Boy you fellas get testy after seasons end! No venison in the freezer or what?
J/K Lighten up! I'll do my best to shed light on any questions or "missing somethings".
How far did these deer go with no lungs or heart?
I didn't measure at the time but I'd guess it probably wasn't over 100 yards. It just seems alot further when your on your hands and knees searching for a drop of blood. I hunt strictly hardwoods surrounded by willow thickets and canary grass if that helps shed some light on the picture.
Is it just me or am i missing something here?
Not if you understand basic anatomy. Heart pumps blood + entrance and exit wounds = lots of blood. No heart pumping blood + plugged entrance wound and no exit wound = no tracking blood.
You do know that a whitetail deer can haul arse and cover alot of ground very quickly with a hole through it's heart correct?
I've taken two of them in my lifetime and both of them were long tracking jobs due to my arrow being stopped by the opposite leg and lack of exit wound.
When you factor in this I get confused.
Hope I ended your confusion above.
OK, RTA and Charlie, I am also confused on your points. But here is another point made that I get confused on.
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To each his own I guess. I know the QA shot is a popular choice but from my experiences I'll stick with broadside or even slightly quartering towards whenever possible.
You are promoting taking a quartering to against a quartering away shot???????
Please help BowFanantic, there are a lot of confused archers around.
That should have read "I'll stick with broadside whenever possible and will take a slightly quartering towards"
Am I promoting anything? Absolutely not! It's a shot I've made so many times I cant count , with excellent success. The key word was "
slightly! On a slightly quartering towards shot you can put the arrow thru both lungs and not worry about the opposite leg.
On a quartering away shot the rule of thumb is to aim for the opposite leg.
I will add this though. I have a buddy who shoots a pretty fast setup with aluminums who has blown thru that opposite leg with outstanding results. With my setups (carbons and moderate speed) I cant get the same results so I do what works for me.
Hope I cleared the air!