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Post by omegahunter on Oct 4, 2014 8:27:05 GMT -5
first off CONGRATS on a fine doe !!! I've seen some crazy stuff in the 12 seasons I've hunted Shot a big doe once, on film, perfect, slightly quartering away like yours, Rage 2 blade cut through just on the back side of the opposite shoulder. Blood everywhere. I watched her run almost 200 yards. When I gutted her the lungs poured out like half set jello.. have no idea how she ran 189 yards over 21 seconds My two farthest runners have both been with firearms, one with a muzzleloader (80 yards) and one with a rifle (160 yards). Both were hit directly in the heart and the hearts were almost completely gone. Most everything else has only gone about 40 yards before hitting the dirt. |
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Post by bowhunterjohn on Oct 4, 2014 10:35:13 GMT -5
Yeah. most of the time they run about 75 yards. I try to drop them with firearms, not always possible but find its harder to find them with a gun then bow.
I've shot now 77 deer since 2003, most go under a hundred, but I've had some that really surprise me... they are tough animals for sure
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Post by 36fan on Oct 4, 2014 13:41:32 GMT -5
I tune my bow every year, im not gonna get on a soap box. It sounded like an issue where he was shooting well til he added bradheads. Added broadheads alone doesnt untune a previously tack drivng bow. Let me 'splain what happened: I was out practicing on nice day last December. I was at full draw and had to quickly lower my bow for safety reasons. In the process the string jumped off the cam and the tension was released, which broke my drop-away rest. The arrow rest was replaced under warranty,and I got it back in Marchish. I it sighted it back in with field-points and didn't think much more about it as I practiced whenever I could during the summer. I pulled out the broadheads this week just because, since the broadheads were dead-on with field-points last year, having temporarily forgotten the rest had been replaced. It turned out to be a good thing I did, because I would've been extremely PO'd off at myself if I had wounded a deer and lost it. Things are better now, but I'm not shooting groups as tight as I would like at 30 yds; however, they are still hitting in the boilerplate. The wind this weekend has prevent me from tuning it any further, yet. |
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 6, 2014 7:31:13 GMT -5
An improperly tuned bow can still sling field tips or closed mechanicals accurately or what appears to be accurate. Now most of the time when you add broadheads and issues appear it isn't just the bow that needs tuned...the arrow selection, length and weight applied to it (broadhead, inserts, fletching, nocks, added weight) all need to be analyzed. A properly tuned bow with a properly selected arrow (spine and such) will sling both field tips, fixed or mechanicals the same.
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