Every season I see threads about "perfect shots" on deer that are either not recovered or not recovered same day. I haven't killed a ton of deer with a bow. Maybe 60 or so. But it seems that the ones I had trouble finding there were issues with either marginal shot placement or broadhead issues. I'm having trouble buying into "these animals are tough" comments. They are tough but if you have a sharp, I mean really sharp, broadhead you are far more likely to put an animal down quickly. Even with marginal shots the blood vessels cut and tissue damage is much different with a razor sharp head vs. just a kitchen sharp head.
For example, Sunday evening I put a top third of shoulder shot on a doe at 17 yards from a 12' tripod. Arrow enters at the back of the shoulder blade on her left side two thirds of the way up the body and exits mid line of shoulder and body on the right side. Complete pass through, 100 grain hand sharpened G5 Montec broadhead. Sparse blood trail, tall grass, fading light and 50 year old eyes. Great blood on arrow. Called in help from the guys as marking blood and holding a line of direction is key in these situations. Dark when they arrived and I had blood, sparse but good color for about 50 yards. Spotty blood for about another 60 yards and a dead doe lying on the ground at the end in a huge pool of blood. Most of the bleeding was internal due to the higher hit but the sharp broadhead took out the top of one lung and middle of the off side lung and numerous arteries above the heart as well as cutting through the esophagus. I shoot a slow Elite 32 set at 60lbs shooting slower than any bow I've shot since my Bear Whitetail 2 in the early 90s.
Before the G5 haters start I know the small head diameter can hamper blood trails. But they sharpen so easy and so well.
Tough blood trail. Short blood trail. A sharp broadhead slices arteries and tissues instead of tearing through and pushing aside blood vessels. I wonder how many of the deer not recovered, recovered after very long trails or time, would have had a different outcome with a good COC head that was razor sharp?
For example, Sunday evening I put a top third of shoulder shot on a doe at 17 yards from a 12' tripod. Arrow enters at the back of the shoulder blade on her left side two thirds of the way up the body and exits mid line of shoulder and body on the right side. Complete pass through, 100 grain hand sharpened G5 Montec broadhead. Sparse blood trail, tall grass, fading light and 50 year old eyes. Great blood on arrow. Called in help from the guys as marking blood and holding a line of direction is key in these situations. Dark when they arrived and I had blood, sparse but good color for about 50 yards. Spotty blood for about another 60 yards and a dead doe lying on the ground at the end in a huge pool of blood. Most of the bleeding was internal due to the higher hit but the sharp broadhead took out the top of one lung and middle of the off side lung and numerous arteries above the heart as well as cutting through the esophagus. I shoot a slow Elite 32 set at 60lbs shooting slower than any bow I've shot since my Bear Whitetail 2 in the early 90s.
Before the G5 haters start I know the small head diameter can hamper blood trails. But they sharpen so easy and so well.
Tough blood trail. Short blood trail. A sharp broadhead slices arteries and tissues instead of tearing through and pushing aside blood vessels. I wonder how many of the deer not recovered, recovered after very long trails or time, would have had a different outcome with a good COC head that was razor sharp?
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