re: Broadhead Challenge

I have never lost a deer using fixed blades.

I am sure 99.9 percent of the time they operate as advertised, but i dont want to be the the unlucky guy that gets screwed on the buck of a lifetime, being the .1%

Go with what works and only has operator error to blame.

When taking a shot on a deer with a bow, do you aim the same spot as a rifle or a little further back to avoid the shoulder blade?

That makes sense, thanks

I know I've blown apart a shoulder blade or 2 witt my .270

A quartering on shot from close range and high in the tree gives you a pretty good chance of smoking the shoulder blade. Your ideal shot is broadside or quartering away. I usually aim at the other side of the deer (where I want the arrow to come out) rather than a spot on the close side. You need to think of the path your arrow will take through the deer according to the angle to make the best shot, and then you have to put the arrow in that spot. It's very much a challenge because you can't just blast them away like you can with a rifle.

Against all you read, I've made that shot a few times. Killed every one of them too. Rocket Steelhead 100. Complete pass through every time.

For whatever reason, my high misses are always back of the blade. I hope I continue to miss that bone.

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Hit her really high just under the spine.
I call it "no mans land"..

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I know it well. That's all I'm going to say about that.



<------falls into fetal position and whimpers.

Monster. Small droplets of lung blood on palmettos. Old hands at club saying, "We will find this deer. You got back side lung." Nothing. No vultures during the week either.