RE: Oh no, a mechanical broadhead question
I Like the way the Spitfires shoot but they sometimes they leave none or a poor bloodtrail. I shot 2 deer with them this year both were passthrough shots. One the doe I shot there was no blood trail on a double lung shot.But I was able to see where she went into the corn and found her dead 40 yards away. Later I shot a buck at less than 20 yards passthrough shot again, but he ran into an erea I couldn't see from my blind. Found the arrow later where I shot him, covered in blood. But again hardly any trail. I gave it plenty of time before looking for the deer. Even went back up to my sisters house. Then went to town and got a 12pack for me and my brother-in-law as he was on his way home for work. So I figured I'd give itevem more time then we'd have a couple cold ones and go look for the deer. We only found a few minute drops of blood. (I was shocked he even seen it it was so small). We looked for 2 1/2 days several hours each dayfor that big buck did a HUGE grid search several times in case he circled back. And never found him. Talk about sick. I even went out in the pouring rainthe 3rd day again for 4 hours just to help ease my mind. So I'm switching to SLICKS. Thats what was recommnded to me for good flight, no planing, excellent blood trail. That was the first and hopefully the last deer I fail to retrieve. I am pretty sure my shot was dead on. I have read on severalsites and articlesthat there is a "hollow spot" or something similiar in the vital / kill zoneof a deer. And that a deer can actually survive a passthrough shot like that. I don't know if this is true or not. I know that was one of the most terrible feelings I've ever had, not finding that deer. I know it happens, and so many get killed by cars, trains, etc. But itstill messed with my head bigtime. It was 2 months ago and still bothers me when I think about it. Sorry the post was so long but this is a thing to consider when using some mechanicals. I am still fairly new toCB hunting but I catch on to things real quick and read, read, read all the articles, posts, opinions, advice etc. I think for now I am going to stay away from the mechs. As long as there are fixed blade BH's that fly like field points that I don't have to "tune" to the bolts, thats my best bet. One thing I learned for sure, No blood trail, and no snow on the ground really put the hurtin' on me. Again, sorry so long....
chris