RE: Arrow Covered with Fat!
 

its not fat its tallow.........

Most tallow is in the brisket.......but there is some near the spine.......

IMO you hit him a little forward....

RE: Arrow Covered with Fat!
 

Damn it Rack, I said it before and I don't mean to be redundant, You da man!....I love learning or should I say being reminded of information. :D

RE: Arrow Covered with Fat!
 

You probably hit it just behind the liver and ahead of the stomach. The reason I say this it because I shot a doe on Sunday and it had fat all over it as well. I shot it just behind the liver and it exited just behind the heart on the other side. It went about 300 to 400 yards. The blood trail was not very easy to follow in the beginning but after about 200 yards it got a little easier. When ever we found her she was still alive. I had to finish her off with a knife to the heart. She was a huge doe. So you possibly could have hit it in this area.

RE: Arrow Covered with Fat!
 

The buck I killed back on the 6th had more fat than any deer I have ever seen. He had 2 big globs of slimy fat inside the body cavity that were probably 18 inches long and bigger than your fist around. I don't know what an arrow would look like if it happened to pass right through one of these globs, but it might coat the arrow, I don't know. My buck only went 40 yards, though. Had a breathing problem.