Post by Predator on Oct 24, 2010 9:30:30 GMT -5
This is a hard subject to talk about, but I need help on it. I have shot 5 deer with my 4 blade muzzy 100 grain broadheads. Of the 5, I have recovered 3. I think that's a terrible percentage, but the two that I didn't recover were not hit where I wanted, so that's my fault. But of these 5 hits, I have gotten only 1 good blood trail. Good blood led me about 100 yards to a little button buck, hit a little far back but dead of a punctured aorta.
The second was a doe, double lung hit, only 8 yards away so the arrow exited low on the opposite side. The arrow was covered with blood but there was no blood on the ground at all between the arrow and the doe, which I found 43 yards away. I was concerned, but chalked it up to a freak incident.
The third was a doe, 33 yard shot, hit too far forward, ahead of the shoulder. I didn't find blood or arrow, so I backed off immediately. The next morning I found nothing after 3 or 4 hours of looking.
The fourth was a doe I shot 2 weeks ago. Doe, 30 yard shot, complete pass through. The arrow had no blood on it, but it had to have been a complete pass through based on where I found the arrow and seeing it enter the deer. The shot was a little high. Again I backed off, came back the next morning and found no blood or deer. I think this deer is okay though, because there's only a few places she could have gone, and I covered them all. Also it wasn't a gut shot, too far forward for that and the arrow didn't stink.
The fifth was the 3 point I killed last week. 17 yard shot, complete pass through, arrow covered with blood, and once again no blood on the ground between the arrow and where I found the deer 50 yards away. I actually saw him fall and die from my tree stand so I knew where he was, but I walked back and forth twice and didn't see any blood. I didn't to a full autopsy on the heart and lungs like I usually do because it was 80 degrees, but based on the angle of shot and the quickness of death, it had to have been a double lung shot too.
I think I'm going to switch broadheads. Has anyone had this trouble with Muzzys? what arrowheads do you get good blood trails with? I'm not going to mechanicals, though, I'm sticking with the fixed blades.
Questions? Comments?
The second was a doe, double lung hit, only 8 yards away so the arrow exited low on the opposite side. The arrow was covered with blood but there was no blood on the ground at all between the arrow and the doe, which I found 43 yards away. I was concerned, but chalked it up to a freak incident.
The third was a doe, 33 yard shot, hit too far forward, ahead of the shoulder. I didn't find blood or arrow, so I backed off immediately. The next morning I found nothing after 3 or 4 hours of looking.
The fourth was a doe I shot 2 weeks ago. Doe, 30 yard shot, complete pass through. The arrow had no blood on it, but it had to have been a complete pass through based on where I found the arrow and seeing it enter the deer. The shot was a little high. Again I backed off, came back the next morning and found no blood or deer. I think this deer is okay though, because there's only a few places she could have gone, and I covered them all. Also it wasn't a gut shot, too far forward for that and the arrow didn't stink.
The fifth was the 3 point I killed last week. 17 yard shot, complete pass through, arrow covered with blood, and once again no blood on the ground between the arrow and where I found the deer 50 yards away. I actually saw him fall and die from my tree stand so I knew where he was, but I walked back and forth twice and didn't see any blood. I didn't to a full autopsy on the heart and lungs like I usually do because it was 80 degrees, but based on the angle of shot and the quickness of death, it had to have been a double lung shot too.
I think I'm going to switch broadheads. Has anyone had this trouble with Muzzys? what arrowheads do you get good blood trails with? I'm not going to mechanicals, though, I'm sticking with the fixed blades.
Questions? Comments?
