Bigcountry
"I have no idea why you keep coming back to shoulders."



Because this is the shot that causes the most problem with hunters and seems is the least understood.

You hit a deer anywhere behind the shoulder and passthroughs are common with all BH"s at all speeds with any KE. But hit it in the shoulder area and you hear a multiple of different results ranging from:

"Blew through both shoulders and had a complete passthrough"

to

"My arrow only penetrated 2" and fell right out" (happened to me with a Muzzy but was NOT Muzzy's fault, it was mine).

The question is why do we get such opposite results with basically the same shot?

Answer = because when you hit the shoulder area you might hit nothing hard which will give you a passthrough or you may hit solid heavy bone and stop the arrow instantly. Both of these results can come from basically the exact shot. Alot depends on what the deer is doing at impact and what position the deers leg/legs are at impact.