Originally Posted by
doetrain
Shot my first Doe last year with the 2" Grim Reapers at 65 pounds and PSE carbon arrows and got 90% penetration after slicing through a rib. It was a tough angle with her quartering towards me at 12 yards but she only went about 45 to 50 yards. Blood trail in the dark in grass was good.
What draw length are you? Everyone forgets that 1 inch of draw length equates to about 10fps of speed which is similar to 5 pounds of draw weight. So someone with 70lb bow but 27inch draw is similar to 60lb bow with a 29inch draw as long as the bows are similar in IBO speeds.
Also, if you ONLY hit rib and no shoulder bones or leg bones, and you were relatively close to the deer i.e. 35 yards or less...90% penetration is NOT good in my opinion. You should get complete pass throughs at 30yards or less only going through ribs. Either way, you recovered the deer which is GREAT. As stated shot placement will ALWAYS kill a deer even if using a field point. Dont get me wrong I like mechanicals, but id go with the smaller 1 3/8ths for greater penetration or up your KE with greater draw weight.