Well I hate to be the odd one out, but I don't think I would do it. If there is any chance I am going to hit the opposite shoulder, I'll pass. My bow just doesn't have what it takes to get a pass thru with the shoulder in the way.

You guys all talk how it doesn't matter what broad head you use as long as you have proper shot placement and wait for the right shot. Then you say you would not hesitate at a quartering away shot where you would have to put an arrow thru 1 third of the deer and pray you did not catch the shoulder on the way out. Maybe if I were shooting 70 or 80 ft/lbs of ke like some of you guys, but I'm not risking it with my 45 or 50 ft/lbs. Maybe if I were pretty high up and the deer was close so the angle was fairly acute, but then that is a hard shot also. You also better know where to hit the deer too. If you aim at it like you were shooting 3-d you are going to be chasing a deer with an arrow sticking out of it for a while.

I am not bagging on you guys that have a lot of experience and can make a shot like this. It's just that you're making this sound like an easy shot to us new guys, and it's not. Especially from the ground or a low stand. I have tried it with my 3-d target, and in order to hit the vitals you almost have to shoot it in the hip. And then when you line up where the exit wound would be, it is dangerously close to the shoulder. But I do agree I would rather have it quartering away than to me. Mess up on that one and you either hit it solid in the shoulder or stick it thru the gut. Bad scenerio either way with my bow.

Don't any body get too riled up, these are just my opinions, with little to base them on except what I have been taught by others.

Paul

Edited by - biteme/paul mohr on 01/24/2002 19:48:00