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Old 11-19-2002 | 07:37 AM
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stinky1
 
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Default RE: SlickTrick Broadhead failure? (pics & long)

Thanks for the report/pics. huntmup. Like I said in your other thread, I use these heads and also love the accuracy of the flight of the things. I haven't had problems as severe as you are showing. Thay may be a factor of me beinging lucky or you being unlucky.

I have shot a total of 3 deer with these heads. 2 does and 1 buck. The first doe was a broadside shot with no problems, heart shot and watched her go down within 20 yards.

My buck was a a quartering shot. I aimed for the opposite shoulder and the arrow went in where it should have but deflected back the opposite way that you describe, hitting the liver. The deflection the opposite direction may have been caused by hitting a rib/bone and deflecting backwards. I don't recall that well cause it was last year and I was just happy to get a buck.

The doe I shot this year, I didn't hit the greatest. It was a quartering away shot and I hit her a bit farther back than I would have liked. It went throught the stomach and only 1 lung. The lung that I did hit, the head kind of went through the area betweent he 2 lobes of the lung. I initially thought I had a good hit on her and only gave her 15 minutes before tracking. Very good blood trail. Basicly 2 blood trails, 1 entry and 1 exit. When I bumped her from her bed, I couldn't believe that she was still alive. I basicly jogged after her after that, following the blood trail and jumped her from her bed several more times. The blood trail always was good. I let her bed down after deciding that she had bleed enuff and I could probably find her in the morning. I had to keep her bleeding otherwise I don't think I would have found her.

I like the heads but you've got me thinking. I think that I would like to see a point on them similar to the rocket steelhead to bust some bone and let the rest of the blades in.

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