RE: Passthru
 

Well maybe the difference in penetration is from you hitting something. I have shot out of my stand and hit a branch and it deflected low, shot a second time and hit the target.

RE: Passthru
 

I did the same thing. Turns out that I did not "bend at the waist" and I put all of my adjustments into my arm. End result at that angle was a 3" - 4" high shot on a target. Went back and tested the theoy and shot high each time with no waist bend. I know that I bent my arm and nothing else. 10 yrds as well.
Live and learn.

RE: Passthru
 

I did the same thing. Turns out that I did not "bend at the waist" and I put all of my adjustments into my arm. End result at that angle was a 3" - 4" high shot on a target. Went back and tested the theoy and shot high each time with no waist bend. I know that I bent my arm and nothing else. 10 yrds as well.
Live and learn.

RE: Passthru
 

Boris, I think Cyclone may have been referring to someone else's previous comment about seeing the arrow hit. At 10 yards that's pretty hard to do unless you are "peeking" especially with a 73 lb. bow shooting carbons. As far as penetration, who knows? Maybe you hit a rock or a root or the arrow deflected a little on the first shot. All you can do is try, try again. Good job on following up though. You just never know.

RE: Passthru
 

I'd echo the miss...

I pulled the same thing - on - well - a troublesome feline...

I had it at 24 feet & missed by about 30 inches - this after shooting 10,000 or more rounds during the 3d season!!!

It happens to everyone - by the way - your heart wasn't racing was it?




Aim small miss small

RE: Passthru
 

10-yard shots are very close. You gotta remember that, unless you have a 10-yard pin, which most hunters I know, at least, don't have, if you were using a 20-yard pin, you most likely shot high and missed.

I've never seen an arrow that was clean after a pass thru. Sometimes the up-close shots are harder than the 25-yarders!

RE: Passthru
 

A miss, but on the bright side...you don't have a wounded deer out there. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

RE: Passthru
 

One thing.......you said you aimed at the &quot;top of the heart&quot;. Just remember at 10 yards and being in your stand, you have to aim really high on the deer to have your arrow pass thru the heart.

PRACTICE....PRACTICE....PRACTICE......SUCCESS!

RE: Passthru
 

Huntingbry got it right....my comments were directed at another post. You can see it hit a 10yds and you are &quot;Peeking&quot;
therefore bad form...You bagged a duck...Why the big Macho bow?

~Will Hunt For Food~

RE: Passthru
 

Nope, you missed.<img src=icon_smile_blackeye.gif border=0 align=middle> There will be signs on the arrow if it completely passes through. Try again.

GB

Smack 'em where it hurts!