I just wanted to thank everyone here for giving me food for thought.

I guess I come from a culture of blood-trailing is a bow thing. Bang flop is a 12 gauge thing. And muzzy hunting is a 20 yard or less thing.

When I put down my first deer with a bow this year it went less than 15 yards from where I struck it. The spitfire broad head was lodged in the heart (like a lollipop) from me shooting straight down its back from 30 feet up a tree.

This was my first year using a muzzy on opening gun day. I usually take out the 12 gauge, because when I am gun hunting I realize that half the fun is knowing that I wont have to track the deer. Every deer I have shot with my 12 went no where. Dead On Arrival!

It actually became a joke amongst friends to approach your deer after hitting it with a 12 and say,"nice blood trail." (joke amongst us bow hunters who spent many a wee hours looking for deer for friends and family during bow season).

I will have to really shoot BH 209 with different loads this spring to see if I can lower is velocity for the xtp, or just use it on ground hogs and targets and then just use a premium bullet for deer. As long as both projectiles fly the same, I can live with a $1.20 shot for each deer...lol

Plus I will shoot the Lehigh, Speer, Nosler and Barnes and let you know how they do on paper.


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