bowhunting #realtree" added roughly 34,000 views in a day, more than eleven times its usual daily pace.

The title invites a judgment about placement, and several commenters offer exactly that. Others turn to the setting and the ethics of commercial trophy hunting, a subject that also surfaced under the channel's "Was it good ??" upload, as we reported here. The channel describes its operation as a privately owned hunting estate in southern Illinois; comments about enclosure size or prices do not establish those details.

Another question-led upload, "Was it a clean miss ?? #deer #hunting #nature #wildlife," has reached about 73,000 views in its first ten hours. Together, these clips sit within a much busier day for the channel, whose daily views are roughly six times their usual level.

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The facts
Subscribers
164,000 ▲ 3,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
6,088,589
Channel views, pace per day
2,210,629 (on a normal day: 362,542)
Video published
October 10, 2026
Video views so far
47,704 (4 days online)
Video views, pace per day
34,244 (on a normal day: 3,096)

The numbers

The older bowhunting clip has accelerated sharply, while "Was it a clean miss ??" is drawing an unusually large early audience.

views per day, this video
typical day
3,096
now
34,244
subscribers
164,000
▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days
total views
152,013,832
views per day
2,210,629
typical day: 362,542
the video
views
47,704
likes
645
comments
87
days online
4
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
As of October 14, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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