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Any knowledgeable hunter, either gun or bow, will tell you that you would have to be extremely lucky NOT to hit a rib on both the entry and exit of your projectile. Be it a bullet or arrow. As for a 2.5" broadhead not leaving a good blood trail, it is entirely possible. One way I can see that happening is a high lung hit from a ground blind. The animal will bleed for sure but it will all be internal with very little being forced out. Same would be true on a quartering away shot from a tree stand should the BH hit the opposite shoulder and not pass through. Again a lot of internal bleeding but little on the ground. These are things that happen and any experienced bowhunter will tell you that. You can be the greatest bow shot in the world but sooner or later you're going to make a less than ideal shot because you can't predict how the animal will react to the shot. It is then you better know when to back out and how to track and know your quarry and area.

Not to mention also Bronko say around mid archery when the deer are starting to get a really good fat layer built up they will "seal up" and barely leak from a 2 blade cut. That's not only from a mechanical BH but from ANY 2 blade or single "wedge" blade that doesn't have a bleeder blade. What I have tried to explain to this kid is the need for a cross section blade. If you just make a simple "slice" the wound may not "open up" to allow good bleeding OUTSIDE the body cavity. With a cross section cut you "open" a hole instead of a slice. CAN a 2 blade lay a deer open? Of course they can, as they did for a few thousand years but are they going to be AS dependable as a BH with a bleeder blade? NOPE. Simple and easy answer.

This young man just doesn't seem to want to listen to those of us who have actually tested, and USED successfully I might add, many different Broadhead designs through a LOT of years. Hell, I started out bow hunting with a hand made Long Recurve and hand made cedar arrows and hand tooled steel broadheads! Same equipment used hundreds of years ago! So when I say I have been through the equipment trials and tests, believe me, I started OLD SCHOOL! I now use the latest in technologies (BowTech) as well as Old School Recurve. But I have to admit that the recurve doesn't come out as often as I like. At my draw length the hold weight is just shy of 73 pounds and at my age that is getting to be a bit on the "oh hell this is heavy" side. Especially if I get caught "on the draw" and have to hold it.

From my experience a 2.5 inch 2 blade will open them right up as the skin has tension. I don't like mechanicals but not for that reason.

I'm certainly glad none of the 100+ deer I've killed to date had those "pesky" ribs covering the vitals. No Sir, all the deer I have killed had the ribs on the back half so they didn't get in the way of my bullet or arrow.

I've seen some silly things on forums but I've never before heard someone say to "adjust" your point of aim to avoid the ribs. If your broadhead can't cut through a rib then it isn't worth having. Maybe the OP isn't aware that the ribs are covered with meat and hair. You really can't see them on a living deer. At least, I never have but then I'm a whole lot older than he is.

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I have to confess (if you read my previous post) I believe I was fortunate once when I shot a 1500 pound bull bison with a 125 grain Magnus Stinger broadside at 35 yards and watch the arrow pass completely through and kept flying across the prairie never to be seen again. After examination, the arrow passed neatly between the ribs on both sides. That bull made three 360* rotations, ran about 25 yards and collapsed. But on the other hand I can remember hitting a whitetail's rib so squarely it sounded like a 22 LR going off.

LOL Bronk, If I can see a deer's ribs well enough to aim in between them, I don't want the thing! No meat on them bones! I Would probably shoot the poor starving or sick thing to put it out of it's misery.