First of all I will tell you that I am a novice. This past season was my first w/ bow. Have hunted w/ muzzleloader and rifle for almost ten yrs. Hunt in Manitoba for whitetails. I initially had alot of questions about the killing power of my bow, or any for that matter.... I had used .50 cal., 30-06 and they have lots of energy. How can this little stick kill I asked my hunting partner?.... the bow has been used for over 2000 yrs, i think we'vegot it down he says. I trudge off and sit in my stand, where I had missed a nice doe the week B4. A nice young buck comes in, w/in my new personal limit of 20yds.... hit him a little far back. I go back and seek theaid of my hunting partner...... 2hrs laterwe went in and found my buck piled up, no more than 80yds away from where he was hit. I had heard him go down but b/c of thelocation and angle of the hit I wanted to give him time.
Spring is here and Iwas out in the yard shooting........nailed a shoulder froma 4x4 (no basket) that I shot during rifle season last season onto my backing........ 53lbs draw wieght on my pro sport wasp. Didn't matter where I nailed it.... my target points drove through the half frozen shoulder blades. I then made burger. I really didn't want to use my broadheads.... Sonic 100gr b/c i don't think the bladestake the impact too lightly. Seems evrytime I hit a deer I need to replace the blades. Persoanlly I would say w/ a close range shot, you should be able to penetrate the shoulder. But does the increased diameter of the broadhead make it more difficult to penatrate?