buckfevr - that blood you see at the base of the neck is actually the clotting from under the shoulder - the last picture with the shoulder removed shows the massive blood loss, clotting and general trauma - don't know what artery or ? got cut but it bled bigtime - but it wasn't the arrow INSIDE the ribs. There was no blood for about 30 or so yards but the last 20 or so was POURING!!!(my theory is that it had to bleed 'up' to the enterance hole before spewing onto the ground)

As for Gary taking it personally I wouldn't expect anything different - he's got pride in ownership and I applaude him discussing it on the board. I wish I would have talked to him directly about it prior posting, and I'm not taking anything personally, and my experience isn't an indictment of him as I also agree he's a super nice guy. I know my shot was an X - ALL THREE OF THEM in question, and I am at peace with the decision I made. I can't however, knowing what I've experienced, go into the woods and risk this happening again - I owe it to the game I'm chasing and I felt I owed it to you guys to let you know what happened to me.

After thinking about this for the last several hours I'd again like to reiterate - on the 2nd doe I took - she was close & not 1/4ing much - and the head slid past 3 ribs before penetrating & coming out the opposite side through the scapula. If you think of where it entered and where it exited you can imagine the angle and it's not very steep - if you can agree that the angle isn't very steep (i.e steep enough to slide but not 'out of the norm' for hunting) then why would it slide past 3 ribs before penetrating & passing through?

I too wish the best for Gary & Slick Tricks's & also agree that if you only take broadside shots you owe it to yourself to shoot these things. I don't know if they are better than f/p's though - I shoot 53-57X 300's with fieldpoints on my hunting rig - the slicktricks scored within 53-57X range so I'd say they were neither better or worse, but as consistant.





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