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BigCountry71

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One of my buds that was hunting in Illinois with me this week shot this deer yesterday afternoon. I had seen this deer chasing a doe about 50 yrds out in front of my stand two days prior.

Well after a short blood trial they loaded him up and went to the lodge. Upon getting back they saw where the deer had been shot by someone else. By the cut in the shoulder it was easy to tell what type of broadhead that was used.

He gets home today and we hang him up and start to skin him out. We wanted to see how deep the previous injury went. It looked like it stopped right at the shoulder plate. The hole on the plate was smaller than a ink pen. We could not see where it might have deflected.

While cutting the back straps out. We find it. The broadhead and a small part of the arrow. I took pic with my cellphone.

By no means is this to bash any broadhead co. out there. This just shows how important shot placment is.


The shoulder from the previous injury. Which looked about a week old.

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The broadhead that was in the deer. One blade bent and un-open. After hitting the shoulder it deflected up and lodged under the backstrap

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I believe that has happen to me before, but the Slick Trick did the same thing on my deer. Just got lucky it angled to his liver and guts. Don't like hitting the shoulder at all. My Il deer was in the same spot
 
The shoulder is a bad hit with a bow all the way around. I had it happen to me last week, and I bet I didn't get two inches penetration. I'm sure that doe is sore right now, and it will probably lead to an infection later on if I don't kill her first. However, that's why they call it hunting and not killing.
 
brotherbutt said:
The shoulder is a bad hit with a bow all the way around. I had it happen to me last week, and I bet I didn't get two inches penetration. I'm sure that doe is sore right now, and it will probably lead to an infection later on if I don't kill her first. However, that's why they call it hunting and not killing.
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You are right there.... I posted this because i see too many post that blame broadheads. Any broadhead will do the job. Its all in shot placement
 
Broadheads are an interesting topic. Most cases a fixed bh is the way to go in other cases I would rather have a big ol cutting diamater rage bh. I have had good luck with both and had cases where I wondered what happened while shooting both. I guess that's why both are in my quiver. One thing I do know I will be testing different bh this summer.
 
Pretty wild right there.

I am different I guess, I don't like (never used) any mechanical broadhead.
 
100% true about shot placement..I'm an old school guy that happens to love Muzzy..but I'm hearing good things and seeing the results in posted pics the damage these Rage heads can do...mechanical or fixed..neither will do any good if the shot is a bad one. BTW cool pics.
 
RUGER said:
Pretty wild right there.

I am different I guess, I don't like (never used) any mechanical broadhead.
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I agree. I know this thread is about shot placement, and that is correct. No matter what broadhead you use, you gotta get 'em to the right spot.

with regards to the mechanicals. I know many people use them and I am sure they work fine. I just can't help but think that more moving parts equals more stuff to go wrong. With archery hunting there is already enough that can go wrong. I'll take fixed blades every time over mechanicals.
 
I'm a muzzy man, I have shot both types, fixed broadheads are what I prefer, not bashing just my preference. I have shot deer thru the shoulder with a bow, on different ocasions, usually it lodges in the rib cage only passing thru one side. Yes it will kill the deer, but leaves very little blood trail.

Shot placement is key BigCountry, no dought about that buddy!
 

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