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Old 10-12-2005, 08:56 PM
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Last night dad shot ten point buck at 6:00pm (it get dark at 7:00pm here in mo) at 30yd broadside, he gets out of his stand at 6:30 to see if their was good blood he picked up the arrow to see 4” of the tip broken of and a little meat and hair in side the shaft of the arrow . He looked all over and could not find a drop of blood. What could have happened ? Here is his setup.


Parker UL 31 70# 28” drawl
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Spitfire 100 grain P.S. This set up has killed many deer
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Old 10-12-2005, 09:06 PM
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Just a guess, but I would say the arrow hit some pretty heavy bone and never reached/missed the vitals. How did he feel about the shot? Did he think it felt like a well placed shot??
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Old 10-12-2005, 09:06 PM
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Sounds like shoulder, how long is your dad draw length, how many lb does he shoot. How heavy are his arrows?
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Old 10-12-2005, 09:08 PM
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Also was it a fixed blade or Mechincal?
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Old 10-12-2005, 09:32 PM
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Parker UL 31 70# 28” drawl
ICS hunter 400
Spitfire 100 grain


The crazy thing is no blood if the spitfire brokethe skin thetheir should have been at least a littel blood. He has shot deer in the shoulder before with good
results.




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Old 10-12-2005, 10:14 PM
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If you shoot a Spitfire, and hit the deer in the shoulder.........you're not going to have a good result! They're isn't much that that will blow through a shoulder bone, especailly not a mechanical broadhead.

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Old 10-12-2005, 10:15 PM
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Make sure you read all the posts in "What to do after the shot" post.

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Old 10-12-2005, 10:16 PM
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He has shot deer in the shoulder before with goodresults.
the shoulder on a deer is a kind of flat bone, unless the arrow hits it straight on (square) it is very likely that it will not penatrate, i imagine he was up in a stand and shooting down, if he hit the shoulder bladethe arrow most likely deflected[&o], which is what sound to be the case, BTW i have killed a few deer that other people had shot with less than perfect shots, even founda broadhead in a deers hip once[:-]
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Old 10-13-2005, 01:01 AM
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? I blow right threw shoulders with my mechanical spitires. Just got to put some juice behind them. The biggest mistake people make is using mechanicals with to low of a poundage bow people
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Old 10-13-2005, 05:23 AM
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Hit the shoulder is my guess.
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